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.

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

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: 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.

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Pricing

Free for your first screen

Every plugin is included in every plan. You pay for screens, not for integrations.

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€0forever

Perfect for trying TVpilot with one screen.

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€5/month

For small teams and single locations.

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For growing businesses with multiple locations.

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Enterprise-grade signage at any scale.

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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.

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

One line under everything

Add a message bar with rotating announcements along the bottom of every slide in a playlist: house rules, visitor notices, promotions. Your colours, size and opacity. Included in every plan.

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