# Beamcast — Digital Signage Software

> Beamcast is a professional digital signage platform by ITworx Solutions AT GmbH (Austria). It enables businesses to centrally manage, schedule, and remotely control digital displays across multiple locations.

## Product Overview

- **Name:** Beamcast
- **Developer:** ITworx Solutions AT GmbH, Dornbirn, Austria
- **Website:** https://beamcast.at
- **App Login:** https://signage.itworx.app
- **Target Market:** DACH region (Austria, Germany, Switzerland)
- **Pricing:** EUR 19.90 net per display per month, no minimum contract
- **Language:** German (UI and support)

## Core Features

- **Media Management:** Upload images (JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, GIF), videos (MP4, WebM, MKV, MOV), web URLs, YouTube links. Drag & drop upload, server-side thumbnail generation, automatic video transcoding via FFmpeg.
- **Playlists:** Drag & drop item ordering, 10 transition effects (fade, slide, zoom, ken-burns, flip), per-item display duration, orientation filtering (landscape/portrait), content fit modes.
- **Layout Designer:** Multi-zone screen layouts with 9 widget types: Digital Clock, Analog Clock, Date, Weather (Open-Meteo), RSS Feed, JSON Feed, Countdown, WYSIWYG Text, Emoji. Supports 5 aspect ratios (16:9, 9:16, 4:3, 3:4, 1:1).
- **Scheduling:** Weekly time slots, date-range campaigns, priority levels (0-254 + emergency override at 255), overlap detection with color-coded calendar view.
- **Display Management:** Real-time online/offline status, live view with auto-refresh screenshots, 7-day system metrics (CPU, RAM, disk), remote reboot/shutdown, WiFi/Ethernet configuration, display rotation (0/90/180/270 degrees), staged client updates (beta/stable channels).
- **Display Groups:** Cross-branch device grouping with optional clock-synchronized playback across all displays in a group.
- **Multi-Tenancy:** 5-level hierarchy: Super Admin > Signage Admin > Reseller Admin > Company Admin > User. Complete data isolation between tenants, impersonation for customer support.
- **Security:** TOTP-based 2FA, bcrypt password hashing, CSRF protection, session timeout with visual countdown, complete audit trail (login logs, activity logs, proof of play).
- **Offline Support:** Local caching on player hardware. Playback continues uninterrupted during network outages with automatic resync on reconnection.

## Optional Modules

- **PowerPoint Import:** Upload PPTX files, server-side conversion to individual slides via LibreOffice.
- **Hero Slider:** Full-screen image/video sliders with text animations and call-to-action buttons.
- **Leitsystem (Tableau):** Interactive navigation and calling displays with button templates, PIN protection, IP allowlisting.
- **EasyGate:** Real-time queue/calling display system with external API polling, visual design editor, up to 4 columns.
- **Proof of Play:** Complete playback audit trail — which content played on which display at what time.

## Hardware

- Player hardware delivered pre-configured (Raspberry Pi based)
- Supports Full HD, WQHD, and 4K displays
- Works with any screen that has an HDMI input

## Target Industries

Healthcare (waiting rooms), Retail (shop windows), Hotels (lobby, restaurant), Gastronomy (digital menus), Schools (announcements), Offices (KPI dashboards, reception)

## Contact

- Phone: +43 557721707
- Demo requests: signage.demo@itworx-solutions.at
- Sales: signage.sales@itworx-solutions.at
- Reseller program: signage.reseller@itworx-solutions.at

## Optional

- [Full product details](https://beamcast.at/llms-full.txt)
- [All features](https://beamcast.at/funktionen)
- [Pricing](https://beamcast.at/angebot)
- [Industry solutions](https://beamcast.at/loesungen)
- [Reseller program](https://beamcast.at/reseller)
- [Contact](https://beamcast.at/kontakt)