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Vizrt, SMART and Barco selected by Thai Channel 3 for first fully interactive video backdrop

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:00:00 GMT

IBC Amsterdam - Channel 3, one of the top leading commercial channels in Bangkok, will soon deply the first fully interactive video backdrop, equipped with a touchscreen, to be used live in a news studio environment. The channel has selected Vizrt and Barco as technology suppliers for the groundbreaking backdrop.

Barco's 23" High Definition reference monitor goes into production

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:00:00 GMT

IBC Amsterdam – At this year's IBC broadcast imaging specialist Barco will showcase the first production units of its 23" high definition reference monitor. Prototypes of this RHDM-2301 were successfully introduced at NAB in April 2008 with raving reviews from most of the visitors. The RHDM-2301 Barco presents the first true grade-1 LCD display that ensures broadcast staff in production and post-production environments of the highest level of color stability and accuracy for their video reference tasks. First deliveries of the monitor are scheduled for November 2008.

Barco installs networked broadcast monitoring system for Spanish Telecinco

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:00:00 GMT

IBC Amsterdam - Barco is pleased to announce that leading Spanish commercial TV-station Telecinco has opted for a networked broadcast monitoring system for its news studio control room in Madrid. The contract underlines the customer value of Barco's revolutionary concept, whereby video sources and metadata are distributed over an IP network throughout the broadcast facility. The networked monitoring system is currently being implemented and will become operational fall 2008.

Barco's backdrop shines at China Central Television news studios

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:00:00 GMT

Shanghai, CHINA, 15 July 2008 — Barco, a world leader in visualization and display solutions, has teamed with China Central Television (CCTV) in bringing Barco's iPresent backdrop to the company's Beijing broadcast studios.

Barco wins three prestigious product awards

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT

KORTRIJK, Belgium, 24 June 2008. Barco, a global leader in visualization technology, is pleased to announce that it recently won three prestigious awards. At the Rental & Staging Systems Awards held at InfoComm last week, its NX-4 Black LED display was awarded this year's Best LED Product while its DML-1200 digital moving luminaire was awarded the Best Lighting Product. Moreover, Barco's new reference monitor for broadcasters received the Broadcast Engineering Pick Hit at this year's NAB show.

Barco launches high resolution multi-input multiviewer for compact broadcast monitoring

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:00:00 GMT

SMV-116 processes up to 16 multi-format inputs

NAB 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 14 April 2008 – Barco, a leader in display and visualization solutions for selected professional markets, launches the SMV-116, a new compact multiviewer with 16 inputs and one output. The multiviewer is an ideal solution for broadcast monitoring in compact settings, such as smaller OB-vans, editing suites, master control rooms or digital play-out installations.

Barco introduces High Definition Reference Monitor for broadcast and post production environments

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:00:00 GMT

Barco redefines LCD image quality and color calibration with RHDM-2301

NAB 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 14 April 2008 – Barco, a leader in display and visualization solutions for selected professional markets, announces the RHDM-2301, its new High Definition Reference Monitor for broadcast professionals. With the RHDM-2301 Barco presents the first true grade-1 LCD display that ensures broadcast staff in production and post-production environments of the highest level of color stability and accuracy for their video reference tasks.

Belgian broadcaster VTM selects advanced Barco video wall for restyled news studio

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT

VTM once again selects Barco for news studio backdrop wall

Kortrijk, Belgium, 3 March 2008 – Barco, a leader in display and visualization solutions for selected professional markets, announces that it has successfully implemented a new video wall system in the restyled news studio of VTM, the biggest commercial television station in Flanders. With the new studio, which was presented to the public this weekend, VTM wants to further improve the quality of its news. Barco's video wall offers the most reliable display technology, with outstanding picture quality and vibrant colors for statistics, background information and live interferences during news emissions.

Barco enhances collaboration and information management for small to medium-sized control rooms

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Barco launches control room management software and 3D workstation for multi-channel displays at DistribuTECH

DistribuTECH, Tampa, FL, USA – 22 January 2008 – Barco, a leader in professional display and visualization solutions, announces the launch of its advanced control room management software and its powerful 3D workstation for multi-channel desktops and small to medium-sized video walls. With these two interoperable visualization solutions, Barco is enhancing collaboration and information sharing between operators in small to medium-sized control rooms.

