Framechannel shutting down

desertskydesertsky Registered Users Posts: 8 Beginner grinner
edited July 21, 2011 in Accessories
Just got this email from Framechannel. They're shutting down their service sometime this month due to finances. Huge bummer for wireless digital photo frame owners like myself who were using Framechannel to stream Smugmug photos and RSS feeds to our digital photo frames.
FrameChannel Users -

Due to challenges with the economy and our company's financial situation we've been forced to make a tough decision and will be shutting down the FrameChannel service this month.

We have provided a mechanism for you to download any of your photos that are hosted with us in the My Photos channel or that have been emailed to your device via the My Friend's Photos feature.

You may log into your account at www.framechannel.com to download your photos, but the service will soon stop delivering content to your devices. To download your photos, log into your FrameChannel account, click the Download My Photos tab, and follow the instructions there.

For those of you using your devices for commercial applications, you may wish to take a look at the SignChannel service. That service is owned an operated by Scala, Inc., a worldwide leader in [COLOR= ]digital signage[/COLOR]. For more information, please visit www.signchannel.com or email info@signchannel.com

We thank you for your support of the FrameChannel service.

-The FrameChannel Team

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  • KenM37KenM37 Registered Users Posts: 6 Beginner grinner
    edited June 17, 2011
    desertsky wrote: »
    Just got this email from Framechannel. They're shutting down their service sometime this month due to finances. Huge bummer for wireless digital photo frame owners like myself who were using Framechannel to stream Smugmug photos and RSS feeds to our digital photo frames.

    Anyone have any thoughts on a repalcement or a way to get my smugmug photos on my digital (iGala) frame?
  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,133 moderator
    edited June 17, 2011
    KenM37 wrote: »
    Anyone have any thoughts on a repalcement or a way to get my smugmug photos on my digital (iGala) frame?

    Your best bet is to contact the digital photo frame manufacturer to see if they have recommendations.

    http://igala.com/support

    They also have a forum for support:

    http://igala.com/forum
    ziggy53
    Moderator of the Cameras and Accessories forums
  • PupatorPupator Registered Users Posts: 2,322 Major grins
    edited June 26, 2011
    Count me among the disappointed. I bought my parents a wireless frame and my sister a Smugmug account so that they could get updates of all their Grandkids without having to look on the website. Very frustrating. The goodbye email from FrameChannel says they're shutting down this month. Not much warning at all.
  • photoguy24photoguy24 Registered Users Posts: 1 Beginner grinner
    edited July 21, 2011
    desertsky wrote: »
    Just got this email from Framechannel. They're shutting down their service sometime this month due to finances. Huge bummer for wireless digital photo frame owners like myself who were using Framechannel to stream Smugmug photos and RSS feeds to our digital photo frames.

    If you are looking for a replacement check out www.ceiva.com. You can send pictures from smugmug to your frames. They have an offer for framechannel users. www.ceiva.com/framechannel.
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