Zone
A part of the screen that plays its own content, so one screen can carry a video, announcements and an information band.
A zone is an area of the screen that plays its own content. On a single-zone screen the whole surface is given to one item. On a multi-zone screen, a promotional video might run in the large area while announcements appear at the side and a clock and weather band runs along the bottom.
Zones add information but can also distract. For screens viewed from a distance, two or three zones are usually enough, and every zone needs room for readable text.
Zones in MIA
MIA has ready layouts for landscape and portrait screens, and you can also draw free zones. Each zone gets a folder or a widget, and zone titles can be written in Turkish and English. The ready designs use zones too: the Kurumsal karşılama (corporate welcome) design places announcements, a large clock, the weather and a scrolling currency band in separate zones. See examples on the widgets and designs page.