Message bar

One line under everything

Some things must be said on every slide: the Wi-Fi name, a visitor notice, today's promotion. A message bar carries one or more rotating texts along the bottom of every slide in a playlist, on top of images, videos and widgets, in your size, colours and background opacity.

Free plan, no credit card required. Paid plans from €5/month. Plugin version v1.3.

Message bar on a TV screen
On the screen

What the screen shows

Rotating texts

One message or several in turn.

On every slide

Images, videos and widgets keep playing; the bar sits on top.

Your styling

Size, colours and background opacity.

Per playlist

Attach a bar to the playlists that need it; the reception and the workshop can carry different lines.

Setup

How it connects

01
Create a bar

In the Messages plugin add one or more texts and set the styling.

02
Attach it to a playlist

From the Widget tab under Message bar.

03
Push to screen

The bar shows along the bottom of every slide in that playlist.

Privacy

What reaches the screen

A core widget: nothing to connect and no account behind it. Settings live in your TVpilot account and the widget keeps its last data on the device for at least a day, so a screen that restarts during an outage still shows something useful.

Read only: TVpilot never changes anything in the source
Credentials sealed at rest, never shown again after saving
Revoke on the platform side at any time and the screen stops
Any TV

Show it on the TV you already own

TVpilot turns the hardware you have into a managed screen: an Amazon Signage Stick with the TVpilot app, a Raspberry Pi with one command, a Fire TV Stick or Android TV, or simply the browser of a smart TV. One player URL per screen, managed from the dashboard.

Amazon Signage StickRaspberry Pi signageFire TV Stick signageSmart TV, no hardware
Pricing

Free for your first screen

This plugin is included in every plan, the free one too. You pay for screens, not for integrations.

How many screens?

Free

Try TVpilot on one screen, for as long as you like.

Does not fit 3 screensOnly for 1 screen
Start free
Included1 screen
Extra screennot possible
Storage250 MB
  • All standard plugins
  • Scheduling: 1 calendar

Free, forever.No credit card. Try it on one TV.

Best fit for you

Starter

For a shop, practice or restaurant with a few screens.

3 screens€5per month
Choose Starter
Included3 screens
Extra screen€2 per month
Storage2 GB
  • Premium available as an add-on
  • Version history
  • Scheduling: 5 calendars

3 screens for €5.Each extra screen €2 per month.

Pro

For offices, schools and chains, with every Premium feature.

3 screens€29per month
Choose Pro
Included10 screens
Extra screen€2 per month
Storage10 GB
  • All Premium features
  • Up to 3 users, up to 3 locations
  • Version history

10 screens, all Premium.Review walls, triggers and the emergency alert included.

Business

For organizations with a team, approvals and many locations.

3 screens€99per month
Choose Business
Included25 screens
Extra screen€1.50 per month
Storage100 GB
  • All Premium features
  • Up to 25 users, unlimited locations
  • Approval before publishing
  • Own branding, priority support

Your whole team, safely.Roles for every colleague, and nothing goes live without approval.

What you keep

€17.08 per month

For 3 screens you pay €5 per month on Starter. At a typical per-screen price for the same features that is €22.08.

TVpilot Starter€5
Per screen elsewhere€22.08

Compared with typical per-screen prices for the same features: $8 standard, $12 with premium features, $15 with a team and approvals, per screen per month, billed yearly, converted at €0.92.

  • Extra screens from €1.50
  • Premium on Starter €9
  • Extra storage €10 per 25 GB
  • Cancel monthly
  • Prices excl. VAT

See every feature per plan

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Can I schedule a message?

Edit the bar when the message changes; every playlist that carries it follows. For time-bound slides use the playlist schedule.

Message bar or news ticker?

The message bar carries your own texts. The news ticker scrolls headlines from a feed. Both run under every slide.

Does it cover part of the video?

The bar sits along the bottom edge. Keep important content out of that strip, or give the bar a lower opacity.

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Also see:News feed · Countdown timer · QR and Wi-Fi · Clock widget · All core widgets

One line under everything

A message bar with rotating announcements along the bottom of every slide: house rules, visitor notices, promotions. Your colours and size. In every plan.