Barco LiveDots has partnered with outdoor advertising company Beijing Fortune Investment Management Co. to equip Beijing’s department store Blue Island Tower with a new LED display. Barco provided an integrated solution, comprising the 407 m2 LED display, an optical fiber transmission system, a power supply system, design and installation of the steel structure, as well…More

This week, Ooh-tv looks back at 2010. Today we look at the five external growth operations which strike us as being the most significant: 1. Elemidia being bought by the Grupo Abril media group. With support from the Tiger Global investment fund, which was also behind the giant Focus Media in China, Elemidia has grown…More

TDK has replaced its classic neon sign on Piccadilly Circus with a near 100m² LED screen provided by Barco. The implementation has been carried out by project management company MT² (on behalf of Land Securities, the owners of the complex) and system integrator Beaver Solutions. The new LED sign uses a web-based Scala content management…More

SC Media Technologies, a division of Soundcraft Canada, has formed an agreement with Barco to exclusively handle its lighting equipment and mid-market “Elements” LED products. SC Media will provide local support of sales, marketing, service and parts for Canada-based rental & staging partners and integrators for these solutions.

In its Q2 2010 financial report, Barco gave more details with regards to its recent dZine acquisition. As stated in the document: “Beginning July 2010 Barco closed the acquisition of 100% of the shares of the Belgium-based digital signage solutions company dZine NV. The total transaction cost paid at closing amounts to 8 million euro….More

Barco has signed an agreement to acquire Belgium-based digital signage solutions company dZine. The total acquisition cost for Barco at the time of the transaction is less than 1 time annual sales of dZine excluding an earn-out provision over the next two and a half years. Founded in 1992, dZine has installed its products and…More

Barco has acquired the products, intellectual property (IP) rights and know-how of Element Labs, an LED video systems expert based in Santa Clara, California. “With a focus on mid-end market requirements in rental, staging and fixed installations, the Element Labs products complement Barco’s existing high-end product range”, says the press release. Structured as an asset…More

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Barco has installed a digital billboard for leading global brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev. The twenty-three square meter size billboard is located on the façade of company global headquarters in Leuven, Belgium. The screen  will be used to display company information, beer commercials and city announcements. Anheuser-Busch InBev manages a portfolio of nearly 300 brands that includes…More

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. has announced plans to open its flagship store in Times Square. It will feature digital signs both inside – a 13-foot video wall at the store entrance – and outside with 15,000 square feet of LED screens (25 stories high). The LED screens will show content 18 hours per day, including…More