On this page, you will find the release highlights for all major releases of the Broadsign Control platform.
This release includes an update to Chromium version 83, see Web Content.
We’re excited to announce that Broadsign is now available for system-on-chip (SoC) screens. Our sophisticated content and campaign management solution enables the delivery of campaigns across any smart screen.
Built specifically for out-of-home advertising on smart screens, this new solution promotes revenue growth and scalability with intelligent playlist generation, proof-of-play reporting, and dynamic campaign delivery.
Related link: Broadsign Control for System on Chip
Note: The documentation for Broadsign Control 15.2 was archived on November 15, 2022. See Broadsign Control v15.2 Documentation (Archived).
This release does not include new features. It offers bug fixes.
Note: The documentation for Broadsign Control 15.1 was archived on August 26, 2022. See Broadsign Control v15.2 Documentation (Archived).
Specify which OpenGL renderer to use on Windows players
You can now specify which OpenGL renderer to use on Windows players. This setting can impact Chromium and video playback performance. The following choices are available:
- ANGLE – Provides better performance balance for mid-range hardware. When selecting ANGLE, you can select a specific platform:
- Auto – Selects the best platform based on your system.
- Direct3D9 – Provides better compatibility with older hardware.
- Direct3D11 – Provides better performance on newer hardware supporting Direct3D11.
- Desktop – Provides better video performance on low-end or older hardware.
Related link: OpenGL
Note: The documentation for Broadsign Control 15.0 was archived on June 30, 2022. See Broadsign Control v15.0 Documentation (Archived).
New Broadsign Control Player Poll Service
The Broadsign Control v15.0 release introduces a new poll service for Broadsign Control Player. The poll service is the mechanism by which Broadsign Control Players contact the server to retrieve media, schedules for events, and other campaign information.
This new poll service will help to bolster security by port standardization and improve polling response time. Before, polling and content downloads were done via non-standard ports 10799 and 10805. Broadsign Control Player now operates over standard port 443 using HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 over HTTPS for both polling and content downloading.
Notes:
- Broadsign Control Edge Server will continue to operate as always, and for those that register players from within Broadsign Control Player, port 10799 will continue to be used.
- When rolling out v15.0 players on your network, you’ll need to ensure that port 443 is open so the new players can poll and download content. Your older players (e.g. 14.X or earlier) will continue to poll on port 10799 and download content via port 10805.
Updated Field Report
To make it easy to determine if port 443 is open on your network, we have updated the Field Report. The following sample Field Report demonstrates both scenarios, when the new poll service is accessible (and not accessible) via port 443:
You may see other error messages when port 443 is not accessible. These may include: unreachable, unknown, stream removed, etc.
Related links: Network Access Rules | Communication Security Distribution | The Field Report Tab
Note: The documentation for Broadsign Control 14.8 was archived on June 10, 2022. See Broadsign Control v14.8 Documentation (Archived).
This release does not include new features. It offers bug fixes.
Note: The documentation for Broadsign Control 14.7 was archived on June 6, 2022. See Broadsign Control v14.7 Documentation (Archived).
Identify Schedules Lacking Bundles or Content
The scheduling report is used to see if campaigns are missing scheduling information. For example, it identifies campaigns that are not scheduled. The scheduling report can now be used to identify:
- Schedules in a campaign that are missing bundles.
- Bundles in a campaign that are missing content.
You can also use the new email notifications to be notified whenever scheduling information is missing.
Related link: Campaign Not Ready – No Content | Campaign Not Ready – Missing Content | Scheduling Report
Note: The documentation for Broadsign Control 14.6 was archived on May 2, 2022. See Broadsign Control v14.6 Documentation (Archived).
Content Scheduling Restriction
It is possible to restrict media based on the mime type restrictions placed on the loop policy. You are prevented from attaching ad copies to a campaign if the chosen media files do not follow the playback restrictions. For example, if only still images are allowed on any of the targeted display units, then you must include a still image in the campaign. Only then can the Campaign be promoted.
