Barco LED Walls Selected for Jennifer Lopez Concert Special

Vidicon, Nocturne¡¦s LED specialists, owns the world¡¦s largest inventory of Barco DLite 7 equipment. High-profile entertainers in the music industry consistently rely on Nocturne for superior live event production including: Paul McCartney, U2, Madonna, Aerosmith, The Who, Elton John, Billy Joel, The Eagles, Tina Turner, Gloria Estefan, KISS, Michael Jackson, Bon Jovi, Mariah Carey, Barenaked Ladies, and many others.

Bob Brigham, Partner of Nocturne Productions, stated, ¡§Over the past several months, we have used the Barco DLite 7 for televised events, including The GRAMMY„µ Awards, the Concert for New York, and the VH-1 Fashion Awards. The Barco product offers the advantage of adjusting color temperatures and refresh rates in minutes to match the broadcast cameras. Along with these advantages, we are able to lower the brightness on the Barco product without any degradation of gray scale. This allows for a superior image quality in front of the live audience, as well as the TV audience watching from home.¡¨

Curt Petty, Barco Market Business Manager, Events, stated, ¡§Nocturne Productions is one of the most respected staging companies in the world and offers their clients the most technologically advanced displays. The Barco DLite 7 will provide astonishing picture quality for viewers of the Lopez concert special.¡¨

Barco Media & Events
Barco Media & Events specializes in developing and producing large area visualization solutions such as DLP and LCD projectors and peripheral equipment as well as daylight display systems targeted at the specific needs of the media and events markets. With an in-depth understanding of the unique needs of the markets in which it operates and backed by Barco¡¦s know-how in both projection and display technologies, Media & Events is able to assist customers world-wide during total project implementation: from design and concept engineering to the installation and system integration, on-site training and after sales maintenance demanded by its clients. Barco Media & Events is recognized for its dedication to product research and development and continually strives to provide clients with unparalleled product and system integrity, delivering tailor-made solutions that answer the specific needs of its markets. Barco Media & Events has become the preferred solution provider for several high-profile installations, including Playhouse Square Center in Cleveland, the Millennium Dome in the UK, the International Car Show in Detroit, the Victoria¡¦s Secret Fashion Show in Cannes, the concert tours of Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Madonna, Bryan Adams, U2, Tim McGraw, in addition to several other bands, the live performance of Madonna during the 2001 Grammy Awards Ceremony, the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue and the Shamu Stadium at Sea World in San Antonio. Recognized for its dedication to product R & D and strict quality standards, Barco Media & Events continues to drive today¡¦s technological advances in the daylight display market with the development of the ILite range. One of its most promising products to date, the I6, has already won ¡§Pick of the Show¡¨ at NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) in Las Vegas and was also voted one of the top 50 ¡§Hot Products¡¨ at INFOCOMM USA 2001.

BARCO Background
BARCO, with headquarters in Kortrijk, Belgium, has three key activities which are all active in Image Processing. Barco Projection is in various markets of large screen visualization. BarcoView develops and manufactures display systems for life critical applications, while BarcoVision is in systems for visual inspection and quality control. In 2000, the entire BARCO group delivered a revenue of Euro 751 million. BARCO has a network of subsidiaries, distributors and agents in 97 countries throughout the world. BARCO has been quoted on the Brussels Bourse since 1986, and is now quoted on Brussels/Euronext. BARCO is a BEL 20 and a Next 150 company and is member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes.