Bayan Signage sets up the digital signage CMS, players and content behind your screens, from one lobby display to menu boards across twenty branches. The software comes from established signage platforms; our team configures it, builds bilingual templates your staff can edit safely, schedules dayparts and Ramadan hours, and checks that every screen is online before handover.
A digital signage CMS, or content management system, is the software used to upload, arrange and schedule what plays on your screens. Images, videos and live data are built into layouts and playlists, scheduled by time, day and location, and sent to a media player at each display, which stores them and keeps playing if the connection drops. Restaurant groups, malls, clinic networks, banks, offices and retailers use one to update many screens remotely and to see that each one is working.
Screens go stale for reasons that have little to do with the software. Content is made at the wrong resolution and looks soft, loops run so long that nobody sees the offer, templates let a branch manager break the layout, and nobody owns the updates. We set the system up the other way round: native-resolution templates, loops sized to how long people actually look, user permissions that protect head-office campaigns, and a named content owner agreed at handover.
Bayan Signage is the production arm of Bayan Advertising, a UAE group with 15 years in the market, and has run its own factory at Alam Square, Industrial Area 2, Ajman, since 2016. That matters for content: our designers already produce artwork for fascias, menus, window graphics and wall murals, checked at production size, so your screen templates match the rest of your signage. Our electricians and installers handle players and networks on site, under one project manager.
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The same principles apply to every screen, but each display type has its own content rules. These are the ones we set up most often.
Templates with editable prices, dayparting from breakfast to late night, and head-office control across branches with local price variations.
View details →Playlists built at the wall's exact pixel size, which is often an unusual resolution, with scheduling for events, welcome messages and brand films.
View details →Short loops of single-message slides for passers-by, with brightness schedules and dark backgrounds planned for both daylight and night-time viewing.
View details →Remote updates over 4G or fibre, offline caching, monitoring with live screenshots and content rules suited to drivers' quick glances.
View details →Attract loops and scheduled updates for touch screens and directories, managed alongside the interactive application your provider supplies.
View details →Content on black backgrounds at low native resolution, so images float on the glass and the view into the shop is kept.
View details →We list every screen, its size, resolution, player and location, and agree what each one must show, who updates it and how often. Screen positions and network points are checked at the site visit.
We recommend cloud or on-premise, built-in or external players, and a licence tier that covers the features you will actually use, then explain the running cost.
Our designers build templates at each screen's native resolution, in Arabic and English, with locked brand areas and editable zones for prices, text and images.
We set dayparts, campaigns, Ramadan and holiday hours and screen groups, and give each user only the rights they need, so local edits cannot break national campaigns.
Our team installs and connects players, checks network security and offline playback, and runs every playlist on the real screens before go-live.
We train your content owner, document the system and agree monitoring and support, from alerts only to regular content updates by our designers.
These are the layers we configure and hand over on a typical network. Each one is adjusted to your screens, your team and how often content changes.
| Layer | Our standard | Upgrade options | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Content | Images and video at native resolution | HTML widgets, live data, motion templates | Content made to the exact pixel size looks sharp; scaled content looks soft. |
| Templates | Locked brand areas, editable text and price zones | Data-driven templates linked to POS or feeds | Staff can update safely without a designer and without breaking the layout. |
| Schedules | Dayparts, dates and screen groups | Calendar of campaigns, Hijri dates, prayer times | A good schedule handles Ramadan and holidays without anyone remembering. |
| Players | Built-in system-on-chip where the screen supports it | External players for more power or features | Players cache content and keep screens running through network outages. |
| Users | Role-based permissions with approval step | Single sign-on, audit logs | Permissions stop a branch replacing the head-office campaign by mistake. |
| Monitoring | Online status and screenshot per screen | Alerts by email, proof-of-play reports | You find out a screen is dark from a dashboard, not from a customer. |
Most screen networks we take over have the same five problems. Fixing them costs far less than new hardware.
A 55-inch landscape LCD usually wants 1920 x 1080 pixels and 1080 x 1920 in portrait. Video plays cleanly as MP4 in H.264 or H.265 at around 8 to 15 Mbit/s for full HD without overloading the player. LED walls need their own native size, such as 1,600 x 900 or 2,880 x 960, and should never be fed stretched content from another format.