Related link: Content Scheduling Restriction | Content Restrictions Tab
Note: The documentation for Broadsign Control 14.5 was archived on March 29, 2022. See Broadsign Control v14.5 Documentation (Archived).
Broadsign Control for 64-bit Windows Architectures
A 64-bit version of Broadsign Control for Windows operating systems is now available. This version of Broadsign Control is designed to take advantage of the extended memory of Windows 64-bit architectures. This means playback of even the most memory-intensive video resolutions, such as 4K video, and support for dual 4K screens running off the same player.
Broadsign Direct Goals in Campaign Performance Report
It is now possible to make use of Broadsign Direct campaign goal values in the Broadsign Control Campaign Performance Report. The planned repetitions and impressions are already calculated and come from Broadsign Direct.
Related link: Campaign Performance Report
New and Updated Email Notifications
We’ve made some improvements to our email notification workflows to make sure you never miss a thing. The existing notification for when a primary share is without content has been extended to the secondary share. We’ve also added notifications when emergency messaging is activated or de-activated. A new playback incident type has also been created.
Related links: No Scheduled Campaigns on Primary Share | No Scheduled Campaigns on Any Share | Emergency Message Activated | Playback Incidents
Windows 11 Compatibility
Both Broadsign Control Administrator and Broadsign Control Player are now compatible with the latest operating system from Microsoft, Windows 11.
Improved Automatic Resolution Matching
Automatic resolution matching has been improved to take screen orientation into account.
Related Link: Ad Copy Criteria and Resolution Matching
Note: The documentation for Broadsign Control 14.4 was archived on February 15, 2022. See Broadsign Control v14.4 Documentation (Archived).
64-bit Windows Architectures
Broadsign Control Administrator now supports 64-bit Windows architectures.
Note: The documentation for Broadsign Control 14.2 was archived on December 8, 2021. See Broadsign Control v14.2 Documentation (Archived).
Share of Loop in Milliseconds
You can specify shares of loop using milliseconds as well as percentages. Whatever the length of your loop, it is now much easier to specify shares with the precision that meets your business model. Users of Broadsign Direct will appreciate the added precision. Since Broadsign Direct only “sees” primary shares, secondary shares in Broadsign Control are commonly used to “block” a specific number of slots per loop so they cannot be booked in Broadsign Direct. For example, for a loop of 60 seconds, specifying a secondary share of 10 seconds preserves this time for content booked outside of Broadsign Direct.
Related link: Share of Loop Tab
Cookies Support in Monitor Sync
You can now control the session between a remote server and Broadsign Control Player when using Monitor Sync. This is useful for customers who configure their Broadsign Control Players to retrieve files from external third-party HTTP servers. For example, lotto winners, weather feeds, etc., can all be retrieved externally. These sometimes make use of cookies to preserve information between calls. This feature will allow customers using external third-party HTTP servers to take advantage of a standard feature of HTTP. For example, a session ID could be preserved across calls.
Related link: Cookies Support
Events in Loop Snapshot Report
Inform your advertisers when their events messages will play! With Events in the Loop Snapshot Report, you can validate your Event schedule and let your advertisers know when their Event will appear on the screen(s) of interest.
In addition, the Loop Snapshot itself is generally speaking more accurate, since it now includes Events.
Related link: Loop Snapshot Report
Advanced Search Improvements
Advanced search makes it easy to find resources -- such as Ad Copies, Display Units, etc. -- within your network. In previous releases, users found the advanced search functionality returned too many results. For example, if your search string for a “starts with” search was “ab”, advanced search would return resources named “ab 123” and “def abc”. This was because the advanced search algorithm treated resources with spaces (and some other separation characters) as having two separate strings to be parsed. Now, resources are treated as a single string, returning more intuitive results.
