Barco's LED Tiles Light Up the 77th Annual Academy Awards®
Barco announces the broadcast debut of it’s newest indoor/outdoor SMD LED display, the OLite 510, was live from the red carpet of 77th Annual Academy Awards® pre-show held at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood and Highland, Sunday February 27th.
Creative Technology, an international audio visual staging solutions provider and long time Barco rental partner, orchestrated the installation of the 42 tile OLite 510 display. The 13.5’ x 20’ screen, housed at opening to the Kodak complex, treated viewers to larger than life images of attendee arrivals, custom graphics and clip packages.
Inside the Kodak, Creative Technology placed Barco’s ILite 6XP LED in the flooring, stage right, as an integral part of the set element. 335 tiles were used to create a dramatic 20’ x 40’ oval image displaying graphics and clip packages throughout the broadcast.
This is the fourth consecutive year that CT has provided equipment and technical services for the Oscar® event but the first year that Barco tiles have been utilized both on the red carpet as well as being incorporated within the Academy Awards® set design.
The OLite 510 combines the benefits of indoor and outdoor LED technologies in one reliable, robust LED tile built specifically for the Rental and Staging market. With its 5000 Nit light output, 15-bit processing, 1P65 rating and full TUV approval, the OLite 510 brings you an ultra bright indoor/outdoor display with all the benefits of the SMD LED technology, such as wide view angles and short viewing distances, combined with the rugged reliability you have come to expect of Barco’s outdoor LED displays.
For more information about Barco or its products, please contact christine.morris@barco.com or visit www.events.barco.com.
About Barco
Barco, an international company headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium, provides visualization and display solutions for professional markets. Barco designs and develops solutions for large screen visualization, display solutions for life-critical applications, and systems for visual inspection. Barco is active worldwide and has its own facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Barco is quoted on Euronext Brussels and is a BEL 20 and a Next 150 company (Euronext: BAR; Reuters: BARBt.BR; Bloomberg: BAR BB).
For more information, please contact
Christine
Morris
Marketing Communications Manager - US
Barco Media & Entertainment
Telephone
+1 916 859 2500
christine.morris@barco.com