Passers-by give a screen two to five seconds; a queue gives 30 seconds to several minutes. For retail and lobby screens, a loop of 60 to 120 seconds with slides of six to ten seconds works well. A five-minute loop means most people never see your offer. Menu boards can stay static with a single moving zone.
Templates with locked brand areas let a branch manager change a price or a message without touching the design. Role-based permissions and an approval step stop a local edit from replacing a national campaign. These two settings prevent more mistakes than any other feature.
One or two screens showing the same loop for months can run from a USB stick or the screen's built-in player. A CMS earns its subscription where there are several screens or locations, or content that changes weekly. We recommend the simplest set-up that does the job.
Screens running the same tired slides for a year are ignored whatever system sits behind them. Name one content owner, refresh content at least monthly and have Ramadan, Eid and National Day campaigns built and scheduled well before the date. If nobody in-house can own it, our designers can take on regular updates.
We quote set-up, licences and content separately, so you can see what is one-off and what recurs. Send us your screen list, locations and how often content changes, and you will usually receive an itemised quote within 24 hours.
Cloud platforms usually charge per screen per year; data integrations, analytics and detailed permissions often sit in higher tiers.
Screens with built-in players avoid extra hardware; external players cost more but bring more power and independence from one screen brand.
Templates and a starter content set are one-off; regular campaign updates recur and over the years are often the largest cost.
Linking screens to POS, booking, queue management or live feeds needs development and testing, often with the other system's provider.
Each location needs players connected, network checks and testing; a roll-out across branches shares set-up but adds site visits.
Alerts only, help desk support, site visits or managed content updates can be bundled into a support contract or charged as needed.
Content shown in public, especially advertising, is generally expected to follow UAE media content standards, and outdoor advertising has its own municipality rules on what may be shown and how often images change. Malls and landlords often want to approve content on screens in their buildings too. We help you build those checks into the approval step of the CMS.
If screens use cameras, audience analytics or collect personal data at kiosks, data protection rules may apply, and some sites, such as government and healthcare, require content and data to stay on premises. Requirements vary by emirate, free zone and building, so we confirm the current rules for your network before the system goes live.
Our designers already make fascias, menus and window graphics, so screen templates match your physical signage in colour, type and tone.
Templates are built and tested in Arabic and English, right to left, on the real screens, with Hijri dates and prayer times where needed.
We recommend the platform and licence tier that suits your network, including when a USB stick will do.
We supply and install the screens, players and mounts as well, so one team answers for the whole system.
Every playlist, schedule and offline fallback is run on the actual screens before handover, with monitoring switched on.
From alerts only to regular content updates by our designers, support is agreed at handover and itemised up front.
It depends on the number of screens, the platform and licence tier, the players, the templates and content you need, and any integrations. Licences usually recur per screen per year, while set-up and templates are one-off. Send us your screen list and how often content changes, and we will send an itemised quote, usually within 24 hours.
It is the software used to upload, arrange and schedule what plays on your screens. It runs in the cloud or on a local server, sends content to a media player at each display, lets you update screens remotely, sets playlists by time and day, and shows whether every screen is online.
No. We work with established digital signage platforms and set them up for you: players, templates, schedules, permissions and monitoring. That keeps you on supported software with regular updates, and we recommend the platform that suits your network.
Cloud is the norm for retail, restaurants and offices, because it needs no server and updates from anywhere. On-premise suits government, healthcare and other secure sites where content and data must stay inside the building, but it needs IT support and server upkeep.
The screens keep playing. Players cache content locally and continue the last schedule until the connection returns, then sync any changes. Monitoring flags screens that have been offline, so you know which ones to check.
Yes. Our designers can produce templates and campaign artwork, update prices and messages, and schedule seasonal campaigns such as Ramadan, Eid and National Day. Video can be supplied by your agency and loaded into the system by us.
Yes. We size the platform, licence tier and templates for growth, so a new branch or an extra lobby display is supplied, installed and added to the right screen group without rebuilding the content. Templates made at the native resolution of each screen type carry across new locations, and permissions for new users are set at the same time.
Yes. Content and monitoring are handled remotely for any emirate, and our crews visit sites in all seven emirates for players, networks and screens. The site visit is free in Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman.
Send your logo, the fascia size and a site photo. Our estimating team replies with options and an itemised price, usually within 24 hours.