IMPORTANT NOTE
Screen Takeovers was released for LG webOS on 31 March 2025 and will be released on other supported Signagelive Players later in the year. To gain FREE access to Screen Takeovers, please fill out this form.
Screen Takeovers enables your Signagelive Players to switch between synchronised and independent operation at pre-set scheduled times that you define.
This feature is particularly useful for scenarios where your digital signage needs to display varied, independent content most of the time but also requires the ability to show coordinated, time-sensitive information across all screens. Outside of these scheduled synchronisation periods, your Players will operate independently.
They will only enter synchronised mode when a designated Takeover event—such as a scheduled announcement, emergency broadcast, or pre-defined time slot—is triggered. This article will explain the terminology associated with Screen Takeovers and guide you through its usage.
How does it work?
There are a few components that make up our Screen Takeovers functionality, and they are as follows:
A Takeover (or a Takeover event)
A Takeover Group
Your content is published as a Takeover event to your selected Players (a Takeover Group) at your selected time period, and when this Takeover event kicks in, any Players that have this Takeover published to them will play this content in sync until the Takeover event ends, at which point each Player will fall back to its respective content schedules.
What is a Takeover?
A Takeover is a Playlist containing the content you would like to perform in sync across your Players. When you have Screen Takeovers enabled on your Signagelive Network - you'll find that during step 1 of the publication stage (accessed via Content > Publish in your Signagelive Network), you’ll get the option to publish content “As a takeover”. You’ll then select the dates and times at which the Players that have this Takeover content published to them will play this synchronous content before each Player falls back to its respective schedules.
Please Note
Layouts cannot be published as Takeovers. This publication type is exclusive to fullscreen Playlists only.
What is a Takeover Group?
A Takeover Group is the vehicle that allows your Players to function in a synchronized manner, you’ll add all of the Players you want to perform in sync to a Takeover Group and then publish your Takeover content/Playlist to your Takeover Group.
Requirements for Screen Takeovers
Screen Takeovers will only work with displays that are on the same LAN (Local Area Network)
The same fullscreen playlist must be published to all players
Synced media/assets must be the same type across all players
Synced media/assets must have a matching duration
All Players in a Takeover Group must be the same type (for example: ChromeOS) - see our FAQs article for more information on supported Players
We recommend that all Players in a Takeover Group are on the same firmware and same Player model to ensure optimum performance
Now you are educated on the terminology behind this powerful new feature, please proceed through the following articles which will detail how you can begin configuring your Screen Takeovers: