Broadsign Air generates playlists server-side rather than on-device, significantly reducing deployment and integration challenges.
Broadsign Air can be used, for example, when a number of players are in the same physical location (for example, office towers or transit stations) and need to play the same content at the same time.
You can also query Broadsign Air for the list of creatives that are scheduled to play within up to the next 48 hours. This can be used, for example, to pre-cache your creatives ahead of time so they are ready when they appear in a Playlist. For more details, see content.
Broadsign Air players can fetch offline playlists that are available for up to 14 days. For more details, see generate_long.
Synchronizing the display of the same ads at the same time is achieved by players syncing their time with the Network Time Protocol (NTP) and following a predefined playlist.
To use Broadsign Air:
To use Broadsign Air, you must do the following:
- Request that Broadsign Air is activated on your domain. See Prerequisites.
- Configure Network Time Protocol (NTP) on your external players. See Prerequisites.
- Add a user in Broadsign Control Administrator with access to the REST architecture for Broadsign Control API. See Add a User in Broadsign Control Administrator.
- Add a player in Broadsign Control Administrator that will be used in Broadsign Air. See Add a Player in Broadsign Control Administrator.
- Add campaigns in Broadsign Control Administrator. See Add Campaigns.
- Call the proper Broadsign Air API endpoint. See Call the Broadsign Air API.
- If applicable, set how much time in advance you want to cache your playlist by calling the content endpoint. See content.
Prerequisites
- Before using the Broadsign Air API, you must request that Broadsign activates Broadsign Air on your domain.
- Since the Broadsign Air playlists are based on timestamps, you must configure Network Time Protocol (NTP) on your external players. This will avoid the players not playing slots at exactly the time they should.
Note: By default, the first 10 minutes of any playlist generated will be "frozen" once generated. This 10 minute setting can be customized when Broadsign Air is activated, depending on the requirements of the deployment.