Broadsign Direct's Digital Inventory page displays a list of all the screens on your network. You can filter, sort, and view your screen inventory.
Tip: If you are creating or editing a proposal item from the Proposal Builder, the digital inventory modal window that is displayed has very similar functionality to the Digital Inventory page. See Select Screens Manually.
Once you filter and sort your screens, you can create specialized proposals containing screens selected "à la carte". See Access the Proposal Builder and Proposal Builder.
In Broadsign Direct, you can specify that the loop slot duration is enforced for ALL content. The content will all be played for this duration. For instance, you can use a fixed slot duration in case of bylaws that enforce a specific duration of content slots.
Tip: Remember that in Broadsign Control, a screen is called a Display Unit.
When importing screen information from Broadsign Control, Broadsign Direct stores the slot duration information for each screen. If there is a change on the fixed slot duration value in Broadsign Control, it will be updated in Broadsign Direct.
For example, let's consider three screens:
- Screen 1 has a regular loop policy without any fixed slot duration
- Screen 2 has a loop policy with a fixed slot duration of 7 seconds
- Screen 3 has a loop policy with a fixed slot duration of 9 seconds
A single 10-second campaign targeted across all three screens will play back for:
- 10 seconds on Screen 1
- 7 seconds on Screen 2
- 9 seconds on Screen 3
A single 5-second campaign targeted across all three screens will play back for:
- 5 seconds on Screen 1
- 7 seconds on Screen 2
- 9 seconds on Screen 3
Although this type of variable duration is typically only used with images (as an image can be shown for a variable length of time), this logic will apply to all content, for example videos and HTML5.
If a video is shorter than the fixed slot duration, the video’s last frame will be held on-screen for the duration.
The fixed slot duration can only be modified in Broadsign Control.
For more information, see Loop Policies and Duration Tab in the Broadsign Control documentation.
The action buttons allow you to select an action to perform with the current filters and screen selection.
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Open the Proposal Builder. It will include the screens you have selected and the ad flight information you have entered. For more information, see Proposal Builder. |
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Export your filtered screens or your selected screens in CSV format.
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