Showtimes and schedules from your feed, concession menus, sponsor loops, wayfinding, queue boards, social walls and countdowns, managed from one account across a venue or a circuit. The first 3 screens are free forever; a venue pays from $3 per screen per month.
First published September 6, 2026 · Last updated September 6, 2026
Screenings, performances and games with times, screens or halls and availability from a calendar or XML/JSON feed, updating themselves when the schedule changes.
Dayparted menu boards with combos, specials and allergen panels; prices change once for every stand.
Trailers, sponsor spots and partner promotions in scheduled rotation, with proof-of-play reporting on Enterprise for sponsor billing.
Directions to screens, seats and services; queue and wait-time messaging at box office, bars and attractions with the FasterQ component.
Attendee posts by hashtag with moderation, countdowns to showtime or kickoff, and live polls for the crowd.
Push a delay, a weather notice or an evacuation instruction to every screen in the venue in seconds.
Schedules that maintain themselves. Ticketing and calendar feeds drive the boards; dayparting and countdowns handle the rest, so the box office never retypes the day.
Circuit-ready. One account, a sub-account per venue, the Enterprise SignDashboard for circuits, and white-label branding per brand.
It runs on hardware you already own. SignPlayer runs on Android sticks and Android TV, Chrome OS devices, Windows and Mac PCs, Raspberry Pi and iPads, and inside any browser, so a screen costs an existing TV plus a $30–$60 player. Watchdog restarts the player automatically for unattended 24/7 operation, and content keeps playing through internet outages from the local cache.
Every location gets its own keys. Sub-accounts and permissions let each site, department or franchisee manage only its own screens while head office keeps the master layouts, an instant emergency override and a dashboard of every player's status.
Content updates itself. Weather, news, RSS and social feeds, calendars, countdowns, QR codes, the charting component and any XML/JSON data feed refresh automatically; 180+ templates cover menus, promos, directories and lobby loops.
The price fits the budget. First 3 screens free forever; from $3/screen/month after that with volume pricing in the public calculator, versus $8–$16 on Yodeck, $10–$30 on OptiSigns or $20 on ScreenCloud. Enterprise adds proof of play for sponsors, POS integration for concessions and touch kiosks.
| Deployment | Screens | DigitalSignage.com | Yodeck Basic ($8) | OptiSigns Standard ($10) | ScreenCloud ($20) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small cinema or club: lobby + concession + entrance | 3 | $0 (free tier) | $288 | $0 (3 free, branded) | $720 |
| Multiplex or theatre | 10 | $360 | $960 | $1,200 | $2,400 |
| Arena or large venue | 30 | $1,080 | $2,880 | $3,600 | $7,200 |
| Cinema circuit | 120 | $4,320 | $11,520 | $14,400 | $28,800 |
DigitalSignage.com column uses the $3 Plus+ starting rate; dynamic volume pricing may quote lower, and Enterprise is priced in the public calculator. Competitor columns use each vendor's published entry-tier rate as of August 2026, apply their free tiers where the screen count qualifies, and exclude hardware. Full dataset: State of Digital Signage Pricing 2026.
| Location | Display | Rule of thumb |
|---|---|---|
| Lobby and concourse | Commercial displays; video walls at the entrance | Large type, one message per screen |
| Concession stands | Any consumer TV | Consumer TV plus a $30–$60 player |
| Exterior and marquee | High-brightness, weather-rated displays or LED | Same software, scheduled by daypart |
1. Create a free account (no credit card).
2. Plug an Android stick or Chromebox into the concession TV and install SignPlayer and Watchdog.
3. Pick a venue template, connect the showtime calendar feed and enter the concession menu.
4. Publish. Add the lobby and entrance screens the same way, still free; extend across the circuit at $3/screen.
What digital signage should a cinema or theatre use?
For most cinemas, theatres, arenas and clubs: cloud-managed digital signage such as DigitalSignage.com on the screens already in the lobby and at concessions, with a $30–$60 player behind each, showtime boards driven by a calendar or ticketing feed, dayparted menus, sponsor loops and a sub-account per venue. The first 3 screens are free forever and additional screens cost $3 per screen per month.
Can showtimes update automatically from our ticketing system?
Yes. The data and calendar components read XML/JSON or calendar feeds and refresh the boards when the schedule changes.
Can we report sponsor plays?
Yes, on the Enterprise plan: proof-of-play reporting records when and where each sponsor item played, for billing and renewals.
Can concession prices change at every stand at once?
Yes. Edit the menu once and every assigned screen updates within minutes; POS integration is available on Enterprise.
How much does venue digital signage cost?
Software on DigitalSignage.com: $0 for up to 3 screens, then $3 per screen per month, so a 30-screen arena is about $1,080 a year versus $2,880-$7,200 on Yodeck, OptiSigns or ScreenCloud. Hardware is an existing TV plus a $30–$60 player, or commercial displays and video walls in the lobby.
Yodeck, OptiSigns and ScreenCloud are trademarks of their respective owners; pricing cited from published price pages as of August 2026. Display brightness figures are general industry rules of thumb. Related: casinos · events and conferences · fitness, leisure and culture · hospitality · restaurants and menu boards.
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