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VTS Activate Integrations for Digital Displays

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VTS Activate integrates with a handful of digital display companies to help properties  show their Posts.

 

  1. Captivate
  2. Cineplex
  3. Pattison
  4. YouRHere

 

Captivate

 

What is Captivate?

Captivate makes billboards, signs, and digital displays that are available in multiple cities and markets.

 

 

How does Activate integrate with Captivate?

Content created in VTS Activate can be sent to Captivate for display in their digital displays. When the integration is made available in a Channel, a checkbox appears that sends the information to Captivate for distribution in the buildings and displays in your agreement with Captivate.

 

 

How do I select where to distribute my material?

Activate customers should have an agreement in place with Captivate that determines which buildings and digital billboards will show their material. The Activate platform is used to create the information used in the advertisement. An optional QR code works as a link that takes the user to the content in Activate. 

 

 

How do I create content in Activate for Captivate?

As a Workplace Admin:

  1. Go to the Content Center
  2. Create a new Post
  3. In the Info step, enter the Title, Description, and upload the image you want to be displayed. We recommend categorizing the Post as Advertising which will help identify it when viewing Insights & Reports. 




advertisement info step.png


 

In the Editor step, select Integration and then Captivate from the drop-down.

 

 

captivate integration editor step.png

 

 

  • Enter the information you want users to see when they follow the QR Code. This could be details about a promotion, contest, survey, or simply informational.

 

  • In the Targeting step, select whom the advertisement will be visible to. 
    • Select the Display on Captivate screens checkbox. This will send the details of the Post to Captivate for syndication.

 

 

Display on Captivate.png

 

 

A Preview button appears when the checkbox is selected. This gives you a preview of the advertisement in three different screen resolutions. Note the Title, Description, and Image displayed are from the Info step, not from the Editor. The QR code links to the information in the Editor.



Preview_Captivate.png

 

 

In the Publish step, select the dates when this advertisement will be visible. Captivate will use these dates as the start and end of the advertising cycle.

 

Select Save and Publish. 

 

 

What are the recommended specifications?

For best results:

  • Format: JPG or PNG
  • Aspect ratio: 4:3
  • Resolution:
    • Elevators: 640 x 480 pixels
    • Lobby: 1280 x 720 pixels 

 

 

Cineplex

 

What is Cineplex?
Cineplex makes billboards, signs, and digital displays that are available in multiple cities and markets.

 

 

How does Activate integrate with Cineplex?
Content created in VTS Activate can be sent to Cineplex for display in their digital displays. When the integration is made available in your channel, a checkbox appears that sends the information to Cineplex for distribution in the markets you have selected with Cineplex.

 

 

How do I select where to distribute my material?

Activate customers should have an agreement in place with Cineplex that determines which buildings and digital billboards will show their material. The Activate platform is used to create the information used in the advertisement. An optional QR code works as a link that takes the user to the content in Activate. 

 

How do I create content in VTS Activate for Cineplex?

As a Workplace Admin:

  1. Go to the Content Center
  2. Create a new Post
  3. In the Info step, enter the Title, Description, and upload the image you want to be displayed. We recommend categorizing the Post as Advertising which will help identify it when viewing Insights & Reports. 

 


advertisement info step.png


In the Editor step, select Integration and then Cineplex from the drop-down.

 

 

Cineplex integration editor step.png

 

 

  • Enter the information you want users to see when they follow the QR Code. This could be details about a promotion, contest, survey, or simply informational. 

 

  • In the Targeting step, select whom the content will be visible to.
    • Select the Display on Cineplex screens checkbox. This will send the details of the Post to Cineplex for syndication.



Display on Cineplex (1).png


Note: The Title, Description, and Background Image from the Info step are displayed on the screens. Users who follow the optional QR Code will access the contents of the Post, as defined in the Editor.

 

In the Publish step, select the dates when this advertisement will be visible. Cineplex will use these dates as the start and end of the advertising cycle.

 

 

What are the dimensions and specifications for images?

 

 

Cineplex_spec.png

 

 

 

Pattison

 

What is Pattison?

Pattison makes billboards, signs, and digital displays that are available in multiple cities and markets.

 

 

How does Activate integrate with Pattison?

Content created in Activate can be sent to Pattison for display in their digital displays. When the integration is made available in your channel, a checkbox appears in the Targeting step that allows you to preview and export the content to Pattison for distribution in the markets you have contracted with Pattison.

 

 

How do I select where to distribute my material?

