Inscriber Releases New Version of InfoCaster at InfoComm

Jun 21, 2005 8:00 AM

The new version of InfoCaster features video streaming support and enhanced transitions for use in creating and delivering visually superior digital signage networks and information channels.

Inscriber, a division of Leitch Technology and a provider of digital signage and SD/HD solutions for professional digital video, announced the worldwide release of version 2 of InfoCaster at InfoComm 2005. The new version of the software features video streaming support and enhanced transitions that increase visual impact.

InfoCaster is a powerful, proven solution used by communications professionals around the world for creating and delivering visually superior digital signage networks and information channels. As a scalable solution, InfoCaster offers the ability to create, schedule, manage, distribute, and deliver television graphics, large-screen presentations, or high-resolution displays on a single television station or thousands of remote plasma monitors across the country.

“The newest version of InfoCaster continues to offer leading-edge advancements for digital signage solutions,” remarks Randy Fowlie, vice president of digital media for Leitch. “Capturing and retaining viewer attention is important for digital signage displays to be effective, and InfoCaster 2.0 offers many significant, new benefits. Adding support for streaming video and increased transition flexibility makes InfoCaster a compelling solution for increased viewer impact.”

Highlights of the new release include the use of a live video editor to stream video from the Web directly to an InfoCaster region for display of up-to-the-minute information. Standard streaming and ASX file streaming are supported. In addition, new transitions such as ripple, page curl, flip, cube, mosaic, and zoom offer new creative design possibilities. Further transition enhancements include increased flexibility to transition each screen item independently, apply transitions between complete page changes, and apply transitions between clips and live video events.

InfoCaster is deployed in numerous applications, including point-of-purchase displays in retail applications; IP-based television broadcasts for information, music, and shopping channels; corporate communications; menu displays in fast-food restaurants; visitor communication networks at banks, stadiums, airports, corporate offices, shopping malls, and resorts; student communication networks at high schools, colleges, and universities; and many other places where the reliable, timely, and visually appealing display of information is important.

For more information on InfoCaster, visit www.inscriber.com.