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Product Update, September 9, 2025: Ad Cycle and AVPlay on Tizen

Published on by Lars Normark Andersen

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This update is good news for anyone who sells ads on their screens, and for Samsung Tizen users.

Ad Cycle

Ad Cycle makes ad showings easier. Instead of only setting how long an ad lasts, you set how many times it plays per hour or per day, for example 20 times an hour for 20 seconds each. Filler slides, like your own messages, fill the time in between, so the screen is never empty. Your ads play exactly as planned, hour after hour. Combine it with analytics to prove it.

Native video on Samsung Tizen

Samsung Tizen displays have a new option: play video with AVPlay, Tizen’s own native video player, instead of the standard HTML video player. AVPlay works more closely with the display’s hardware.

More date formats

The Time & Date plugin has more date formats, including ISO formats like 2025-09-09.

Slide conditions checked every minute

Slide conditions are now checked every minute. When a condition expires while its slide is on screen, the player moves on to the next slide straight away.

What’s in this update

  • Ad Cycle, which makes ad showings easier
  • Tizen players can use AVPlay, the native video player in Tizen, instead of the default HTML video player
  • More date formats in the Time & Date plugin, including ISO formats
  • Slide conditions are re-evaluated every minute, so the player moves on when they expire

See every release since 2018 in the release notes.

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Lars Normark Andersen is the CEO of Play Digital Signage. He co-founded the company with friends while facing the classic underdog challenges — a small office, limited resources, and many sleepless nights.

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