Date: April 2007
NO BLARNEY NECESSARY WITH LIGHTHOUSE LED SCREENS
UK – April 17th, 2007 - The annual St Patrick’s Day celebration took place in London on 17th March 2007. A major part of the action took place in the Capital’s iconic landmark Trafalgar Square, where the fountains turned green, large amounts of Guinness - Ireland’s favourite ale - were drunk and the action was relayed by Lighthouse LED screens.
The free event, organized by Mean Fiddler for the Mayor of London, featured the best of contemporary and traditional Irish music on the main stage in Trafalgar Square, with video specialist The Picture Works supplying all the visual elements for the show.
Two 5 x 5 panels of Lighthouse R16 16mm LED screens, each measuring 5.08m (w) x 3.85m (h), were positioned stage left and right, with a further 4 x 3 panels of Lighthouse R16 measuring 4.05m (w) by 2.8m (h) placed centre stage.
“We’ve done this particular job for six consecutive years,” says The Picture Works owner Robin Wealleans. “It’s technically challenging because there’s so little space available. The stage has to be right next to Nelsons Column and needs to be as much space available for the public in the Square as possible.”
The Picture Works came up with an ingenious solution to the problem. “We had to custom-make the support structures for the screens to reduce their overall footprint,” continues Wealleans. “So we came up with a way of taking off the front legs that would normally counterbalance the screens and put big water ballast tanks behind them instead. This meant there was absolutely no footprint at the front and the structure was entirely self-standing.”
Processing for the screens was via Lighthouse LIP-KX units and a mix of live actions, interspersed with sponsor logos and graphics, was displayed.
Ian Donaldson, Event Coordinator for Mean Fiddler commented: “I’ve been working with The Picture Works for many years now and the standard of service is consistently good. Even though the job remains the same there’s never any complacency from them.”
“Rental partners such as The Picture Works are testament to the viability and reliability of Lighthouse products for the rental market,” adds Lighthouse Northern European sales manager, Simon Taylor. “What better recommendation is there than to be asked back to do a job year after year?”
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About Lighthouse Technologies
Lighthouse Technologies Limited is a leading LED technology developer, manufacturer and global supplier of state-of-the-art LED modular video panels, which can be assembled into large scale video screens for indoor and outdoor use. Specializing in the research and manufacture of LED video screens, Lighthouse has its own intellectual properties with more than 10 active patents worldwide and is committed to remain as the premier creator of intellectual property value.
The company’s LED components, panels and complete video systems undergo stringent quality control with power-on, burn-in processes at ISO 14001 and ISO 9001-certified manufacturing plants. Its products have won several international awards, among them, the IBC Exhibition Design Award 2005, the Best-In-Show Award at InfoComm 2005, the Best New Product Award at the National Association of Broadcasters 2002 (NAB) show and the Good Buzz award at InfoComm 2004, the Technological Achievement Certificate of Merit in the 2003 Hong Kong Awards for Industry as well as the prestigious Consumer Product Design Award and the HKITCC Certificate of Merit in Technological Achievement in the 1999 Hong Kong Awards for Industry. Lighthouse was also recognized as one of the Fastest Growing Technology Companies in the 2002 Deloitte Technology Fast 250.
Lighthouse operates worldwide, through sales offices and technical support teams in the United States, Canada, South America, United Kingdom, Continental Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.lighthouse-tech.com.
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