TV screen runtime

The screen runtime is the page your TVs actually run. Point any browser-capable display at its screen URL and it pairs, resolves what it should show, and plays it — refreshing itself as you publish.

What it plays#

• A single board, or a sequence that rotates through several boards.
• Whatever the [schedule](/docs/display/schedule) resolves for this screen right now (daypart, date override or emergency).
• Video modules loop; sequences advance automatically.

Staying live and resilient#

• Live refresh — publishes reach the screen in about a second via realtime.
• Heartbeat — the screen reports in so the fleet knows it's online.
• Nightly reload — an automatic refresh keeps long-running screens healthy.
• Graceful fallback — on error the screen stays blank rather than showing a 404.
• Orientation — portrait or landscape, from the monitor's settings.

Free-tier watermark#

On the free tier, public screens carry a small Crubby watermark. It's removed on Crubby Sync.