Barco brings interactive touch-screen technology to studio backdrop applications

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:01:00 GMT

DViT technology enhances display for news, sports and entertainment studios

Inter BEE, Chiba, Japan – 20 November 2007 – Barco, a leader in professional display and visualization solutions, announces the availability of its OVTS-70 70" SMART DViT^TM technology Display Wall Touch System, an ideal solution for interactive backdrop applications in news, sports and entertainment studios and network operations rooms.

Barco brings interactive touch-screen technology to large Command and Control video wall displays

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:00:00 GMT

Integration of SMART's DViT technology provides interactive collaboration environment

DSEI, LONDON, UK - 11 September 2007 - Barco, a leader in display and visualization solutions for selected professional markets, will showcase its new Display Wall Touch System at this year's DSEI exhibition in London. The new system integrates DViT™ (Digital Vision Touch) technology from SMART Technologies, Calgary, AB, Canada, enabling users to access and manipulate data across a large screen area. At this year's DSEI exhibition, Barco will demonstrate the benefits of the new system for Command and Control environments, where effective collaboration is critical in enhancing the speed and quality of command decisions.

Barco extends flexibility and scalability of Networked Broadcast Monitoring System

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:00:00 GMT

IBC 2007, Amsterdam, the Netherlands – 7 September 2007 – Barco, a leader in display and visualization solutions for selected professional markets, has launched version 2.1 of its Networked Broadcast Monitoring System (NBMS). The launch brings a new display controller, able to handle up to 64 sources, and a range of new input modules. The additions to Barco's NBMS offer broadcasters more flexibility and scalability for the distribution of sources throughout their facility.

Barco extends range of video wall displays with high-bright version for backdrop applications

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:00:00 GMT

IBC 2007, Amsterdam, the Netherlands – 7 September 2007 – Barco, a leader in display and visualization solutions for selected professional markets, announced today that it has extended its OV-D2 range of rear-projection video wall displays with high-bright versions for studio backdrop applications. The high-bright editions of Barco's new OV-D2 series feature a 180 Watt lamp system and have been designed to deal with specific light conditions in TV studio environments.

Barco introduces 30-inch LCD display for high-density video monitoring

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:00:00 GMT

Barco's 30-inch LC-3001 brings color-accurate images in a WQXGA resolution.

IBC 2007, Amsterdam, the Netherlands – 7 September 2007 – Barco, a leader in display and visualization solutions for selected professional markets, has extended its LC series of high-resolution LCD displays with a new 30-inch member. The LC-3001 display offers crisp, clear and color-accurate images in a WQXGA resolution (2560x1600 pixels) and has been designed for high-density video monitoring in a wide scope of professional applications, including broadcast monitoring, personal wall applications for process control and telecom Network Operations Centers, and traffic and surveillance monitoring.

Barco LED displays chosen by leading Lebanese broadcaster, Future TV, for use in Super Stars Show

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:00:00 GMT

Kuurne, Belgium, 30 August 2007. Visualization specialist Barco is pleased to announce that its LED display products have been chosen by Future TV, a leading Lebanese broadcaster, for use in its television broadcast studio. This sale was secured by ORBINET, a Barco reseller in Lebanon

Barco's new display wall controller steps up to dual-CPU, dual-core processing power

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:00:00 GMT

The new display wall controller combines dual-CPU, dual-core Intel® Xeon® Processor-based performance with increased input/output flexibility

Barco introduces second-generation streaming video card

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMT

Infocomm, Anaheim, CA, US – 19 June 2007 – Barco announced today that it has introduced its second-generation streaming video card (SVC-2). With this release, Barco is offering a universal decoder solution with increased processing power platform to handle large amounts of video sources encoded with complex compression algorithms in real-time and with minimal latency.

Barco introduces innovative sensor technology in next generation 24/7 rear-projection video wall displays

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMT

The new OV-D2 series' sensor technology provides brightness and color stability over time and across the entire display

Barco and Vizrt collaborate to integrate best of breed backdrop solutions for the broadcast market

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:00:00 GMT

NAB, LAS VEGAS, Nevada, US, 16 April 2007 — Barco and Vizrt announced today that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on an integrated solution that offers unprecedented flexibility in designs for studios and sets in the broadcast market.

