CastNET™ introduces the ability
to manage your visual communication network via a Web browser. This
unique capability allows you to manage digital signs and/or televisions
worldwide from your headquarters, or while your on the road. No
longer are you tied to a specific workstation when managing or creating
your networks messages. Because of CastNET’s “fill out
the form” web page approach to message creation, you will
never need expensive, specially trained personnel, resulting in
a very low cost of ownership.
Traditionally, attracting viewers
in your community to your cable access channel required technological
and creative expertise, a dedicated staff and volunteers, and a
solid budget. CastNET is an easy to use, ultra reliable solution
with stunning quality built to match even the tightest of budgets.
CastNET offers a video bulletin board, scheduling an switching solution,
and an autogenerated Web presence.
Automatic Web Updates
CastNET automatically places your
bulletin board channel information onto your Web site. Both communication
channels are created without duplicity of effort!
CastNET delivers
attractive graphics, text and video playback. While it is a necessity
that
your channels provide reliable community information, it is how
that information is presented that largely determines the size
and consistency of your audience. Simply put, there is little
reason to work so hard gathering information and getting it out
to your community if they are not going to watch. Fortunately,
CastNET packages the highest quality video bulletin board playback
with automated video switching and Web site management.
Easy Content Management
CastNET makes information gathering, message creation and content
scheduling easy. Messages for your community bulletin board channel
can come from a myriad of sources, including the local government,
school districts or community television viewers.
CastNET’s Web based content management interface makes
it easy to get this information on the air quickly. Because CastNET
is Web based you can access and edit content from any computer
with an Internet connection. This means that the town administrator,
the high school principle or one of your volunteers can build
messages from their office or home!
Dynamic Scheduling
CastNET allows you to schedule individual messages, groups of messages
and a switch to an external video source. CastNET also acts as a
mini-video server allowing you to schedule MPEG video playback.
As you build a message or a video event you can provide a variety
of scheduling information, including the date ranges and time periods
to play within that date range. CastNET allows you to schedule a
message, a video or an event as far into the future as you require.
Create Websites
All of the video content created in CastNET is used to auto-generate
a Website with no additional effort on your part. Now your community
can also retrieve information, playback schedules and much more
from your Website. Website messages can also contain links to other
Web sites and email addresses as well as documents that your viewers
can download.
CastNET simplifies message creation, is ultra-reliable,
auto generates a Website and delivers a video bulletin board that
always looks great. To top it all off, CastNET can be configured
in a variety of ways, enabling your cable access station to own
and operate your own CastNET server or to simply lease server
time directly from your CastNET reseller.
