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Countdown & Clock now added to our Content Catalogue

With our recent Smart Content updates in our Content Catalogue, we have also added a customisable countdown clock, along with time and date content.

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TrilbyTV expert blogs – Reception

Discover how first impressions count with digital signage in your school reception with TrilbyTV director Neil and Customer Success Manager Tom.

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Smart Content updates in the TrilbyTV Content Catalogue

Rejuvenate your digital signage displays with the new and updated Smart Content on the TrilbyTV Content Catalogue.

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A digital signage discussion amongst Multi Academy Trust leaders

Join us on December the 7th at 10am for our upcoming webinar 'A digital signage discussion amongst Multi Academy Trust leaders’.

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Conduct & code – Ways to repurpose tech in the classroom

Discover the different ways to repurpose tech waste whilst learning within the classroom, in our ongoing sustainability series.

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Digital signage success at The Discovery Academy

Find out how The Discovery Academy, part of Alpha Academies Trust have been utilising the digital signage around their school with TrilbyTV.

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Creating an impact on open days with digital signage

Creating an impact on open days can be very hard at the best of times but with digital signage, life can be made a lot easier.

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TrilbyTV highlights Black Pioneers with slides for signage

TrilbyTV have released 40 slides showing Black Pioneers via our Content Catalogue for Black History Month that takes place in October!

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St John’s College creating dynamic content with TrilbyTV

We’re really excited to announce that our latest testimonial video with St John's College, Cardiff has been released.

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TrilbyTV ensuring customer success at Salford City Academy

Discover how TrilbyTV's Customer Success Manager Tom has been working with Salford City Academy to develop their digital signage strategy.

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KS3 Computing facts: EdTech content for your Digital Signage

Computing facts are now available on the TrilbyTV Content Catalogue. Helping to support the teaching and understanding of important modern innovations.

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Elevating school communication with Canva

Discover how Canva is empowering educators to craft eye-catching visuals for digital signage, changing the way that schools communicate.

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Harris Federation – Showcasing the power of digital signage

We recently visited Harris Academy Orpington, to see how they're utlising TrilbyTV to share and showcase around the school.

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New to TrilbyTV – Primary Maths Hub The Super Sixteen

We have another fantastic resource added to our Content Catalogue - The Super Sixteen, from Primary Maths Hub.

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Developing effective digital school communication webinar

Join us on 23rd of November at 10am, for our Developing Effective Digital School Communication Webinar with Scott Jewell, Business Manager at Perth Grammar School.

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Digital signage content that’s perfect for KS3 revision

TrilbyTV has teamed up with a selection of leading education experts to produce a series of carefully curated Science & Humanities facts.

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The Glasgow Academy – Digital signage making a visual impact

Continuing with our Scotland schools blog series, we visited The Glasgow Academy to see how using TrilbyTV on their digital signage is making a visual impact around the school.

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Make the best impression by switching on your signage

When someone is visiting your school for the first time you want to capture their attention and build your profile. Discover how you can make the best first impression by switching on your signage.

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Clean up your signage

To make an impact with your digital signage we want your setups to look as fantastic as possible, keeping a clear focus on the content showing and not on the setup. Discover how you can achieve this with our clean up your signage pack.

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Perth Grammar school’s digital signage journey with TrilbyTV

We have another exciting instalment in our Scotland schools blog series, with our visit to see Scott Jewell, Business manager at Perth Grammar School.

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Celebrating TrilbyTV Trailblazers 2023 – Conference & Awards

Join us on the 29th June at 13:30 (BST) where we will be hosting our Digital Signage Conference and awards to commemorate our 2023 TrilbyTV Trailblazers.

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Digital signage brings success in United Learning Schools

We visited Stockport Academy to find out the impact digital signage is having across their cluster of schools.

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Tes Safeguarding Awareness Week content now on TrilbyTV

For Safeguarding Awareness Week we have teamed up with Tes who have created some fantastic new resources for our Content Catalogue.

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Digital signage making an impact at Bertha Park High School

We caught up with Will Miller at Bertha Park High School to see how they're embracing digital signage across their school.

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Digital signage in education – outdoor screens for schools

So what’s involved when it comes to outdoor digital signage and does our platform even work in this environment?

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Digital signage brings success at Avonwood Primary

Take a look at how Avonbourne Academies & Avonwood Primary School (part of United Learning Trust) have been utilising digital signage.

