Barco LED Displays On Stage at Euro Vision Song Contest

On Saturday 24 May, the annual Euro Vision Song Contest takes place in Skonto Olympic Hall, Riga, Latvia. This year the event will feature an impressive backdrop of Barco visualization equipment, including 44 square meters ILite 8 LED, four R18 and two R12 projectors.

This year’s event has attracted entries from over 25 countries including Iceland, Ireland, Sweden and Romania, and will be presented by Marija Naumova, who won for Latvia in 2002, and Reynard Kaupers who participated for Latvia in 2000 as lead singer of the group "Brainstorm". The live broadcast of the event is expected to draw a television audience of over 500 million viewers world wide.

Barco’s ILite 8 display will be used very creatively as part of the floor of the main stage. The LED display will be covered by glass and show content to support each individual entrant’s performance. Other performers such as Kylie Minogue and Madonna have also used Barco LED displays as part of the stage floor.

“Barco is very proud to have its LED displays and projection equipment chosen to support another high profile live event such as the Euro Vision Song Contest. In the coming weeks we will have LED displays supporting tours by Robbie Williams, The Dixie Chicks and Johnny Halliday. Each of these shows will feature well over 100 square meters of our LED displays, a tremendous reinforcement of the faith of the rental & staging industry in Barco’s products,” states Steve Scorse, Division Manager for Barco Events.

Barco’s LED display and projection solutions can be seen at the world’s leading motor shows, on stage with some of the world’s biggest stars and on buildings and in lobbies of some of the world’s foremost brands. As such Barco has provided LED visual solutions to clients the likes of Clear Channel International, Merrill Lynch, Dresdner Bank, BMW, Toyota, Porsche, Daimler Chrysler, U2, Paul McCartney, Madonna, Bon Jovi and many others. The company’s LED display solutions have also been chosen to grace the Reliant Park Stadium (USA) that will host the 2004 Superbowl, as well as the stadiums of FC Porto (Portugal) and FC Geneve (Switzerland), which will host the 2004 and 2008 European Soccer Championships respectively.

About Barco
Barco, an international company headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium, is active in three key areas of imaging technology. Barco designs and develops solutions for large screen visualization, display solutions for life-critical applications, and systems for visual inspection. Barco has a network of subsidiaries, distributors and agents in almost 100 countries. Barco is quoted on Brussels/Euronext and is a BEL 20 and a Next 150 company.

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For more information, please contact

Inge Govaerts
Public Relations Manager
Barco - Media & Entertainment

Telephone +32 56 36 8052
inge.govaerts@barco.com