Digital Signage Software

we would like to outsource the development of a digital sign management software. We need the following functionality: Media Server Local Player (at the digital signage player level) The ideal scenario is to have a content server manage the individual nodes (digital signage units) remotely, via ip. The server is to comission players, manage the playlist, software updates, proof of play, different templates, rss feeds,rs232, remotely turn on and off hardware, time stamp, screen capture and it has to be able to work on a direct connection environment and through a vpn environment. The local player has to be able to manage the screen attached to the player, and perform the following task: day parting advanced scheduling and decommissioning of playlists trigger capabilities (point of sale) player clustering rss feeds different screens layouts real time screen captures Support different video formats Some of the comercially available software are scala, broadsign,firmchannel, etc. . Have a look at [login to view URL] or broadsign.com. we need to manage a large number of nodes, and the usual configuration is one player for two lcd. we are moving towards the one player one screen, which would avoid the heavy management on the video card.