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Exciting ways to repurpose, reuse and recycle your old tech

Find out the fun and innovative ways that you can bring new life to your old technology in our ongoing sustainability series.

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Celebrating International Women’s Day

TrilbyTV are celebrating International Women's Day by exploring the inspirational stories of our customer spotlights within education.

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Take part in our Content Catalogue Partners Trail at Bett!

We will be at stand SH70 at Bett this year, sharing and showcasing digital content and encouraging you to switch on your signage with TrilbyTV.

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TrilbyTV – Refreshed & Refined

We are delighted to release a new and updated version of TrilbyTV! With refinements to the way things work and a refreshed look and feel.

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Building trust communication and culture with digital signage webinar

On March the 21st at 10am we will be hosting our Building trust communication and culture with digital signage webinar with an exciting panel.

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Berkhampstead School in Cheltenham embrace TrilbyTV

We visited Berkhampstead School to see how digital signage has made an impact across their school community.

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Digital signage inspiration from Bristol Grammar

As you all know, we love visiting our customers to say hello and see their digital signage in “the flesh”. This gives us a chance to check out the different ways in which schools are championing student voice.

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RGS reveals why their digital signage is so successful

Our latest video featuring the RGS Worcester has just been released. Take a look at what makes their digital signage so successful.

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John Jones at RGS Worcester talks digital signage

Recently we spoke to John Jones, Director of Innovation at RGS Worcester about their return to school phase and how TrilbyTV would help with this.

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Digital signage success at St Bartholomew’s Primary Academy

We had a chat with Dan Oakes, Headteacher and Rachel Bristow, Deputy Headteacher from St Bartholomew’s Primary Academy about digital signage.

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Under the Hat – Dan Oakes Talks Digital Signage

At TrilbyTV we love learning more about our customers, finding out what they’ve been sharing and the positive impact that digital signage is having on their stakeholders. Our first Under the Hat piece is from Dan Oakes from St Bartholomew's Primary Academy in Swindon, Wiltshire.

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Under the Hat at Bristol Grammar School

As many of you know, we went to visit Bristol Grammar School back in November last year. After chatting to Director of ICT, Matt Nice, we just had to have an Under the Hat session.

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5 top digital signage tips from education professionals

Here's some top tips from five leading education professionals on how to best achieve success with your digital signage.

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Saving energy & being sustainable with your digital signage

Find out the ways in which you can be more sustainable with your digital signage by using smart plugs and timer settings to control screens.

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Creating engaging content for digital signage

On December the 8th at 10am we will be hosting our Creating Content Webinar with an exciting panel to help you switch on your signage.

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Hamilton’s marketing department embraces digital signage

Hamilton College is an independent school in Scotland, who installed digital signage to help build whole school communication.

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Newcastle High School for Girls from GDST join TrilbyTV

Marketing & Digital Communications Co-ordinator, Isobel Care and Matt Liddiard from Newcastle High School for Girls talk about their digital signage journey.

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The ANME’s Top Tech Tips – helping to keep you safe online

We have another fantastic partnership to announce at TrilbyTV, introducing our latest Content Catalogue resource - The ANME’s Top Tech Tips!

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The link between mental health and building community in education

There's a clear link between mental health and building community in education. You just need to get into a growth mindset.

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Childnet bring Online Safety Tips to school digital signage

We are very excited to announce that Childnet have created some new “online safety tips” to add to your digital signage via TrilbyTV.

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Digital Signage brings pride to Brentwood School’s community

In our latest video, IT Manager, Sarb Singh tells us how TrilbyTV's digital signage system transformed the way that Brentwood communicate.

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Rodocodo posters return with Computational Thinking

You can now add the Rodocodo Computational Thinking posters to your digital signage via the TrilbyTV Content Catalogue!

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Multisite is here – control at the click of a button

At TrilbyTV, we are proud to be working with many Multi Academy Trust’s across the UK. That's why we've created our latest tool - Multisite!

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Google Slides on Apple TV and Calendar Schedules are here!

Google Slides now work on AppleTV with TrilbyTV, along with Calendar Schedules to help schools switch on their digital signage.

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Mr Bees daily maths tasks – a success across UK schools

In January, we had an awesome new addition to the TrilbyTV Content Catalogue, ‘Mr Bee’s daily maths tasks’ and it had a fantastic response.

