Effective Digital Media Management and Publishing

Easily manage, schedule, and publish compelling digital media for both digital signage displays and desktop video with the Cisco Digital Media Manager. An integrated part of the Cisco Digital Media System, this Web-based media management application enables content owners to easily upload, catalogue, edit, package, and publish digital media content for live or on-demand playback.

The Cisco Digital Media Manager is the central management application for all Cisco Digital Media System products, and is built on the pervasive, secure reach of a Cisco SONA network.

Use the Cisco Digital Media Manager to:

• Create and manage playlists, ticker alerts, messages, and promotional inserts
• Flexibly schedule independent live and future broadcasts
• Manage content and approval workflow for streamlined delivery
• Manage administrator accounts and permissions for content security and control
• Instantly update content across groups of digital signage displays; control scheduling for content playback throughout the day
• Create and design digital signage screen layouts, divide available screen space into distinct regions, and populate content into these regions using a “drag-and-drop” Web interface
• Easily customize the Cisco Video Portal user interface for specific end-user environments
• Secure access to the Cisco Video Portal with optional login and authentication through a Microsoft Active Directory Lightweight Directory Protocol (LDAP) server
• Allow Cisco Video Portal viewers to submit text-based questions to event producers and presenters during live Webcast events
• Synchronize slides with video and audio streams produced during live desktop video Webcast events

With Cisco Application and Content Networking System (ACNS) products, you can efficiently deliver content across the network without disrupting business-critical applications.