firmCHANNEL™ is a complete software and hardware Digital Signage solution. Developed by experts in web-based new media, firmCHANNEL™ provides a robust, scalable platform that has created a buzz in the industry. Affordable Digital Signage now made easy! With next to no training, you can create amazing content in seconds.         

firmCHANNEL™ Competitive Advantages

Low Cost of Ownership: With no end-user license fees, firmCHANNEL™ is an unprecedented value. firmCHANNEL™ reduces creative costs significantly by allowing you to be your own creative and content department, while still providing professional results.

Multiple Display Modes: firmCHANNEL™ supports multiple aspect ratios which allow for greater creative flexibility:

• Widescreen 16:9  
• Vertical Poster 9:16  
• Standard TV 4:3

Ease of Use: The firmCHANNEL™ interface is browser based, making it fast, easy to access, and simple to use. With minimal training, users can create professional content in minutes.

High Performance Hardware: The firmCHANNEL™ hardware has been specially selected to provide years of reliable playback, while still allowing for future upgrades. The SP-100 is powered by a 2.5 GHz Intel processor, 80GB storage, and 512MB Memory. Enterprise Edition is powered by a 3.2Ghz Dual Core Intel processor, 250GB storage, and 4GB memory.

Professionally Designed Templates: firmCHANNEL's™ Template Community provides an ever-expanding collection of professionally designed templates which allow ultra high quality content created by beginners and experts alike. With firmCHANNEL™, anyone can create high definition digital signage with the look and feel of a dedicated professional content provider.

Simple Browser Based Interface: The SP-100 Interface allows easy access to manage content from any PC through your web browser. Designed with the end user in mind, the firmCHANNEL™ Interface allows the user to quickly accomplish your goals.

Content Creation: Content is created by selecting from our hundreds of professionally designed dynamic templates, and simply typing in the messages you wish to display. (We think we are the first with this as well.)

Photo Editor: Built in photo editor is an industry first. Allows cropping, effects, text overlay, restoration of original photo, resizing and image flip. No external photo editor software is needed.

RSS News Manager: Manages and hosts external RSS feeds and allows the creation of custom RSS news feeds, an industry first.

Logo Manager: Manages logo collection for multiple brands, programs, etc. , an industry first.

Enterprise Scalability: Enterprise is scalable to thousands of player systems (unprecedented scalability). Enterprise Edition seamlessly manages up to ten thousand SP-100 Players from one single location.

Enterprise Live Status: View the live status of player systems up to the minute including system stats (a first). Gives the user the ability to view the live details of the live running player system. The stats include memory utilization, hard disk space, response time, detected problems and a list of what is currently playing.

Enterprise Web Playback: Allows your entire firmCHANNEL playlists to be integrated into any website, visitors see the live playlists in real-time from Enterprise, an industry first. All the content is in real-time allowing the user to make changes and see the results instantly.

Automatic updates: firmCHANNEL provides automatic updates to player systems via the Internet

Automatic activation: firmCHANNEL activated your product over the Internet

Television: Play TV through the firmCHANNEL browser (industry first) and allow cable tv, S-Video, composite video.

Video: Supports Flash9 and utilizes most popular video formats including: MPEG-1/ MPEG-2/ MPEG-4, DivX/Xvid, Microsoft WMV/AVI, Apple QuickTime. It also includes video capture capabilities from analog TV, S-Video and composite sources.

Management: User friendly browser based interface allows complete control and design of your signage network

Scheduling: Playlists and media content can be scheduled to play at specific times of the day, days of the week, or time of the year to relate to your target audience. Schedules can be stacked to produce complex playback timetables giving the user much flexibility.

Flexible Template Community: The professionally designed templates allow users to create quality content with minimal training. The Template Community provides hundreds of templates to choose from, providing you with countless designs and options.

Video Integration: Integrate Text Messages, Photos, TV, Video, and RSS News Feeds. firmCHANNEL™ supports a variety of dynamic content sources to bring life to the users advertisements and capture the attention of their audience.

Reporting and Proof of Playback: The reporting module provides a detailed list of playback timestamps for each ad, providing the information the user needs for invoicing and content tracking.

User Management and Security Levels: An unlimited number of user accounts can be created on the system each with specifically assigned permissions. The firmCHANNEL™ security system allows for granular access to the interface.

Display Support and Aspect Ratios: Support for all most analog and digital LCD, Plasma and DLP displays. firmCHANNEL™ supports widescreen 16:9 mode, Standard 4:3 mode, and Vertical 9:16 poster mode.

SP-100 Licenses: The SP-100 is a plug and play system, and includes all necessary licenses. There are no extra hidden licensing fees for software running on the firmCHANNEL™ system.

Export and Backup: firmCHANNEL™ allows the user to export and import their playlists to and from any SP-100 system. The HTML export feature allows the user to download and preview their playlists on their PC. Also, they can burn the presentation on a CD with an auto run function.

Seamless Content Updates: Updating your content is instant and seamless. Any updates made to the playlists content are instantly applied, and playback is never interrupted.

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