Features
Everything you need to keep
your screens running
NowBoard is built around a clear product model — Boards, Playlists, Schedules, and Locations. Every feature follows from that. Here is what you get.
Free plan. No credit card required.
100+ Templates, ready to go
A Board is a ready-made screen layout. Pick one, add your content, and it is live. Every Board is designed to be read from across a room — large text, clear structure, high contrast. No design skills needed.
Welcome
Greet visitors with your company name, date, and daily message.
Schedule / Timetable
Daily or weekly programme. Works for activities, classes, and sessions.
Menu
Today's menu or weekly choices. Great for care homes, schools, hotels, restaurants, cafés, bakeries, takeaways, pubs and any food or drink venue.
Noticeboard
Text announcements, rotating one at a time or stacked.
Meeting Room
Room name, current booking, next booking. Display outside the door.
Wayfinding
Event name, room assignments, and directions for visitors.
Countdown
Build anticipation for upcoming events with a live countdown timer.
Image Slideshow
Upload photos and display them in a rotating gallery.
Listings
Display rotating property, vehicle or package listings with photo, price and key details. Great for estate agents, letting agents, motor dealerships and travel agents.
Custom Boards Starter+
Customise standard templates with your own colours, logo and font. Your branding, applied across every Board in your account.
Quick Board Pro+
A minimal Board with title, subtitle, image and body text — designed to be built in seconds from any device. No design skills needed.
Custom Board Builder Pro+
Build a Board from scratch with your own layout, zones and content blocks. Full creative control when the standard templates aren’t quite right.
Templates are organised by sector — care homes, hotels, offices, schools, gyms, events. Each Template ships with sample content tailored to your sector so you never start from a blank screen. Browse the full Template library →
Rotate Boards, set your own timing
A Playlist is an ordered sequence of Boards. Set how long each Board displays, add day-of-week rules, and control how often each Board appears in the rotation.
- Rotate Welcome, Timetable, and Announcements every 10 seconds
- Show the Menu Board at lunch but not at other times
- Weight a Board to appear more frequently than others
- Add a one-off Board for a special event without disrupting your normal rotation
- Reorder Boards by drag and drop
Playlists attach to a Location. Each Location plays one Playlist at a time, but different Locations can run different Playlists simultaneously.
Different content at different times of day
Scheduling lives on the Location. Assign different Playlists to different time windows, and let NowBoard switch them automatically — no one needs to log in at 8am to change the board.
Assign a Playlist to any time window and any combination of days. NowBoard switches automatically — no one needs to log in to change the board at 8am.
- →Different Playlists morning, lunch and evening
- →Weekday vs weekend schedules
- →Set it once — runs automatically every day
- →Change the content without touching the schedule
Locations and hierarchy
One Location = one screen = one billing unit. Start simple and add structure as you grow. NowBoard's hierarchy unlocks at higher plan tiers.
- Billing is per Location — not per screen or per user
- Each Location plays one Playlist and follows one Schedule
- Up to 3 Players can connect to one Location — useful for mirrored or multi-screen setups
- Manage all Locations from one dashboard
Brands Pro+ — Unlimited
A Brand is a set of logos, colours and display settings applied to any Location. Free and Starter include 1 Brand. Pro+ and Enterprise include unlimited Brands — ideal for franchise groups, multi-venue operators, or white-label deployments.
Works on any TV
Connect a laptop, tablet, desktop, Android TV, or NowBoard Player Pro to any screen and you are live. NowBoard works with off-the-shelf hardware — no proprietary boxes, no specialist contracts.
- NowBoard Player App — free download from Google Play onto any Google Play Certified Android TV or Android tablet. Full kiosk mode, auto-start and offline support.
- NowBoard Player Pro (£139) — our dedicated HDMI device. Plug in, scan QR, done. Auto-start, offline resilience, kiosk mode, CEC TV power control, remote management.
- Any browser — open your Location URL on a smart TV browser, tablet or laptop. Free, instant, good for previewing.
