managing multiple TVs

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Hopefully I have put this question in the right section.

I would like to mange sideshows on 10 independent TV screens. Each TV would need to run a different slideshow and if possible I'd like to be able to change the content remotely, through the internet or similar.

The TVs would be in the same building and the same brand.

Hope someone can help.

cheers.

 

[Anonymous]

Google "Sony Ziris digital canvas".

 

[Tonya]

What you are delving into here is the wonderful world of "Digital Signage", something which I was involved in several years back.
There are basically two ways of doing it, either using expensive propriety sets that have a graphics engine built in and each having a separate network address.
This is a very costly solution but looks neat.
Another way is to have a separate graphics box that connects to the TV monitor.
Again, the box has to be connected to some sort of receiver and have it's own address.

The project I was involved with actually was a graphics box and a receiver which grabbed it's information from the top lines of a broadcast picture so it actually had a TV tuner built in as well.

Such systems are known as Data Broadcast.
It's an expensive route, but perfect for mass broadcasting such as betting shops, supermarket chains, etc, where you have many installations spread out over a wide area.
The boxes still have to have their own address but as they get the information via a TV signal, the boxes themselves can be geographically anywhere as long as they can receive the TV broadcast you are sending on.
Most TV broadcasters have a solution for Data Broadcast as it's a standard system.

There is plenty of solutions available using a PC as a platform, the easiest being a small PC at the back of each monitor showing a PowerPoint presentation which updates itself every night.
How you deliver the updated files is entirely up to you!