Barco introduces 56" quad full high definition display

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:00:00 GMT

NAB, LAS VEGAS, Nevada, US and HMI, Hannover, Germany – 16 April 2007 – Barco, a leader in display and visualization solutions for selected professional markets, announces the availability of a 56" quad full high definition display. The LC-5621 complements the company's LC series of 42" and 47" native full high definition displays with a new 3840 x 2160 pixel resolution format.

Barco and Snell & Wilcox collaborate to deliver next generation "Intelligent" content monitoring solution

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:30:00 GMT

KUURNE, Belgium and HAMPSHIRE, U.K. June 29, 2006 — Barco and Snell & Wilcox announced today that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on an integrated system that offers multichannel broadcasters the industry's most advanced television quality monitoring solution.

Barco premieres dedicated digital cinema projector for post production

Sun, 25 Jun 2006 15:00:00 GMT

Kuurne, Belgium, 26 June 2006 – Digital cinema expert Barco is delighted to announce the launch of a new digital cinema projector specifically designed and built to meet the enhanced performance needs of the post production market. The D-Cine Premiere DP90P features enhanced image detail and increased color space for optimum image rendering.

UK national broadcaster selects Barco backdrops for news studios

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 06:00:00 GMT

Kuurne, Belgium, 13 June 2006 - Visualization specialist Barco is delighted to announce that the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), a world leader in the broadcast industry, has chosen Barco as its visualization supplier for two new studio set refurbishment projects. In total six display walls have been installed in the news studios. This project further reinforces Barco's market leadership position in the broadcasting market.

Barco introduces unique LED display solution for TV studios

Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:00:00 GMT

Duluth, USA – At this year's NAB show, Barco launches its cutting-edge LED display solution for backdrop applications in broadcast, delivering a stunning image to the television viewers at home. The LED display solution combines high brightness with excellent image uniformity and superb color gamut. By combining well proven LED technology with screen knowledge, interference between the camera and the LED pixel matrix, which can lead to Moire patterns, is avoided.

This innovative product will be shown from 24 until 27 April 2006 at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) trade show and conference in Las Vegas.

Barco total visual solution provider for new SKY facilities

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 07:00:00 GMT

Kuurne, Belgium, 3rd November 2005 - Sky News is now broadcasting from its hotly awaited new, state-of-the-art Sky News Centre studio complex in the UK. At its heart is the main combined studio-newsroom, complete with the first LED backdrop solution in a 24/7 UK broadcast facility. Visualization specialist Barco is proud to have supplied all of the LED backdrop walls equipped with unique diffusers especially developed for the broadcast market, and projectors used in news studios and monitoring rooms in the new purpose built facility in West London.

Barco introduces Networked Broadcast Monitoring System for facility wide monitoring

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 06:00:00 GMT

Kuurne, Belgium – Barco launches its new Networked Broadcast Monitoring System that allows high-quality, low latency distribution of video sources and metadata over an IP network towards multiple screens, even in different control rooms, and offers ultimate flexibility for broadcast and distribution monitoring.

Barco launches large high-definition LCD displays at IBC 2005

Fri, 09 Sep 2005 10:00:00 GMT

Amsterdam, The Netherlands - IBC 2005 will see Barco further extending its range of display solutions with the new 42" and 47" LCD displays featuring full high-definition resolution. The state-of-the-art LCD displays deliver crisp clear images detailed to perfection, enabling you to achieve a new level in visual performance. This demonstrates Barco's continuing development of innovative products for broadcast applications. These products will be shown from 9-13 September, 2005 at the International Broadcasting Conference (IBC) trade show and conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on booth nr 1.149.

Barco and Siemens Belgium sign partnership in network and visualization systems for control centers

Tue, 21 Jun 2005 23:00:00 GMT

Kuurne, Belgium – June 21st 2005 – Barco and Siemens Belgium have agreed to combine their technologies and portfolios in the field of visualization and distributed video switching. The purpose of the collaboration is the seamless integration of Siemens' Open Transport Network solution (OTN) and Barco's world leading streaming video technology into ready-to-use solutions for control centers in 24/7 mission critical applications.

Barco introduces next generation control room display solutions at Infocomm USA 2005

Wed, 08 Jun 2005 06:00:00 GMT

Infocomm, 8 June 2005 Las Vegas, USA – Continuing to provide and enable leading edge imaging solutions, Barco announces three exciting developments offering new dimensions for control room visualization systems. Barco will showcase its revolutionary display design for control room displays, networked visualization and the next generation high bandwidth controller. Barco will exhibit at the show on booth nr 901.