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Showbie’s Hybrid learning around the World comes to TrilbyTV

The team at TrilbyTV are excited to introduce our latest partnership with ‘Showbie’, the easy to use educational app!

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Discover new ways to make digital signage outstanding in your school

Installing digital signage in your school can be a daunting task. This webinar highlights how TrilbyTV's easy to use features can help!

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Ignite your school’s digital signage with Instagram!

Social media is a fantastic tool for your school to use and now you can add Instagram feeds to your digital signage - here's how!

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5 tips for planning a signage strategy – number 4 is vital!

Installing digital signage into your school can be quite a daunting task but with our help, it needn't be - just follow these simple steps!

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We’re back at Bett – Come and say hello on stand NG40

IT’S finally here… well almost! On the 19th of January, the Bett Show kicks off and the friendly TrilbyTV team will be at stand NG40.

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Safer Internet Day 2022 – Respect and relationships online

Safer Internet Day kicks off on the 8th of February and to celebrate we have some of their awesome tips to add to your digital signage.

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Mr Bee and TrilbyTV ​bring daily maths tasks to digital signage

Mr Bee has landed in the TrilbyTV Content Catalogue, bringing daily maths tasks to school digital signage screens across the UK!

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Richard Anderton talks all things signage at Mere Green

Find out why Mere Green renewed their Unlimited Screen Licence, expanding their signage throughout many different areas of the school.

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Sidney Stringer MAT use signage to live stream events

Take a look at how Sidney Stringer MAT are using digital signage to celebrate community and live stream events.

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Supporting signage in a MAT – Shireland Collegiate Academy

Discover how TrilbyTV supported Shireland MAT while developing an effective digital signage strategy across multiple sites.

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Putting a twist on digital signage with portrait displays

As digital signage managers, we can use portrait screens to our advantage and capture the attention of our audience.

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WWF slides a huge hit with schools across the UK and beyond

Read about TrilbyTV's milestone WWF partnership attracted some great media coverage across both the education and tech sectors.

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Vocabulary Ninja competition & new Word of the Day slides

To celebrate a year of Vocabulary Ninja's Word of the Day, we’re giving away 10 Single Teacher User Licence’s. Find out how to enter here!

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TrilbyTV Autumn 2021 feature launch

The team has been hard at work completing a number of new features that we know will make TrilbyTV even easier to use. Check them out here!

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Neil Emery talks digital signage for schools – Sixteen:Nine podcast

TrilbyTV Director, Neil Emery had the pleasure of chatting to Dave Haynes on the Sixteen:Nine podcast, exploring digital signage for schools.

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The big summer holiday screen install at Valley Park School

The summer holidays are the perfect opportunity for the IT department to increase their digital signage portfolio.

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RGS Worcester on the democratisation of digital signage ​

Digital signage can be a headache, with systems needing to be micromanaged but with TrilbyTV it can be democratised throughout departments.

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Leicester Grammar School – keeping content fresh with ease

We caught up with James Hickens and Natalie Hunt from Leicester Grammar School to find out about the schools digital signage journey so far.

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How to build a multi-screen digital signage display

Building a multi-screen digital signage display with TrilbyTV is easier than you think. Here's how you can do this and what to consider.

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TrilbyTV at Brentwood School creating maximum impact!

At TrilbyTV we love road trips, especially when we’re heading to one of the UK’s leading independent schools to check out their digital signage!

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Thomas’s Head of Digital Learning UTH

Stuart Hammersley, Head of Digital Learning at Thomas's Kensington told us how TrilbyTV’s public links feature works seamlessly with other platforms.

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Daniel Bracken talks Education Technology

Education technology is key sectors to helping the next generation still gain access to learning during these unusual times.

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Learning Online With TrilbyTV Public Links and Showbie

Micklefield’s teachers have been creating learning videos and using the TrilbyTV Public Links feature to share them via Showbie.

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Our digital ​signage Content Catalogue for education

Here at TrilbyTV, we love to keep schools digital screens looking fresh. That's why we created our Content Catalogue that does it for you.

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Sharing videos in Seesaw & Google Classroom securely

We spoke to Catherine Mangan from Thomas’s Kensington to see how they are using TrilbyTV as part of their remote learning strategy.

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Apex2100 International Ski Academy embrace digital signage

We caught up with Apex2100 CEO, Chris Thomson and Marketing Manager, Will Webb to see how their first year with TrilbyTV has been!