The NowBoard Player is the best option for permanent, unattended displays. A smart TV or Android box is a low-cost way to get started today. Compare hardware options →
Team access and permissions
Invite your team and give each person the right level of access. Staff members only see what they need to.
Standard roles (all plans):
Enterprise adds:
- Editors can update Board content without touching Playlist or Schedule settings
- Managers can control their own Site or Location without seeing others
- Set visibility per role — staff-facing vs public-facing content
- Invite as many users as you need — no per-seat pricing
Your AI assistant, built into every Board. Pro+
The NowBoard AI Agent Assistant sits inside the Board editor on Professional and Enterprise plans — ready to help you create content, communicate in any language, and produce professional visuals without any design skills.
Helpful Guide
Ask a question, get a suggestion. Helps you choose the right Board, write the right message, and get content on screen faster.
Content Writer
Paste rough notes or a brief and get polished, ready-to-display Board copy instantly. Adjusts tone to match your venue and audience.
Translator
Translate any Board into any language in one click — or set a default language and let content translate itself as you type.
Advert Designer
Generate professional promotional visuals automatically from your event or product data. No designer required.
Earn revenue from your screens Pro+
Every NowBoard screen can sell ad inventory. Define what is for sale, set the price, and let advertisers book slots directly. We handle payments, content moderation, and proof of play — you keep the revenue.
AdSpace marketplace
Define sellable inventory on each Location. Set price, slot length, accepted creative types.
Three selling models
Exclusive (sponsorship-style) · Shared lanes (round-robin) · Auction (highest bid).
Public booking flow — coming soon
Advertisers will be able to book a slot in minutes from a QR code on the screen — no NowBoard account needed.
Stripe Connect payments
We handle the payment, take a small commission, transfer the rest to you weekly.
Proof of play — coming soon
Every ad play will be logged. Advertisers will be able to see exactly how many times their ad ran.
Content approval
You approve every booking before it plays. Brand-safe by default.
Commission rates: Free 30% · Starter 20% · Professional 13% · Enterprise 8%. Learn more about the AdSpace marketplace →
Takeover — instant message to every screen
When something needs to appear on every screen right now — a fire drill, a last-minute venue change, a weather closure — Takeover puts a message on all your screens in seconds. From your phone or laptop, no login required on the device.
Works from anywhere
Open NowBoard on your phone or laptop, tap Takeover, and every screen in your organisation updates instantly. No access to the physical screen needed.
Simple format
Title, subtitle, message and an optional image. Designed to be created in seconds under pressure — not a design tool, just a clear urgent board.
Deploy to all or some
Push to every Location in your organisation, or target specific sites. One tap to activate, one tap to deactivate when the situation is resolved.
Instant and reversible
Screens return to their normal rotation the moment you deactivate. No cleanup, no manual reset per screen.
Set it up once. It runs itself.
The NowBoard Player is a dedicated HDMI device that plugs into any TV. Designed for unattended, always-on displays.
Auto-start on boot
Powers on, connects to Wi-Fi, and loads your Boards automatically. No daily setup.
Offline resilience
If the connection drops, the Player keeps showing the last loaded content until it reconnects.
Kiosk mode
Locks the device to NowBoard. No way for a visitor to accidentally navigate away.
CEC TV power control
Turns the TV on and off on your defined schedule. No need for smart plugs or manual switching.
Remote management
Reboot, update, or change content on any Player from your dashboard — without touching the device.
£139 one-off cost
Buy once. No ongoing hardware fee. Works with any HDMI TV, including existing wall-mounted displays. Learn more →
Emergency — one click, every screen
When something urgent happens, you need every screen in the building to show the same message immediately. Emergency does exactly that.
Instant override, all screens
Activate an Emergency from your dashboard and it takes over every Location in your Organisation — or just a specific Site. Type your message, choose a background colour, and hit activate. Every screen updates within seconds. Deactivate when the situation is resolved and Boards return to their normal rotation.
Start free with 3 Boards
Pick your first Board, add your content, and display it on any TV — a smart TV browser, an Android box, or the NowBoard Player (£139). No credit card. No commitment.
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