Related link: Advanced Search
Deprecation of Archaic Terminology
Experience a more inclusive user experience. Like other progressive technology leaders, Broadsign has deprecated the terms “master” and “slave” from Broadsign Control. Throughout the UI and documentation, these have been replaced with the terms “leader” and “follower”. For example, when you configure one display unit to trigger the ad copy played on another, the first DU is now called the “leader” while the second DU is called the “follower”. The follower takes its cues from the leader.
Note: The documentation for Broadsign Control 14.1 was archived on September 20, 2021. See Broadsign Control v14.1 Documentation (Archived).
Updates to Campaign Performance Report
Issuing month-by-month invoices shouldn’t require any manual work. That's why we’ve added filters to our Campaign Performance Report set-up wizards. It's now much simpler for operators to search delivered plays or impressions when it comes to longer-term campaigns.
Related link: Campaign Performance Report
Generate campaign performance metrics by date range
Simply enter the subset of dates needed and the system will automatically generate the campaign performance report.
Generate campaign performance metrics by week
Are you looking for Monday to Sunday campaign metrics? We’ve added the option to view campaign metrics per week, including options to pick which day starts your week.
Add Display Unit Addresses to your Campaign Performance Reports
We understand that granular details are important when it comes to a campaign’s performance. Display Unit addresses have now been added to Campaign Performance Reports, allowing you to get a good understanding of where a campaign has run, at a glance.
Note: The documentation for Broadsign Control 14.0 was archived on May 21, 2021. See Broadsign Control v14.0 Documentation (Archived).
We’re excited to announce that Broadsign Control 14.0 has arrived! It’s packed with a ton of new functionalities giving you even more power to create, manage and deliver all types of campaigns - no matter how complex, in a more streamlined and efficient way.
Here’s a preview of what 14.0 has to offer:
- More efficiently create or edit campaigns and criteria sets from one location.
- New search audit logs functionality to view recent activity - from within Broadsign Control.
- Streamline workflows between operations and sales with an enhanced Broadsign Direct integration.
- Save time with a smoother and more efficient file transfer process.
We’ve also made major changes to the player. You'll find an improved rendering and presentation engine with better hardware compatibility that enables more timely Chromium updates. This is a major leap forward that supports increasingly rich and complex campaigns that run across your network.
New Broadsign Control Administrator features include:
- Major Features
- Interoperability with our Broadsign Direct sales tool
- Edge Server enhancements
- General UX improvements
The following features are deprecated and no longer available in Broadsign Control:
- Adobe Flash
- Internet Explorer HTML rendering
- Windows Media Player video output
- Direct3D video output
- Xvideo video output
- Gilbarco integration
- DI-API integration
- Native Digital TV integration (i.e video capture cards) - still available via application ad copies (see Best Practices for Video Capture Content)
- Star Wipe Transition type
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS support
Advanced Ad Copy Criteria
Introducing a brand-new workspace that enables users to manage or edit schedules, update ad copies and assign to display units - all from one single location in Broadsign Control Administrator. When combined with Criteria Sets, this can be a huge time saver to manage creatives - especially when a large amount of Ad Copy Criteria is required.
Related links: Schedules | Criteria Set | The Settings Section
Broadsign Control In-Product Audit Trail
Broadsign Control has always logged all user API activity. But for an added layer of visibility on campaign changes, we’re now giving you the ability to search audit logs for user activity that is logged by the Broadsign Server. This includes: operation type, operation performed, user ID and a timestamp for all changes made. And the great news is the audit logs can be searched from directly within the product!
Related link: Audit Logs
Display Unit Grouping Criteria
As your network grows, so does your need to manage, target and troubleshoot your inventory. Your sales model might evolve and repetitive tasks that were previously easy to manage can quickly become time-consuming when you have a larger network.
Enter a newly added criteria called “Group”, which streamlines operations for larger networks, simplifies your workflow and reduces error-prone repetitive tasks.
