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Chapter 20 Use Channels to Play Rich Media
Concepts
Channel Examples
Topics in this section show you how you might apply the channels concept in various settings.
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Airport Example, page 20-4
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Healthcare Example: Figure 20-1 on page 20-5
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Retail Banking Example: Figure 20-2 on page 20-6
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Retail Shopping Example: Figure 20-3 on page 20-7
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Education Example: Figure 20-4 on page 20-8
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Manufacturing Example: Figure 20-5 on page 20-9
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subscriptions
Endpoints subscribe to channels, which supply rich media programming and playback schedules for
digital signs.

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time basis
Logic that controls how subscribed endpoints understand and implement the start and stop times for
events. A channel’s time basis can be relative (to each endpoint’s own physical time zone) or absolute
to one internationally standard time zone that you choose from a list.
time-specific
content
Content whose playback will start and stop according to a schedule and repeat at set intervals,
controlled by date, time, and repetition rules that you define.