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Tightrope Media Systems and BrightSign evolving digital signage partnership at DSE15

Tightrope Media Systems and BrightSign are evolving their partnership throughout 2015, with new additions to power video walls and large out-of-home networks on an integrated, scalable and robust signage architecture, according to a joint announcement.

February 27, 2015

Tightrope Media Systems and BrightSign are evolving their partnership throughout 2015, with new additions to more effectively power video walls and large out-of-home networks on a tightly integrated, scalable and robust signage architecture, according to a joint announcement. The two companies said they are leveraging each company's platforms within an integrated digital signage solution to enable these and additional benefits for their customers.

Last year at Digital Signage Expo, Tightrope and BrightSign announced a partnership to offer a cost-effective enterprise solution with a full suite of tools. This year, Tightrope and BrightSign will demonstrate integration between Tightrope's Carousel digital signage system and BrightSign's XD2 media players. The companies will exhibit two spaces apart, demonstrating how the integrated platform produces video wall displays as well as highly scalable and manageable networks for enterprise-level businesses and organizations.

New features of the integrated platform include portrait mode display and H.264 video streaming support to enhance visual capabilities for any signage network or application. Additionally, newly available media player synchronization for video walls ensures that Carousel can drive content to multiple BrightSign players, which collectively deliver video and graphics across many panels for cohesive output and display of visual content.

BrightSign XD2 networked media players, to be shown in the North America for the first time at Digital Signage Expo, all feature faster HTML5 and graphics processing, as well as Power over Ethernet capability to simplify the powering of BrightSign players in remote locations. The complete XD2 portfolio includes:

• BrightSign XD232, a networked interactive player capable of full-HD 1080p60 video decoding and simultaneous content playback from local, networked and streaming sources;
• BrightSign XD1032, a networked multicontrol interactive player that adds support for pure digital and surround sound audio; and
• BrightSign XD1132, a networked multicontrol interactive player that adds support for live TV playback via an HDMI input and live TV player.

Users of the integrated platform will also benefit from Carousel 6.5's faster processing power, which accelerates content rendering at the creation levels, the announcement said. The faster upfront rendering ensures quicker delivery to BrightSign media players across networks of any scale.

BrightSign CEO Jeff Hastings said in the announcement that the partnership is beneficial for customers across all vertical markets. "Our respective companies are committed to technology innovation and continued integration work to provide our integrators, VARs and end-users a leading solution for sophisticated and robust digital signage rollouts in all shapes and sizes."

Eric Henry, signage solutions lead at Tightrope Media Systems, added that the evolving relationship between the two companies includes cooperative research and development efforts to ensure continued innovation across the integrated Tightrope/BrightSign platform.

"We continue to bring more depth to our partnership, with dedicated project managers from both companies working together to develop new features and functionality for our combined customer base of resellers, integrators and end-users," Henry said. "Digital Signage Expo is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate the most recent innovations from our combined efforts." 

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