Is your sales team using Broadsign Direct? If so, sales reps can save time by removing a few (often repeated) steps when creating a proposal by simply selecting the grouped screens to add to their proposal.
Related links: Criteria Types | The Settings Section (Display Units Properties)
Interoperability with Broadsign Direct
Search Broadsign Direct Proposal Details
Searching contract details for a campaign originally scheduled in Broadsign Direct? Look no further than Broadsign Control.
We’ve improved the interoperability between Broadsign Direct and Broadsign Control so you can quickly search for Contract IDs, Proposal IDs, and Proposal Line Item IDs associated with Proposal Line Items right from Broadsign Control.
And bonus: Contract IDs will now also appear in a select group of reports generated by Broadsign Control!
Related links: Search | The Contract Info Tab | Campaign Performance Report
Edge Server Enhancements
Synchronized Emergency Messages
Eliminate message delays by synchronizing emergency messages playing on multiple screens . You can now easily configure your players to poll the Edge Server at the exact same time so all screens display the message within a mere seconds of each other.
Related links: Emergency Ad Copy Type - HTML5 Package | Atomic Emergency Messaging | Edge Server Properties (Emergency Tab)
Added Edge Server Rotation
For more reliable content delivery when it comes to players in transit (think trains or subways), 14.0 now enables players to acquire content from two Edge Servers, instead of one. This especially comes in handy when a subway train goes underground and an Edge Server experiences intermittent connectivity.
Related link: Rotating between multiple edge servers
General User Experience Improvements
Faster and more Efficient Transfer Manager
It’s time to say good-bye to only working on a single upload at a time in our transfer manager. 14.0 gives you more control over what gets uploaded and provides faster restarts for when an upload fails - simply right-click on the item right from the transfer manager to restart!
Related link: Transfer Manager
Automatic Ad Copy Matching in Bundles
Our improved ad copy matching now eliminates the need to manually match ad copies to screens with different resolutions. Players will automatically match based on screen resolution - that means no more tagging display units and ad copies with dimension criteria.
Related link: Ad Copy Criteria and Resolution Matching
Universal Typeahead for Pick LISTS
We’ve introduced a universal typeahead to allow you to filter for exactly what you need without needing to scroll through an enormous list. No more wasted minutes on searching through hundreds or even thousands of assets to find what you need.
Advertisers need to evolve their creative strategies in order to stay relevant. So do media owners. With 15 years of development experience and over 185,000 players in the field, the Broadsign Control Player is one of the most widely deployed and field-tested platforms on the market. It continues to push the creative envelope with its latest performance enhancements. That means better visuals, better interactivity, and better performance for you and your customers.
Don’t be limited by your hardware. Extend the life of your current Broadsign Control Players with 14.0. In this latest release, we’ve strengthened the player foundation with significant improvements to make the best of your hardware, old and new.
You'll find an improved rendering and presentation engine with better hardware compatibility that enables more timely Chromium updates. This is a major leap forward that will continue to support increasingly rich and complex campaigns that run across your network.
New Broadsign Control Player features include:
- Better Video Decoding Performance
- Smoother Transitions
- Simplified Transition Configurations
- Added support for Chromium 80
Related links: Player Software Interface | Register a Player
Better Video Decoding Performance
Our latest Broadsign Control Player brings better video decoding performance, which means higher quality video content, like 4K, will run smoother and better on older hardware while providing ultra-clear visuals.
Smoother Transitions
You can rely on smoother transitions, resulting in a more polished playback experience.
Simplified Transition Configurations
Users can now reference one single page for all configurations when it comes to transition types, making it easier and more efficient with less room for error.
Related link: The Presentation Section
Note: The documentation for Broadsign Control 13.2 was archived on March 23, 2021. See Broadsign Control v13.2 Documentation (Archived).
Extend the power of Broadsign to your entire digital signage network
We get it, sometimes you just need to run another player. That’s why we created Broadsign Air, so you can connect Broadsign Control to any digital signage player on your network using our intelligent cloud-based ad server. Say goodbye to multiple content management systems and hello to one centralized operations hub.