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Rodocodo team up with TrilbyTV teaching students to code

Rodocodo 'Learn to Code’ posters are now available to add to your digital signage via the TrilbyTV Content Catalogue!

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Universal American School – community and ownership

We were really proud when the Universal American School based in Dubai, joined our community. Here's how they've been utilising TrilbyTV!

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Multi-site flexibility with unlimited screens

One of the beauties of TrilbyTV's Multisite licence is that it allows you to manage screens across multiple sites remotely.

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WWF Facts now available for school digital signage screens

TrilbyTV is proud to announce that ‘WWF Facts’ are now available for schools to add to their digital signage.

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Neil Emery embarks on a new challenge, raising money for St Mary’s Hospice

Neil will be embarking on a 707 mile bike ride in memory of Matt involving an epic 16 day cycle from Devon to Cumbria.

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Building whole school communication webinar – the debrief

TrilbyTV Director, Neil Emery will be hosting a webinar on the 5th May as part of a wide range of events being run by Academia with its partners.

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Simon Pile discusses digital signage at Anson Primary School

Our latest Under the Hat video is with Simon Pile, Deputy Headteacher and from Anson Primary School in the London Borough of Brent.

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Live Streaming with TrilbyTV

Live Streaming is a great way to share an event, performance or assembly to a wider group. Digital signage can be a crucial part of this.

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Why digital signage doesn’t spell the end for wall displays

Signage has come a long way, especially with a shift from traditional wall displays to digital formats. But can they both work in cohesion?

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Britannica and TrilbyTV bring ‘World Facts’ to schools

TrilbyTV is proud to announce a new partnership with Britannica Digital Learning! The new partnership will bring ‘World Facts’ to digital signage screens.

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Success at the RGS Worcester Remote Education Panel event

TrilbyTV recently took part in the RGS Worcester Remote Learning Panel event. If you missed the Remote Learning Panel event then you can watch it here.

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Heltwate School using TrilbyTV for remote learning

We spoke to Assistant Head Teacher Kim Phillips at Heltwate School, who told us more about how they are embracing remote learning.

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RGS Worcester family of schools – Remote Education Panel

TrilbyTV are honoured to be chairing an event on Wed, 24 February that will be focusing on Remote Education.

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Turbo your Twitter feed with TrilbyTV

Our latest Twitter 2.0 update is fantastic for you to bring your tweets to life via your digital signage. Here's how to utilise this handy tool!

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TrilbyTV appoints Exertis ProAV Australia to drive sales

TrilbyTV is proud to announce that we have appointed Exertis ProAV Australia to drive our educational channel sales down under!

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Register for free helpful 1-2-1 sessions at BettFest!

TrilbyTV will be offering helpful 1-2-1 sessions which will give you the opportunity to see our digital signage solution in action!

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#SaferInternetDay slides have hit the Content Catalogue!

TrilbyTV is proud to be supporting #SaferInternetDay again this year. The event, run by the UK Safer Internet Centre, will be taking place on Tuesday 9th February.

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The perfect medium for communication in education

In a time where it is more important than ever, why does education often fail to make the connection between their screens and communication?

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Schools loving Vocabulary Ninja Word of the Day on TrilbyTV!

Since launching the Vocabulary Ninja's “Word of the Day” within the TrilbyTV Content Catalogue, the response has been amazing.

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TrilbyTV Autumn 2020 feature launch

TrilbyTV is proud to announce the launch of three fantastic new features available from TODAY! Following the launch of our “Word of the Day” feature last month, the team have been working hard to bring the TrilbyTV community of schools even more ways to inspire staff and students alike.

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Unlimited digital signage screens – why, what, how!

At TrilbyTV, we believe that you shouldn’t have to pay for the privilege of growing your digital signage estate. That’s why we created the Unlimited Screen package.

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Portsmouth College – tailored content and positive messages

We caught up with Chris Wood, Digital Lead at Portsmouth College, to see how things have been in this crucial ‘back to school’ phase.

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Virtual Jersey TechWeek kicks off on the 16th October!

Virtual Jersey TechWeek kicks off from the 16th October, the event celebrates the very best in tech and you can register for free!

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The Edinburgh Academy utilising free Content Catalogue

One school that has been really taking advantage of TrilbyTV's free Content Catalogue is independent school Edinburgh Academy.

