Sharp NEC Display Solutions Europe has announced the availability of its latest NEC MediaPlayer purpose-built for digital signage applications. Pre-installed on the NEC Raspberry Pi Compute Module at no additional charge, the MediaPlayer software features advanced customisation capabilities suitable for digital display boards in retail, digital menu boards, corporate communication displays, and more. Sharp/NEC has also validated the new NEC MediaPlayer with Matrox® Maevex 6100 Series multi-channel encoders, enabling digital signage installers and integrators with a high-quality AV, end-to-end streaming platform over LAN, WAN, and internet.