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Push campaigns and operate from within one content management system
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Add programmatic support transparently to third-party players
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Leverage Broadsign’s powerful tech stack to optimize your OOH business
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Reduce operational overhead and quickly scale your business
Related links: About Broadsign Air
Improved SmartFeed
Our SmartFeed has gotten even smarter, and can now store any type of historical data and automatically trigger content based on any changes made to that stored data. This can allow you to manage complex campaigns with much less manual work. For example, if you need to run a campaign where different creatives are triggered based on changes to the live score of a hockey game.
Related links: Data Persistence
Custom Proof-of-Play
We’re making it easier for advertisers to calculate their return on investment by enabling you to add custom lines in your proof-of-play report. Extra fields can be added both after a PoP report has been generated and in real time, helping you to fine-tune the transparency of your network and deliver more of the information your buyers want.
Related links: Custom Field Report Action | The Field Report Tab | Custom POP Action
Improved Programmatic Functionality
We’re also deepening the programmatic support within Broadsign Control to make it easier to optimize buys made on your network.
Just in Time bidding
With just-in-time bidding, the auction process for programmatic slots is only triggered 30 seconds before an ad starts playing. This helps to minimize the risk of timeouts and revenue loss, and lets buyers enjoy a reduced wait time.
Related links: Broadsign Reach | Broadsign Reach Content
Real-time audience API
Bid requests can now be made using real-time audience data. This will allow bidders to target their campaigns using metrics pulled mere seconds before the ad slot, increasing the likely and perceived value of the buy.
Related links: The Audience Tab | Audience Source
General Performance & Security Enhancements
As always, we’re taking steps to improve the security and performance of our software to better serve the networks we power.
Linux Hardware Acceleration
By offloading video decoding and rendering from CPUs to specialized hardware, we’ve improved overall performance of video transitions on Linux systems. This will help to smooth animations for heavy 4k video transitions.
Related links: Technologies Used | Install the Player on Linux
Monitor sync via HTTPS
Broadsign Control users can now use HTTPS to transfer files and folders to the player. This is a more modern protocol, and provides greater security to you and your network. Note that FTP transfer will continue to be supported as well.
Related links: Configuration Settings | Add an External Ad Copy
Enhanced security audit trail for AWS
Our recent migration to AWS has opened the door to improved authentication auditing through Amazon’s Security Trail Audit (SQS) tool. Now, you can have all login-in attempts and API calls delivered to you in real-time for enhanced transparency and security.
Note: The documentation for Broadsign Control 13.1 was archived on December 16, 2019. See Broadsign Control v13.1 Documentation (Archived).
This release sees the launch of Enterprise Authentication login in addition to a number of features and benefits.
Enterprise Authentication Login
Customers can use the Single Sign On (SSO) approach with Broadsign Control. With a centralized user authentication, system administrators can manage their user database and instantly change or disable access to Broadsign Control. Users will no longer need to remember separate login credentials, reducing password fatigue.
Related links: Enterprise Authentication | Domain Properties
Ubuntu 18.04 Support
Broadsign Control Player and Broadsign Control API now support Ubuntu Linux 18.04. This version has improved security, supports the latest hardware, and comes with 10 year vendor support.
Related links: Install the Player on Linux
Pre-Buffering Player API (Skip Next Action)
Benefit from a new player API that enables intelligent buffering of dynamic content specifically relying on external data. Should the external data be unavailable, the dynamic content will be skipped and the next scheduled content will play, ensuring gapless playback.
Related link: Skip Next Command Action
Emergency Messages in Chromium
Avoid reformatting messages and make use of better content rendering by choosing in which browser emergency messages appear. Emergency messages can now be rendered in Chromium.
Related link: The Emergency Tab
Open API Enhancements
A new API call allows for a more intelligent way to retrieve key incidents, removing networking monitoring complexities and reducing bandwidth usage.