Activate customers should have an agreement in place with Pattison that determines which buildings and digital billboards will show their material. The Activate platform is used to create the information used in the advertisement. An optional QR code works as a link that takes the user to the content in Activate. 

 

 

How do I create content in VTS Activate for Pattison?

As a Workplace Admin:

  1. Go to the Content Center
  2. Create a new Post
  3. In the Info step, enter the Title, Description, and upload the image you want to be displayed. We recommend categorizing the Post as Advertising which will help identify it when viewing Insights.         
    • You MUST toggle Set this as an event ON whether it’s an event or not, and then set the dates that you want the post to be published. This step triggers the display advertising cycle. This will match the Publish & Unpublish dates, and does not reflect the actual event date! This is why advertisements or announcements are recommended over posting events as events will only show on the displays on the actual dates and times of the event itself. The Publish & Unpublish dates will NOT override this for the Pattison integration.



advertisement info step event.png

 

In the Editor step, select Integration and then Pattison from the drop-down.

 

 

pattison integration editor step.png

 

  • Enter the information you want users to see when they follow the QR Code. This could be details about a promotion, contest, survey, or simply informational.
    • This content does not appear on the Pattison digital billboard, but Members will see it when they access the QR code or navigate to the content in the Activate platform.

 

  • In the Targeting step, select whom the advertisement will be visible to.
    • Select the Display on Pattison screens checkbox. This will send the details of the Post to Pattison for syndication when you Publish.

 


Pattison display box.png

 

A Preview button appears when the checkbox is selected. This gives you a preview of the advertisement in three different screen resolutions. Note the Title, Description, and Image displayed are from the Info step, not from the Editor. The QR code links to the information in the Editor.

 


Pattison_preview.png

 

Select Save and Publish. 

 

 

What are the dimensions and specifications for images?

The following information is obtained from Pattison:

 

 

Pattison_Specs.png

 

How soon will my content be displayed?

That depends on Pattison and the contract details. The content shown in the Preview is sent to Pattison and added to their distribution queue. There are many factors at play beyond the control of Activate.

 

 

 

YouRHere

 

What's YouRHere?

YouRHere is the Calgary-based maker of billboards, signs, and digital displays available in multiple cities and markets.

 

 

How does Activate integrate with YouRHere?

Content created in Activate can be sent to YouRHere for display in their digital displays. When the integration's made available in your channel, a checkbox appears in the Targeting step that allows you to export the content to YouRHere for syndication (distribution).

 

Go to Channel Settings > Integrations and add both the YouRHere integration and the  Captivate integration to the channel to set it up.

 

 

How do I select where to distribute my material?

Activate customers should have an agreement in place with YouRHere that determines which buildings and digital billboards will show their material. The Activate platform is used to create the information used in the advertisement. An optional QR code works as a link that takes the user to the content in Activate. 

 

 

How do I create content in VTS Activate for YouRHere?

As a Workplace Admin:

  1. Go to the Content Center

  2. Create a new Post

  3. In the Info step, enter the Title, Description, and upload the image you want displayed. Suggest writing description to call out App download - ie: “Don’t miss out! RSVP with the [CLIENT] App.” If the post is strictly for advertising, recommend categorizing the Post as Advertising which will help identify it when viewing Insights. 

  4. Also in the Info step, you MUST toggle Set this as an event ON whether it’s an event or not, and then set the dates that you want the post to be published. This step triggers the display advertising cycle. This will match the Publish & Unpublish dates, and does not reflect the actual event date! This is why advertisements or announcements are recommended over posting events as events will only show on the displays on the actual dates and times of the event itself. The Publish & Unpublish dates will NOT override this for the youRhere integration.

    'Set this as an event' is what triggers the post to send to the display

  5. In the Editor step, enter the information you want users to see when they follow the QR Code. This could be details about a promotion, contest, survey, or simply informational.

    This content does not appear in the YouRHere digital billboard, but members will see it when they access the QR code or navigate to the content in the Activate platform.

  6. In the Editor step, check off the Integration checkbox and toggle to YouRhere

  7. In the Targeting step, select the dates when this advertisement will be visible. YouRHere will use these dates as the start and end of the advertising cycle.

  8. Click on the Display on YouRHere screens checkbox. This will send the details of the Post to YouRHere for syndication when you publish. Also click on the Display on Captivate checkbox.

 

 

⚠️ YouRHere's intended to be used by itself, not with another display integration—if you used YouRHere and Pattison at the same time, for example, you'd probably end up sending duplicate content to your members.

 

 

 

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