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Infotainment as a service launched for passenger transport

Norwegian companies FourC and Dogu have developed the Cities in Motion LiveScreen service to provide passenger information and infotainment in public transport vehicles, at bus stops and in roadside installations. Built on Dogu’s LiveScreen digital signage solution and utilising a monitor control integrated into the service platform, LiveScreen can run with most existing and possibly closed loop passenger information systems that are already installed in public transport vehicles, with almost no change to
June 7, 2016 Read time: 1 min

Norwegian companies 8428 FourC and 8429 Dogu have developed the Cities in Motion LiveScreen service to provide passenger information and infotainment in public transport vehicles, at bus stops and in roadside installations.

Built on Dogu’s LiveScreen digital signage solution and utilising a monitor control integrated into the service platform, LiveScreen can run with most existing and possibly closed loop passenger information systems that are already installed in public transport vehicles, with almost no change to existing real-time information other suppliers’ software installations.

LiveScreen is fully managed from the cloud using Dogu’s management software and includes scheduling and local caching. A wide range of slide types and information sources can be included.

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