Barco LED displays chosen by leading Lebanese broadcaster, Future TV, for use in Super Stars Show
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
Future TV (FTV), one of the most popular channels in the Middle East, ordered 58 ILite 6XP LED tiles, measuring approximately 12 square meters, together with 9.6 square meters of Barco creative LED product, MiPIX, as part of the installation of their Events studio. In this studio the popular Super Star show and others will be broadcasted. The ILite 6XP screen is used as a backdrop and the MiPIX blocks are used as 4 rectangular screens. The entire system was integrated using high quality creative content and graphics.
According to Samer Kaddoura – Technical Director at Future TV “Barco was chosen due to their product superb quality, and solid support locally and regionally. In this highly competitive market place, we looked for a vendor who gave us the edge in delivering quality and reliability. We, at Future TV, are known for delivering quality programs to the Middle East viewers, and the recent installation solidifies our position”.
“Our business continues to grow in the Middle East, particularly for our indoor and creative products" says Khalid Sweidan, Business Development Manager Barco Middle East. “This recent win in Lebanon demonstrates our successful approach to local markets by working closely with local partners and local customer support engineers. In addition, we continue to deliver robust, flexible and scalable solutions, using the latest LED technology developments, to meet the ever-growing needs of our worldwide customers.”
About Orbinet
ORBINET is a group of companies based in Beirut-Lebanon and has been active in the field of Broadcast and Communications since 1990. Thanks to the quality of its products and the choice of equipment, ORBINET has earned itself a growing reputation and is known as one of the premier system integrators in the Arab Countries.
About FTV
Future TV is a Lebanese owned and operated company founded in 1993. Although the youngest of the Lebanese stations back then, FTV became the one of the nation’s fastest growing stations. Supported by a large capital, advanced technology, wide coverage and an excellent image quality, Future Television triggered competition on all fronts in the Lebanese TV market.
About Barco
Barco, a global technology company, designs and develops visualization products for a variety of selected professional markets. Barco has its own facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.
Barco (Euronext Brussels: BAR) is headquartered in Belgium and is active in more than 90 countries with about 3800 employees worldwide. Barco posted sales of euro 751 million in 2006.
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