TVs that tell the room what’s on
NotQuiet is our own product for pubs, cafés, takeaways and shops. The TVs a venue already has show its events, menus and offers in its own brand. Staff change them with a text, and regulars carry the venue’s own card in their phone’s wallet.
Most nights aren’t quiet because nothing’s on. Nobody knew.
Independent venues already have the room, the TVs and the regulars. What they don’t have is a way to join them up. The quiz, the special and the match go on Instagram, where the people already standing at the bar never see them, and the regulars are a stamp card in a drawer.
Before
- The best seat in the house, showing nothing between matches
- Events posted online, missed by the people in the room
- A stamp card in a drawer
- No idea who the regulars are, and no way to ask them back
After
- Every TV shows what’s on, in the venue’s own logo, colours and photos
- Staff text a change and it’s on every screen within a minute
- Local match days add themselves
- Regulars join from the code on the TV, with no app to download
- The member list belongs to the venue
The whole idea, in 36 seconds
A venue’s screens, a staff member texting a quiz night onto them, and a regular joining, getting approved and carrying the card.
Ember & Crust, Fade Street and Little Fern are made-up venues for the demo.
One product, two halves
NotQuiet runs the screens. NotStrangers, the members’ half, runs the card. Each venue names its own plan.
Built from what the venue already has
Logo, colours, photos, menus, opening hours and events come from the venue’s own website. The venue sees its screen on its own TV before it pays anything.
On the TVs that are already on the wall
Any smart TV, or a small box behind it. If the venue already switches between Sky and other inputs, NotQuiet is one more. It never goes over the live football: it runs on its own input, at half time or all night on one screen.
Message your screens
Staff text the screens the way they would text a colleague. It is on every TV within a minute, with a confirmation back. If the message is vague, it asks one question.
Regulars join from the TV
They scan the code on the screen and give a name and an email. Staff approve them with one tap from a phone, and a university can be authorised once so its students go straight in.
A card that lives in the wallet
The card sits in Apple Wallet and pops up on the lock screen when a member walks in. They show it, staff scan it, and green means active. Switch a card off and it stops working at once.
Open it on your phone
NotQuiet has its own site, with live demo screens you can scroll through and the set-up spelled out.
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