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MillimeterVisix Selects Accuweather.Com as Sole Provider of Commercial Weather Content
May 25, 2007 3:32 PM
Visix is pleased to announce that it will support commercially available weather produced by AccuWeather.com. Under the terms of the arrangement, Visix will deliver professional weather content to AxisTV users that purchase the optional subscription service. Users can select to receive published content from any or all of the following categories—local weather (current conditions), local five-day forecast, and local weather radar. Professionally designed layouts can be automatically updated through the AxisTV graphic link feature.
Graphical Weather Modules from AccuWeather.com have been developed specifically to provide digital signage applications with the weather elements in which the public has the greatest interest. These eye-catching, attractive, high-resolution, low-bandwidth modules are available for all 43,000 U.S. ZIP codes. Graphical Weather Modules are available in two formats: 16:9 aspect ratio (1366x768) for full-screen applications and 4:3 aspect ratio (1024x768) for main-screen applications, typically as a TV-size content zone with a sidebar. Both formats are optimized to require low bandwidth for delivery. The Graphical Weather Modules are designed for venues with ambient noise and shorter dwell viewing times and do not include audio.
Visix has long supported free weather updates managed and delivered by NOAA’s National Weather Service. The addition of AccuWeather.com as a commercial weather provider is the result of numerous requests from AxisTV users for a more reliable and graphically detailed weather information provider.
Pricing for the subscription service is now available with service scheduled for release in June 2007. Click here to view graphics samples.
Georgia-based Visix designs, develops, and supports a suite of software applications that allow users to create, import, and manage their communications from anywhere and to deliver those messages to virtually any endpoint. The company offers a digital signage application, a room and event scheduling solution, and applications for targeted messaging to portable devices. Each of these products works independently or can be integrated into scaleable deployments from a single display to large networks. This comprehensive approach to on-time communications – from concept to delivery – provides turnkey systems including software, hardware and distribution accessories, as well as multi-tier support options to manage and maintain dynamic visual communications.
For more information, visit www.visix.com.