Related link: get_incident_v3_by_type
Better Integration with Broadsign Reach
Publishers who have pre-negotiated deals with programmatic buyers, can now use Deal IDs to reserve spots for private groups or individual buyers while still making use of key capabilities such as pacing and dayparting.
Programmatic buyers can now upload HTML5 packages through Broadsign Reach to more easily deploy dynamic content and benefit from responsiveness. HTML5 also allows buyers to gain time by removing the need to manually render multiple versions of the same content.
Related link: The General Section
Note: The documentation for Broadsign Control 13.0 was archived on April 2nd, 2019. See Broadsign Control v13.0 Documentation (Archived).
This release sees the launch of Broadsign Control Live in addition to a number of features and benefits.
Player Monitoring Center
As screenshots are captured, the new player monitoring center gives you a visual representation of your screens, prioritizing those that are showing potential problems, such as screens that are blank, or those showing a black or blue screen. This enables you to proactively spot potential issues quickly and address them accordingly.
Related links: Player Monitoring Center
Remote Screenshot Capture
With Broadsign Control Live, you can see exactly what’s playing on every screen without having to send a person on-site. Remote screenshots enable you to quickly troubleshoot and obtain visual confirmation that every campaign is playing as it should. These screenshots can also be pushed to a third-party web page such as a customer portal or screenshot proof-of-play reports.
Related links: The Screenshots Tab
On-Demand Player Polling
As we know, things don’t always go quite as planned. Screens might not be displaying as they should, someone may have made a simple scheduling mistake or advertisers may want to suddenly change creative, update campaign frequency or even put an immediate stop to a campaign. With Broadsign Control Live, your team can push these changes instantly without having to wait for the player to poll the server.
Related links: On-Demand Player Polling
Cloud Sync
When network security policies prevent direct connection between players, this option allows for content synchronization across the bidirectional channel. In other words, you can both send and receive synchronization messages for synced players across the same channel.
Related links: Cloud Sync | The Core Tab
SmartFeed
By updating content automatically based on external triggers, dynamic campaigns allow for more contextual content. Rather than displaying the same creative throughout the duration of the campaign, advertisers can better engage audiences by updating content as situations change.
Related links: SmartFeed | The URLs Tab
Dynamic Content Proof-of-Play (PoP) Support
While advertisers can get more creative with dynamic campaigns, creating various versions of the creatives can require some extra resources. To be sure their efforts are paying off, your advertisers can now analyze the results of their campaign with the Broadsign Control proof-of-play (PoP) log that can now display data based on which content was displayed in HTML5-based dynamic content.
Related links: Custom POP Action | Interpret the JSON Document (Protocol)
Audience API
Import third-party data from companies such as Nielsen, Route and GeoPath, directly in Broadsign Control to generate campaign audience reports in real time.
Related links: Audience API
Impressions Formulas
Broadsign understands that different media owners may have different ways of calculating impressions based on audience data provided or purchased. We provide a collection of features that accommodate different methods for both Broadsign Direct and Broadsign Control.
Related links: Impressions Formulas
Screenshot Request Action
The Screenshot Request action allows you to push screenshots (or screenshot bursts) to any URL. As a result, you can see what is happening on your screens in real time. Then, you can troubleshoot issues and ensure dynamic content displays correctly.
Related links: Screenshot Request Action
Dual Quividi Support
You can now capture Quividi audience data and adjust messaging accordingly on dual sided totems using a single player.
Related links: Enable Dual Support
Exclusive Conditions Action
You can now set conditions using Broadsign Control Player API (such as "Emergency", "Public Service" or even a winning game) that will filter out all other content from the loop. No other content will play until the condition is removed.
Related links: Exclusive Conditions Action
Note: The documentation for Broadsign Control 12.1 was archived on 14 August, 2018. See Broadsign Control v12.1 Documentation (Archived).