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A “really easy” TrilbyTV setup at Edinburgh Academy

Edinburgh Academy found TrilbyTV's digital signage software really easy to setup. Take a look at how they utilised our unlimited screen plan.

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5 Things I Learned While Completing My 100 Day Challenge

So what did Neil learn during his 100 days of of 5K runs and 20K cycles raising money for The Matt Kendall Foundation and The NHS?

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UTH session with Martin Willis from the Edinburgh Academy

We caught up with Martin Willis (e-Learning Coordinator) at the Edinburgh Academy to ask him some Under the Hat questions.

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The “Great British September Clean” Slides!

The Great British September Clean kicks off from the 11th until the 27th. The team at TrilbyTV also pledged some time to make a difference.

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Vocabulary Ninja brings Word of the Day to your signage

Vocabulary Ninja is now part of the TrilbyTV Content Catalogue! You can now add the “Word of the Day” to your digital signage screens.

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Digital signage to reinforce the message for education

As UK education starts to think about emerging from lockdown the importance of staff, and pupil health and safety will be paramount. 

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TrilbyTV from both an ICT & teaching perspective

We had the pleasure of catching up with ICT Systems Manager Daniel (Dan) Sapseid and Deputy Head, Nick Brown at The Academy, Selsey.

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Finding the Perfect Digital Signage Solution

Many of our new customers have the same issue, they had a digital signage solution but now it lays dormant. Too difficult to use, with the IT department inundated with requests daily, asking them to put on new content.

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Showcasing digital content – Chris Wood Under the Hat

Back in May we wrote about how Portsmouth College are using digital content to communicate across their campus.

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TKAT Selsey Finding a Digital Signage System

Since installing TrilbyTV's easy to use digital signage system the reaction from both staff and pupils has been fantastic.

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TrilbyTV & Airtame – the Perfect Combination!

We are pleased to announce TrilbyTV's digital signage platform works seamlessly with Airtame wireless presentation devices.

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Using Signage Software to Reopen School Safely

When it comes to returning to school, signage software has never been so important. It has a vital role in relaying important information.

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Creating Content for Signage With Adobe Spark (now Adobe Express)

Here's the TrilbyTV guide to using Adobe Spark Post, showing you how easy it is creating content for your school digital signage.

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Meilir Tomos Talks Digital Signage

Back in February, we went to visit Ysgol Glan Morfa in Splott, Cardiff to talk to Headteacher Meilir Tomos about digital signage and how it’s impacted his school.

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Public Links for Seesaw & Google Classroom

After our feature on how Micklefield  School have been utilising TrilbyTV’s Public Links feature, we’ve had a fantastic response!

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Communication is Key at Portsmouth College

As a JISC Effective Use of Technology award-winning college, Portsmouth College understands the importance of communication to both staff and students.

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Need a digital signage screen? Re-issue an old iMac!

We went to visit Norwich University of the Arts who have been using TrilbyTV's digital signage software for just over a year.

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School Signage at Welsh Medium School Ysgol Glan Morfa

Ysgol Glan Morfa installed digital signage into their new school building and of course TrilbyTV was the first port of call.

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Neil Emery’s 1250K Challenge for Charity!

I thought that it's time to do my bit. For the next 100 days I will on alternate days run 5K and cycle 20K giving a total of 1250K.

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Digital signage integration at Channing School

Digital Signage is having a huge impact in many independent schools across the UK and it’s great for TrilbyTV to be a part of that, offering a simple solution that is MADE for education.

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Beyond the Signage Screen – Part 2 – Web Players 

TrilbyTV Web Players allow a mix of all content types shared via a single URL or embed code. As with all things TrilbyTV, the process is very simple.

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Beyond the Signage Screen – Part 1 – Public Links

We created our Public Links feature as the perfect way for our customers to share all content types beyond the school and college gates.

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Rocking the Staff Room with Digital Signage

So many times I have walked into a staff room to find the screen turned off. Originally meant for weekly meetings but rarely used for that purpose.

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8 ways to celebrate success at school on digital signage screens

Download your 8 FREE fully customisable Celebrate Success Slide Deck - Inspire and encourage your pupils in as little as 5 minutes!

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5 Tips for Travelling While Working Remotely

I’m currently 3 months into my second trip through south-east Asia after completing a 4-month trip the year before.

