BrightSign

The global market leader in digital signage media players

BrightSign, LLC is a privately held company located in Los Gatos, California founded in 2002 by Anthony Wood, the inventor of the digital video recorder (DVR). Ever since the first report came out in 2013, BrightSign has been named the global market leader in digital signage players by IHS in its quarterly "Global Market for Digital Signage" research studies which reported market share of all media players and PC-based signage solutions combined. BrightSign players are known for their signature reliability, affordability and ease-of-use by the commercial digital signage market worldwide.

Business Solutions
BrightSign provides market leading digital signage media players, content creation software & networking solutions for the commercial digital signage industry. BrightSign solid-state digital signage media players set new standards for both stand-alone and networked digital signage applications with their superior video quality, reliability, affordability, ease-of-use and interactivity. BrightSign partners with industry leading CMS providers, content providers and technology providers to deliver vertically-targeted solutions for virtually every digital signage application.

The BrightSign Solution
Designed exclusively for digital signage, BrightSign's purpose-built OS delivers superior signage capabilities and exceptional Full HD and true 4K HDR video quality with a dependable solid-state platform. All BrightSign models deliver the absolute highest standard of reliability, affordability and ease-of-use. BrightSign’s 4K product lines deliver true 4K H.265-encoded video at 60 frames per second and HDR (High Dynamic Range) color via HDMI 2.0a. BrightSign's LS and HD product lines deliver the features and capabilities of PC-based solutions at a very affordable price point.

The BrightSign product line offers a range of models packaged with features and connectivity options for specific applications. BrightSign models range from the entry-level BrightSign LS supporting simple looping videos to those offering advanced interactivity, built-in wired or wireless networking for remote content updates, powerful video engine capabilities, HTML5, PoE+, the ability to play Live TV (even HDCP protected content), and true 4K HDR content playback.

All BrightSign products come with free BrightAuthor software for creating and publishing presentations, and a range of networking solutions including BrightSign Network, an affordable subscription-based hosted service, providing the complete, secure and scalable infrastructure to serve and support your signage network. User Permissions, IP Streaming, Remote View, Sign Preview, Web UI, Dynamic Playlists, Live Text, BrightWall, BrightBeacon and BrightControl for controlling screen functions such as power on/off, input and volume through an HDMI connection, are just some of the useful features you get with BrightSign.
BrightSign Software and Networking



BrightAuthor
BrightSign's included and highly acclaimed BrightAuthor PC-based software simplifies creating, updating, managing and monitoring digital signage displays. The visual-based interface enables users to easily create full-screen or multi-zone playlists for looping displays containing image, video and even HTML5 content. It also easily implements BrightSign features such as touch interactivity, UDP commands, day-parting and networking. Simple data integration, or Live Text, can be used to connect Twitter feeds, stock tickers and other public and private databases to PoP displays, menu boards, waitlist, manufacturing or corporate displays and more.

Combined, BrightAuthor software and BrightSign digital signage players offer a complete, end-to-end solution for businesses and organizations to economically showcase a product, demonstrate it in-use or provide entertaining information on flat-screen or HD displays. This feature-rich software solution is included with all BrightSign purchases at no additional cost.

BrightSign Network
The BrightSign Network frees users from the complexities and costs associated with hosting and maintaining their own network, and is scalable to serve networks from one to hundreds of players. The BrightSign Network is user-accessible using two included applications - BrightAuthor software and the BrightSign Network Web UI. Through BrightAuthor software, users can gain access not only to the tools to create presentations, but also to schedule updates, manage multiple networked groups of displays and review real-time reports via a secure Internet connection. BrightAuthor additionally provides network monitoring and network health reports for the BrightSign Network. High security and fail-safe features use standard Web technologies to ensure maximum up-time and dependability.