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April/May 2008
Microsoft MIX:UK 08 Competition
Creative Jar come 1st place for their entry to the MIX:UK 08 Silverlight competition ...
March 2008
London Elects YOU!
With a hyped launch across London our team pulled out the stops on this Web 2.0 portal ...
January/February 2008
Hipp Organics
After winning a three-way pitch, Creative Jar have been chosen to completely re-design ...
Case Study
Requirement:
With years of experience working on the Transvision digital advertising displays across the UK rail network, owned by Titan Outdoor; Creative Jar were recommended to Sky to develop a bespoke software tool for a news delivery platform. Sky had recently won the pitch over the incumbent provider, the BBC and wanted to push forward the technical possibilities on news delivery.
Planning:
With a one month fixed deadline, planning and specification was critical. A solution of this type had not been developed before and was therefore completely bespoke to Sky. Our application development team consulted extensively from the outset on devising a solution which could take XML feeds and video from Sky News and process down to unique Flash based players sitting on each screen within the highly secure Titan networks.
Technical:
Development encompassed a whole range of technologies from Java to C ++ and Action Script. The 'Media Manager' (MM) middleware application retrieves data and media content from a Sky repository, runs through a variety of error checking and XML parsing processes and pushes down to the 17 screens across the UK.
Our solution was to create a layer that would interact with Sky and Titan, and still work in conjunction with the current dynamics of the advertising scheduling software. A variety of techniques including RSync and SSH were used for connectivity and security. With localised flags set, unique content could be displayed at each station on the Flash based players.
A Massive Success:
A credit to impeccable project management and commitment the solution went live hours before the deadline, with our team working literally round the clock for one month solid. With a hyped launch at Victoria station in London, James Murdoch himself even attended to see the fruit of our endeavours.
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