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BETT Show: Under the Hat

So Bett 2020 is over but we had an absolute cracker of a show. In fact, we would say it was probably the best to date, so bring on Bett 2021! It was great to introduce so many inspirational individuals to TrilbyTV.

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The Guide to Effective Digital Signage in Education

Customers were asked to think about where screens were placed, who was viewing them and for how long. If you can answer these questions then you can start to think about what content is needed on what screens.

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The Bett Education Show – Why I Love It So Much!

Right from day one, I've always loved this show. It’s the worlds biggest and most well-known education show over four days, so what's not to love!

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Web Content updated, now with added RSS

Just in time for Christmas 2019 we're releasing an update to the Web Content in TrilbyTV. With improved support for Google Slides, YouTube and RSS content. 

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TrilbyTV helping STRIIT Fitness HIIT their business goals!

We’re proud to have made a system so simple that business customers are finding us and after a trial are keen to get using TrilbyTV! Check out how we're helping STRIIT Fitness Studio hit their business goals!

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Signage at St Anthony’s and Under the Hat

On one of the rare hot days in September, we headed down to St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School in Kingshurst, Birmingham to check out their digital signage. Walking through the playground, we admired their awesome converted library bus in front of a backdrop of deep, blue sky.

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Digital signage for school – here’s 5 easy hints and tips

Although the resources are there, digital signage is usually left neglected. Here's what you should be doing to help switch on your digital signage!

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Twitter Feed Filter Feature – Using Hashtags

Our Twitter Feed content item puts the latest tweets from a chosen user full screen on your digital signage. Our new hashtags filter feature is a great way to customise this content when displayed on your screens.

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Digital Ambassador for Jersey

Last month I was delighted to find out I’d been made a digital ambassador for the island of Jersey. “So how did this happen Neil” I hear you ask?Jersey will always be a special place in my heart and in my family's heart and I am extremely proud to be accepted as a Digital Jersey Ambassador.

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TrilbyTV at Plug in to Exertis Pro AV

TrilbyTV, the number one signage platform made for education, will be showcasing at Plug in to Exertis 2019 - 5th Nov 2019. The Vox Birmingham plays host to this years exhibition of all things Audio Visual.

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Bishop Chavasse Primary School

One of TrilbyTV's most valued customers Bishop Chavasse Primary School has recently renewed their unlimited screen licence for a further three years. It's great to see how committed our customers are in ensuring that their communities and stakeholders are kept informed with what's going on while sharing the achievements of their pupils.

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Rocking the reception screen

It’s almost time to go back to school, a time where making a strong impression really counts. Your screen in reception is a fantastic way to showcase why you’re the best. But how do you do that? A screen is just a screen, it’s not hardware alone that makes your visitors, pupils or staff stop and take notice.

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Where’s the hat? – The story behind the name TrilbyTV

It’s a question and statement Neil and myself frequently hear at meetings and trade events. There is no reason that we don’t wear them, other than looking like the blues brothers. There are however some reasons behind the name TrilbyTV.

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New Feature: Slideshow 2.0

Slideshows are a great way to get a set of images on your TV screens, whether its a selection of photos from a recent trip added via the web app or tablet, a menu in your canteen area made up of a series of images from your catering supplier, or simply pictures of recent successes or stories.

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New Notifications – keeping you up-to-date

Notifications will now pop up when you are nearing the end of your subscription giving you the end date and a quick way to renew. You’ll also get a notification when your TrilbyTV is running low on storage and of course you can use the Content Management tools to clear things out and make some space.

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ClickView and TrilbyTV partnership

We’re pleased to announce TrilbyTV’s partnership with ClickView. When ClickView were looking for a digital signage provider to recommend to their customer base, they conducted extensive market research to find the best possible provider.

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New Feature: Title Slides!

The team has been hard at work adding a brand new feature to TrilbyTV - we call it Title Slides. We want digital signage to be simple and easy to use and with Title Slides, keeping signage up to date and looking great is now easier than ever.

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Digital signage in retail

Providing end of life care for people and families across Birmingham and Sandwell is the primary role of the amazing Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice charity. TrilbyTV has been installed in all of the charity shops as a way for the central marketing and retail teams to provide customer information including current promotions and fundraising activities.

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The power of Student Voice

As a way to get students involved in the everyday life of the school, TrilbyTV can be used as a platform for positive expression and celebration. Images and video of everyone hard at work and enjoying learning say more than any written report and having a regular and easy way to keep everyone up-to-date is part of a healthy school life.