Display Unit CSV Export
Online and DOOH have many differences which only Broadsign Reach’s SSP can truly service. We’ve enhanced inventory export tools to Broadsign Control Administrator to make deployments of Broadsign Direct and Broadsign Reach easier.
Related links: Bulk Import/Export Display Unit Addresses
Enhanced HTML5 Support
Enhanced HTML5 support with Chromium 59 update and webgl support for smoother playback.
Related links: HTML5 Content
REST API
For developers, we have added a REST API to facilitate easier use and to faster deploy integrations. We provide a REST console, using Swagger, that is more intuitive and enjoyable to use.
Related links: Getting Started (REST) | REST Method Reference
3G/4G Synchronization
3G/4G network synchronization allows line-of-sight screens playback to stay synchronized.
Related links: 3G Synchronization
Screen Suspend/Resume Action
With the Screen Suspend/Resume action of Broadsign Control Player API, you can allow player-side applications to suspend or resume the connected screen.
Related links: Suspend/Resume Actions
IP Whitelisting
Keep your network secure with an extra layer of access control with IP whitelists for both Broadsign Control Administrator and Broadsign Publish (Broadsign Creator).
Related links: Domain Properties - General Section
Duplicate MAC Address Protection
Duplicate MAC protection prevents double-registration of players with fake MAC addresses.
Related links: Duplicate MAC Addresses
5.1 Audio Support
Targeted to clients in the cinema vertical, Broadsign Control 12.1 includes support for 5.1 Audio to take advantage of the theatre’s audio capabilities.
Related links: Products Section - The Video Tab
Note: The documentation for Broadsign Control 12.0 was archived in November, 2017. See Broadsign Control v12.0 Documentation (Archived).
Broadsign Reach (formerly Broadsign Serv SSP)
We are committed to bringing clients new programmatic revenue streams. Full native support for Broadsign Reach is now available, including priority campaigns and programmatic events.
Related links: Broadsign Reach | The Reach Tab
Dynamic Pacing
Allow for more flexible ad placement over periods of time. Dynamic pacing reacts in real-time to network events and changes by increasing or decreasing the frequency of ad insertion to hit the target.
Related links: Dynamic Pacing
Real-Time POP API
Broadsign Control can export proof-of-play (POP) data to an external location for input into third-party analytics platforms. You can customize analytics and reporting systems with up-to-the-minute proof-of-play information.
You control the frequency at which you receive the proof-of-play logs. Caching of information protects against network outages. Broadsign will upload the data as soon as the network connection resumes, protecting your statistics’ integrity.
Related links: Real-time POP API | The POP Tab
The New Availability Report
Based on client feedback, we reorganized the Availability Report.
If issues like overbooking or missing content arise, you can see them right away. Expanding and collapsing of information in the report eases the analysis of much larger networks. You can more easily focus on areas that require attention.
Related links: Availability Report
Ubuntu 16.04 Support
Broadsign Control Player and Broadsign Control API now support Ubuntu Linux 16.04.
Related links: Install the Player on Linux
Map-Based Campaign Booking
Users of Broadsign Control Administrator can geofence display units in map view, to more easily book campaigns based on geography.
Related Links: Display Units in Map View
Bulk Criteria Import
Schedulers using criteria in Broadsign Control Administrator for fine-grained targeting can now bulk import their criteria.
Related Links: Bulk Criteria Import
Unique Ad Copy Filler
Schedulers using Broadsign Control Administrator can adjust the limit of unique filler ad copies that Broadsign Control Player adds to a loop policy.
Rather than insert filler content (stopping when the loop reaches its maximum duration), schedulers can override this setting by specifying the number of unique filler ad copies used.
Related links: Filler Tab
Bulk Import/Export Display Unit Addresses
In Broadsign Control Administrator, clients of either Broadsign Direct or Broadsign Reach can bulk import the geolocation data of their display units.
Related links: Bulk Import/Export Display Unit Addresses
