Carousel Digital Signage
Carousel is a US-based digital signage software vendor headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, operating for nearly 30 years as one of the longer-tenured players in the CMS market. The company, part of the Tightrope Media Systems family, focuses on cloud-based content management for corporate, K-12, higher education, and government facilities, with an emphasis on emergency messaging, accessibility, and ease of use.
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Carousel's core offering is Carousel Cloud, a hosted SaaS digital signage CMS built around channels, zones, and bulletins for content scheduling and distribution. Key components include:
- Dedicated Player Software — classic purpose-built signage powered by media players like BrightSign and Apple TV for high-reliability, always-on playback
- Content Feeds — a one-to-many content delivery model via URL, running across browsers, tablets, mobile devices, conference rooms, desktops, and Windows screensavers
- Emergency Messaging module with Common Alert Protocol (CAP) integration for critical alerts and targeted notifications
- MDM (Mobile Device Management) tools for enterprise-scale signage deployments
- Broad media player support spanning BrightSign, Apple TV, Amazon Signage Stick, Sony, Philips, Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, Bluefin/BrightSign built-in displays, Zoom Rooms, and Chrome Enterprise
- Integrations with Canva, PowerPoint, Google Slides, Power BI, Geckoboard, iCal, Google Calendar, Exchange, and rSchool
- A Creator Library with hundreds of included templates, imagery, and channel designs
- Recently launched Interactive Experience, an immersive environment built with content partner Studio Kudzu to showcase platform capabilities
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