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Thales and Barco finalize the acquisition of Barco's software development unit for maritime safety and surveillance

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:00:00 GMT

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Stuttgart, GERMANY, 1 September 2008 - Following a competitive bidding process, Thales and Barco today announced the closing of the acquisition of Barco's software development unit for maritime safety and surveillance.

Barco is the Leading Supplier of Visualization Equipment to the Beijing Olympics

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Beijing, CHINA 22 August 2008 — Barco, a world leader in visualization and display solutions, has become the leading supplier of visualization equipment to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Orsus and Barco Announce Partnership to Bring Situation Management and Modern Video Wall Technologies Together for a Comprehensive Visual Security Solution

Mon, 12 May 2008 06:00:00 GMT

Partners unite to transform Transnet Passenger and Freight Rail's security in South Africa by integrating Orsus' Situator Situation Management Software with Barco's video wall systems

Eurocontrol monitors air traffic capacity with Barco's video wall display technology

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Barco presents large-screen projection system for Air Traffic Control applications at ATC 2008

ATC Global, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 11 March 2008 – Barco, a leader in display and visualization solutions for professional markets, has successfully implemented a rear-projection visualization platform for the Central Flow Management Unit (CFMU) of Eurocontrol, the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation in Brussels. Barco was selected for the video wall installation at Eurocontrol's CFMU to support Eurocontrol in monitoring Europe's steadily growing air traffic.

Belgosignal successfully implements Barco video wall in Infrabel's traffic signaling center

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Infrabel modernizes Belgian railway's signaling boxes

Brussels, Kortrijk, 4 March 2008 - Siemens, leader of the temporary consortium Belgosignal (Siemens and Alstom), and Barco, leader in display and visualization solutions for selected professional markets, announce the successful implementation of a Barco rear projection video wall system in the first traffic signaling center of Infrabel. Infrabel is the administrator of the Belgian railway network. The implementation fits in Infrabel's project to modernize the Belgian railway's signaling boxes. In this project Infrabel, Siemens and Barco are working closely together for the realization of video walls. Barco and Siemens will take responsibility for the study, supply, installation and maintenance of the planned 21 rear projection video walls. Completion is due by 2012.

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 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'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 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.

NovaDutra chooses Barco for Brazilian highway Operational Control Center

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:00:00 GMT

Kuurne, Belgium, 18 July 2006 - Barco, leader in solutions of visualization and image technology, was chosen to supply the new video wall system CCO (Operational Control Center) of Presidente Dutra Highway in Brazil.

Vienna Traffic Authority obtains Austria's largest display wall solution from Barco

Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Kuurne, Belgium - In the new traffic control center Erdberg in Vienna, Austria's largest display wall is being set up. Under the project management of ABB AG Vienna, Barco is building an approximately 50 meters wide rear-projection display wall to increase operational safety.

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.

Barco introduces two new additions to its OverView D series

Fri, 11 Jun 2004 12:00:00 GMT

Atlanta, GA – Barco's Control Rooms is pleased to announce the introduction of the OverView D 80" display wall . The Overview D is already available in a 50" and 67" solutions. Barco's OverView D series projection modules provide unique features to enhance the operator's comfort in a 24/7 mission critical environment. By including Barco's proprietary "Optical Dimming" and "Dynamic Feedback" technology, the OverView D series projection module will allow constant optimization of brightness and contrast performance while maintaining excellent color uniformity. The 80" display wall features SXGA+ resolution.

Barco introduces networked visualization at InfoComm 2004

Fri, 11 Jun 2004 12:00:00 GMT

Atlanta, GA – Barco is pleased to introduce its network-centric visualization solutions for operational excellence and increased flexibility. Networked visualization enables distribution and visualization of all information using standard IT infrastructure and central management and control of the networked display systems. Barco will demonstrate its innovative solutions at Infocomm, Atlanta from June 9-11, 2004 in booth number 1317.

City of Boca Raton: leading with Barco's ultimate digital monitoring solution

Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:00:00 GMT

Atlanta, GA - The Municipal Services Department of the City of Boca Raton, Florida, has proven to be a technology leader with Barco's first end-to-end digital video monitoring solution. The City of Boca Raton realized that, even though video transmission from the field to the control center is typically digital, up to recently, viewing the video streams on a display wall or monitor rack always required a conversion back to analog. Barco and Audio Visual Innovations are pleased to have implemented direct streaming video insertion into the Barco Argus controller, driving the 2x2 Barco OverView mDG50 50" DLP^TM XGA display wall.