For hotels and guesthouses

Two things for your lobby, free

You create a screen here in about a minute and get a six-character code and two links: a board for the television in the lobby and three A4 sides for the front desk. No account, no app, nothing to pay.

Watch the island live

Our stream runs around the clock on YouTube: a slow flight round the island with the weather as it stands now. Put it on the screen behind reception, in the bar or in the breakfast room — any smart television with the YouTube app plays it. Nothing loads from YouTube until you press play.

Your permanent link

madeira1.com/stream

Always opens the stream that is on air now. YouTube gives the stream a new address whenever it restarts; this one stays the same, so it is safe for a QR code, a welcome email or a bookmark on the lobby TV.

Open it on YouTube

What you get, and where each piece goes

A board for the lobby television

Four views that change themselves every twenty-five seconds: today's warnings, the wind gusts, the waves on each coast, the sea temperature, sunrise and sunset; the cloud over Pico do Arieiro and the best morning this week to drive up for it; how many of the official trails are open and which are not; the cruise ships in Funchal today and what is on in town.

A television, a tablet or an old laptop with a browser. Open the link once and leave it. It refreshes itself all day, keeps the last readings on screen when the wifi drops and says how old they are, and picks up new code without anyone touching it. Your name is in the header, and a code in the corner takes a guest to the same numbers on their own phone.

See a board running now

Three A4 sides for the front desk

Today's conditions on the first side; a map of the beaches and a map of the temperature around the island on the second; the week on the third — the trails, the summit mornings, the tide. Every card carries the address it came from and a code to scan.

The desk printer, best done fresh each morning. It prints as it is: nothing to set up, your name and the date already on it.

What it costs you to set up

One field for your name, then the language your guests read and the colours of the screen. Press the button and the code and the two links are on the next page.

No account, no password, no email address.
Nothing to install, on any device.
Nothing to pay, now or later.
Nothing about your guests — we never ask for a name, a room or a booking.

What it needs

A screen with a browser on it: a smart television, a tablet, or an old laptop on an HDMI cable.
A socket, and wifi that stays on. If the connection drops, the board holds the last readings and says when they are from.
Nothing from us — no box, no cable, no visit, no software.

The one thing it cannot do is switch the television on. If your set can open a page at power-on, point it at the link; otherwise leave it running.

Create a screen

Your name, a language, a colour. The code and the two links come back straight away, and you can make another for a second lobby whenever you like.

Create a screen