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High Definition support

We recently released some updates to TrilbyTV which offer you a new range of quality settings for your video content. You can now enable your choice of video quality options in the System Dashboard for your account. By toggling the 720p, 1080p or 4K options, you will tell our systems to prepare higher quality video for playback on your signage.

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Getting started with Digital Signage in your school

What do we mean by Digital Signage? Remember that TV screen hanging on the wall in reception the one that was turned off when you came in this morning? That’s a potential digital signage screen that could be showcasing the amazing work staff and students are making in the classrooms. 

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Scaling up your digital signage experience.

A big screen is no doubt one way to attract attention. With TrilbyTV and a G4K Pro, it can be a simple setup. Schools sometimes ask us for multi-display video walls and our answer is yes, anything is possible, but think about the content. Let's take a look at the excitement a bigger video wall can bring to your school and the practicalities of making it work.

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Announcing – Announcements!

Imagine the scene - a school full of students working away, then a flake of snow drifts down, followed by another, then another then a full deluge. Wouldn’t it be handy if you could announce that the site would be closing early and have a message showing on all of your digital signage screens? That's one perfect use for the new Announcement feature in TrilbyTV.

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December Feature Releases

We’ve had a busy few weeks of making new things for TrilbyTV in the run-up to the end of the year and have released a bumper set of features in version 4.2 of TrilbyTV. Some were covered in our December newsletter, and a few crept in unnoticed!

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TrilbyTV for iPad v4

Earlier in 2018, we relaunched TrilbyTV with a new look and feel, updated editing tools and a more robust mobile interface. During the redesign, the iPad app got put on the back burner while we improved our mobile interface to make it more usable on all devices. Apparently, it’s not all iPads out there! We are really […]

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Content Management tools to help with bulk changes

We’re pleased to announce the triumphant return of our Content Management tools after our big relaunch earlier this year. The new tools make it really easy to bulk change your content keeping your school digital signage screens fresh and up-to-date. Keeping relevant content on screens is a great way to ensure people look at the screens […]

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Integrating with Google

As we have continued to grow the TrilbyTV community, the ability for us to work with other platforms has become an important part of our development approach. A growing number of schools are now using Google’s G Suite set of applications and this gives us the opportunity to create stronger integration with the way the […]

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Technology with a purpose

Digital signage is like any technology in that it needs ownership and ideas, otherwise its just a screen on the wall. These are the words I used when delivering a TrilbyTV training session to teachers at Micklefield School this week. Micklefield School have been part of the TrilbyTV sharing and showcasing community for two years […]

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Rethinking the School Reception

We’ve visited well over 1,000 schools on our travels as technology trainers and we have certainly seen our fair share of school reception areas. This is the entrance point to the school, the place where visitors, parents and occasionally Ofsted inspectors, get their first impression.

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Switching on at Plymouth College of Art

When Plymouth College of Art were looking to upgrade their digital signage they found TrilbyTV to be the perfect fit as David Jones, Head of IT explains.

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JAMF powering Takaful Emarat office screens

Today’s post comes from a guest, Jamie Taylor, Technical Manager at JTRS in the UAE. Jamie recently helped deploy TrilbyTV into a commercial environment, taking advantage of some unique displays. Here’s Jamie with more.

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Embedding content – Power User Feature!

We’re often asked about different types of content to show on TrilbyTV, things like Weather for the locality and countdown clocks which show a number of days to go to a big event. We don’t have these built into TrilbyTV, but the Web Content feature allows you to tap into a wealth of online tools which […]

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Tools to create Portrait content

Schools often aren’t set up to make great portrait content so here are a few ideas on how this can be achieved.

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TrilbyTV Tips – making the most of our features

Since the release of version 4 of TrilbyTV back in February 2018 we’ve made a few tweaks and improvements that may have passed you by. Here’s a rundown of some v4 tips you may find useful.

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The changing face of digital signage

A lot of the sites we visit on a daily basis purchased signage in a different era. A time where a screen was seen as a holding device. A display of sorts to give people ‘something to do’ while they sat in a waiting area. To cover all interests the screen would often be packed […]

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New features in TrilbyTV v4

Version 4 of TrilbyTV, released on 1st Feb, introduces some new features to TrilbyTV, including the much-requested ability to change colours of tweets and title screen elements. The web app has been completely rebuilt with all of the new features. The iPad app will have similar functionality at release and lots of updates to come! […]

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Changing mindsets with TrilbyTV

With the BETT Education Show fast approaching it reminds me TrilbyTV will soon be blowing the candles out on its 2nd Birthday. Launched at BETT 2016 we’ve been working hard over the last 20 months changing the mindset and switching digital signage in schools back on.

