Who we are: EMITY, a French digital signage software publisher
Behind EMITY there is a team based in Jacou, near Montpellier, and an office in Paris. We build the software that drives your screens ourselves, and we have it installed by a network of certified resellers across France and Europe.
OUR DNA
One team, one platform, one network
If EMITY is new to you, here is the short version — and who picks up the phone when you call.
- ✓A French publisher. EMITY was founded in 2018 in Jacou, in the Hérault region of southern France. The software, the player and the embedded app are all designed here, by our own engineering team.
- ✓One suite, several jobs. Digital signage, visitor sign-in, room booking, queue management, live sports scoring: more than six applications brought together in a single dashboard, E-MANAGER.
- ✓Sold through resellers. We do not sell directly: more than 130 certified partners advise you, install the system and handle the follow-up close to you.
- ✓Compatible with your screens. Android, Tizen, webOS, chromeOS, touch kiosks, electronic paper: every manufacturer, with no lock-in to a single brand.
- ✓From 1 to 1,000 screens. The platform is the same for a corner shop and for a multi-site group; only the subscription changes.
OUR STORY
From an engineering office to a publisher present in more than 20 countries
It all started in 2015 under the name WePub, inside an engineering office specialising in embedded systems. Back then digital signage — those screens that automatically play content in a shop, a lobby or a workshop — almost always ran on a plain web browser: fragile, slow, hard to monitor remotely.
Gédéon Ruas and Alexandre Voron, each with seventeen years in industry and engineering, approached the problem from the other end: design the player — the box that feeds the screen — as a piece of industrial equipment, running Linux and built for video. Two years of research later, EMITY was founded in 2018 in Jacou. The priorities have not changed since: a screen that runs without anyone thinking about it, software you can pick up without lengthy training, and content that stays secure.
- 2018EMITY is founded in Jacou. The company is recognised by the Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole Business & Innovation Centre and joins the Cap Alpha business incubator in Clapiers.
- 2019Winner of the Réseau Entreprendre Occitanie Méditerranée award, which recognises companies with strong growth potential.
- 2020First markets outside France: Canada, Switzerland, Belgium and Senegal.
- 2021-2022Canva is built into the platform, and distribution widens through the audiovisual wholesalers EET and Acadia.
- 2023New 170 m² head office in Jacou, and a company valuation of €1.2 million.
- 2024-2025Adobe Express joins Canva on the design side, and the partner network meets for its annual seminar, first in Massane then in La Grande Motte.
THE SUITE
What we build
Everything starts from the same core: one central platform, and the building blocks you add for your line of work.
E-MANAGER
The web dashboard where everything is managed: content, screens, users and the business modules. It is the hub of the suite.
E-CLICK
Interactive display: touch kiosks, catalogues to browse, guided selection journeys.
E-BOX
The player — the compact box designed by our engineering team — which feeds a screen in HD, 4K or 8K.
E-SOFT
The app embedded straight into connected screens and SoCs, when you would rather do without a box.
E-DOCK
Centralised control of hubs and loading bays, for logistics and industrial sites.
Three plans
Standard, Premium and Excellence. The Excellence plan unlocks all 20 widgets — IPTV, Power BI, YouTube, social media — plus access to E-CLICK and SSO.
What sets us apart
- ✓First on electronic paper. EMITY is the first French publisher to support E-PAPER: a screen that stays readable in bright sunlight, draws no power while the content is unchanged and lasts up to five years on a battery. With SoluM and Samsung.
- ✓Compatible with every manufacturer. Where brand-tied solutions only drive their own screens, we stay open to all makers — and your existing estate can be taken over, under our Replay label.
- ✓One suite, one point of contact. One contract, one training session, one dashboard for every job, where you would otherwise stack up three single-purpose publishers.
- ✓IPTV and digital signage together. Television channels and your own content from the same platform, with no second system to install.
- ✓Live scoring, inside the stadium. Our multi-sport live scoring module shows the score and match clock in real time on every screen in the venue.
- ✓NFC, RFID and video walls. A badge held near a reader triggers the right media; and master-slave synchronisation runs a video wall with no image drift.
LEADERSHIP
The two founders
EMITY grew out of the meeting of two complementary profiles, and they are still the ones at the helm.
THE TEAM
The people who will answer you
At EMITY nobody hides behind a contact form. Here is the team, with what each person does day to day — and their LinkedIn profile where it is public.
RECOGNITION
The networks behind us
No young company grows on its own. These are the labels and networks that validated, funded or nurtured the project.
French Tech Montpellier
Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole was one of the first metropolitan areas to earn the French Tech label, a national initiative launched in 2013 to accelerate French start-ups and their international reach.
Business & Innovation Centre of Montpellier
Incubator, investor, business angel, university and competitiveness clusters: a network of trust built up over the years. Second-best incubator worldwide in 2018 and in the top 5 in 2019 in the UBI Global ranking.
Réseau Entreprendre
A network of volunteer company directors supporting entrepreneurs with strong job-creation potential. EMITY was one of its award winners in 2019.
Club du Digital Media
Founded as an association in 2005, the club has brought together a network of communications and digital signage professionals since 2013: more than forty companies sharing what they see in the market, in France and internationally.
TRUSTED BY
From corner shops to major accounts
EMITY runs the digital menu board of a bakery just as well as the lobbies of Schindler, Europcar or Colissimo. Same platform, same demand for reliability.
Working for the Boul’ange bakery in Castelnau, I find this software easy to use.
Dorine PERONLa BoulangeA very effective system. I have been using the digital menu board for four years without a hitch. I recommend this serious young company.
Dimitri BRIQUETLe Coup de FourchetteA very serious start-up, with excellent development and support on an application. I recommend this company’s services!
Jacques LEMEUNIERLa Maison de la Vision
MEET US
Where to find us
Two addresses, and a reseller network covering France, Europe and beyond.
Head office, in Jacou (Hérault)
EMITY
40 rue de la Pierre Plantée
34830 Jacou, France
The engineering team, support and administration are all here. This is also where the players are shipped from.
An office in Paris
To stay closer to the teams and partners of the Paris region, where a good share of multi-site projects are based.
A requirement, a feasibility question, a quote? The simplest route is the contact form or +33 4 30 00 66 00.
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