National September 11 Memorial & Museum renews its digital signage network with BrightSign

The manufacturer has been selected to supply its multimedia players to this museum dedicated to the memory and remembrance of the victims of the tragic terrorist attack of 2001 in New York, which has recently renewed its digital signage network, integrated by Smart Digital Solutions.

Located in lower Manhattan, National September 11 Memorial & Museum, A space that pays a heartfelt tribute to the 2.976 killed in the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in New York, has renewed its entire network of digital signage, that in these years had become obsolete (More details of this installation analyzed in Digital AV Magazine), In addition to improving the visitor experience with interactive technologies.

A project that its managers have entrusted to the specialist Smart Digital Solutions, Responsible for system integration and support, and on the manufacturer's media players BrightSign, as a key part of this initial deployment, The first in a series of technological improvements to the museum.

In its more than 9.290 square meters, The museum relies heavily on the screens that make up the Digital Signage network to help visitors make the most of their time in this space., as well as as a means of communication and guide. In addition, is open on 365 days of the year, with a maximum of fourteen hours a day during the seasons of maximum tourist activity, welcoming 20.000 Daily visitors.

With these activity parameters, Any downtime in your digital signage network is serious inconveniences, So one of the requirements in this renovation was that the hardware was robust and that it guaranteed the operation and high performance of the installation., elements that marked the selection of BrightSign media players.

specifically, BrightSign media players installed currently power a third of the digital signage network of this facility, With informative and interactive content to about thirty digital screens of different sizes located on the seven floors of the underground museum.

As Hal Scharfman has pointed out, CTO of Smart Digital Solutions, "We are impressed by the flexibility of BrightSign's 4K media players., and for its robust feature set to accomplish everything we wanted to do technically, but at a much more affordable cost than with a comparable PC-based solution.".

BrightSign 4K players power a combination of digital displays, Touch, interactive and videowalls of manufacturers Sharp and LG, deployed at the museum's entry points and spaces that bring together a large influx of people.

Content is produced in-house and managed remotely via BrightSign Network Enterprise Edition from museum administrative offices.

The next phase of implementation will incorporate video streaming projected in the sixty exhibitions offered by the museum, which also plans to standardize BrightSign 4K media players to streamline the management of the entire network of digital signage.

“El despliegue inicial de los media player de BrightSign ha sido muy exitoso -ha asegurado Steve Hey, director de infraestructura tecnológica y seguridad en el National September 11 Memorial. Se han desplegado e instalado sin problemas, con un funcionamiento impecable y sin tiempo de inactividad desde el primer momento, por lo que tendrán un lugar prominente en futuros despliegues mientras continuamos actualizando la señalización digital en todo el museo”.

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