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Twitter as a lightweight CPD tool

Twitter is all about sharing and that’s why we built Tweet displaying right into TrilbyTV. We know schools and teachers love posting their daily updates on Twitter and it’s a great way of engaging with parents and the wider community.

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Student voice in the staff room

Like many technology change projects, Portsmouth College set out to enhance the relationship with students by encouraging the take up of a personal tablet device, in their case iPad. There is no doubt that the technology has brought new and exciting elements to teaching at the college and one of the ways this is delivered […]

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The importance of showcasing students digital work

Once a year, I and fellow TrilbyTV director Ben Stanley, would be invited to the staff Summer Conference at Blenheim High School to run tech focused workshops and support their one-to-one iPad project. It was a couple of days we really enjoyed and over a number of years we became part of the furniture. I […]

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Installing TrilbyTV Player on CleverTouch Plus and Pro

The CleverTouch range of screens are becoming increasingly popular in classrooms as a viable Interactive White Board (IWB) alternative. A large-format screen has many advantages over a projector and board combo, mainly the brightness the screen brings which means finally the blinds can be left open and everyone in the room can clearly see the […]

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The Business End – bringing simple signage to the workplace

TrilbyTV was developed after years of walking into schools to find a very lonely and unloved TV screen located in reception. That screen was either turned off or playing content that had no connection to the students. Actually it had no connection to most of the stakeholders associated with that school. Working at the coal […]

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Twitter Feeds @TrilbyTV

We are excited to announce a brand new feature to TrilbyTV – Twitter Feeds. Our mission to switch on your signage means looking at where your content is and making it super easy to get it on your screens. Today we’re marching forward on our mission allowing you to get more of your content on […]

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Joskos Solutions choose TrilbyTV

BETT 2016 ICT company of the year winner are installing TrilbyTV as their digital signage platform of choice TrilbyTV has certainly been turning quite a few educational heads in the last few months and making some significant new friends. One new friend we are very proud to be working with is education-focused ICT Managed Services […]

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Embedded Players – adding a playlist to your website

Embedded Players are great for projects TrilbyTV already offers simple sharing of individual videos with our Public Access tools, letting you share a video page by link or QR code, or embed a single video on your own website. But what if you have a group of videos in a project? We’re pleased to introduce […]

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Breakfast, sharing & showcasing with TrilbyTV – Jersey

TrilbyTV and partners would like to invite you to join us for a locally sourced breakfast. Followed by a morning of fun and engaging sessions looking at how digital signage can be used to share, showcase and evidence pupil progress. The hands on sessions will be full of creative activities and prizes will be awarded […]

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Digital signage, you’re an embarrassment

I’m an 80’s boy so grew up listening to Ska music and bands such as Madness. One of my favourite Madness songs was “You’re an Embarrassment” and this definitely describes how some schools feel about the digital signage they once purchased. It’s a conversation I’ve had a lot lately with colleagues at TrilbyTV, resellers promoting […]

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Creating and sharing

I’m seeing good old Benjamin Blooms taxonomy being used a lot in education especially where technology is involved. It is used as a reminder that when we are using digital tools to do more than research we start to promote those higher order thinking skills. Our tablets in the classroom are great at helping us […]

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QR codes in TrilbyTV 3.3.1

Today we are releasing an update to TrilbyTV for iPad which aims to make the sign up process for new users even easier. As part of our sign up process and to help keep your content private, we require users to enter a TrilbyTV code when they first sign up. This often means a teacher […]

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Great New Public Sharing Features

TrilbyTV is launching great new features to make sharing, showcasing and celebrating work even easier! Thank you to all our users who have given us really useful feedback on how we can improve TrilbyTV. Today we are launching two new features to enhance your use of TrilbyTV.

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TrilbyTV 2.1 – Profile Images and Google login

Today we’re launching a ton of new features and improvements to TrilbyTV. We just wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you to all our TrilbyTV subscribers for all your feedback over the past year. We are happy to announce that today we’re launching a range of new features for TrilbyTV.

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