Campus and hospital TV
Closed broadcast for schools, hospitals and office parks: unified programme management, scheduled playback and emergency message override.
Overview
Broadcast television
A campus system is a closed network with a captive audience, and the requirements that shape it are different from a commercial headend: scheduled playback matters more than channel count, and emergency override outranks everything.
Because the audience is internal, the system is normally specified around zones — classrooms, wards, public areas — each able to receive different content at different times.
How the system works
The signal path for this kind of project, from the sources on the left to what the end user receives on the right.
Design
What decides the design
Four things that change the specification more than the equipment list does.
- Emergency override The override path is specified first. It must take priority over scheduled content and be testable without disrupting normal service.
- Zoning Different areas usually need different content. Zoning is configured in the distribution layer, not per display.
- Scheduled playback Timetables are set centrally and run unattended. Content is loaded ahead of time and played to schedule.
- Displays already installed Existing displays set the output format. Tell us the make and model and we will confirm the headend configuration.
Typical configurations
Indicative starting points. Send us the actual figures and we will come back with a real configuration.
| Site | Displays | Channels | Headend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single school | Under 60 | 8–16 | Single unit |
| Hospital | 100–400 | 16–32 | 1 rack, zoned |
| Multi-site campus | 400+ | 32+ | 1–2 racks, zoned |
Describe the site and we will design it
Tell us the scale, the location and what the network has to do. Our engineers will come back with a configuration and a factory price.