Barco acquires High End Systems, Inc, further strengthening its leadership position in the Events market

AV Product News Published: 10 June 2008
Barco announces the acquisition of High End Systems, Inc., a global technology provider of automated luminaires, digital lighting and lighting controls. Based in Austin, Texas, High End Systems employs 156 people and is a profitable company with USD 44 million sales in 2007. With the merging of two strong industry players, this acquisition reinforces Barco’s leadership position in the fast converging video and lighting segments. The total value of the transaction is USD 55 million, which implies an EBITDA multiple of around 8 on the past 12 months. The impact on 2008 EPS is estimated to be about neutral due to the required IFRS restatements.

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XL Video acquisition of
AV-Teknik Event Engineering AB

AV Product News Published: 2 May 2008
XL Video, the world leading video rental company, has established themselves in the Scandinavian market through the 100% acquisition of AV-Teknik Event Engineering AB.

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Barco’s digital moving luminaire tears down boundaries between projection and lighting

AV Product News Published: 22 December 2007
Barco, a pioneer in visualization technology, is proud to announce the launch of the its digital moving luminaire DML-1200. The digital luminaire can be used both as super bright moving digital light source and high quality video projector, and allows to design a truly unique show for every event, client and purpose. Applications for Barco’s DML-1200 are wide ranging, including concert music tours, theater and opera.

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grandMA video: Now with 32 layers

Lighting Product News Published: 22 December 2007
MA Lighting recently improved its popular media server grandMA video. To make programming more comfortable and sophisticated the amount of video layers was increased to 32 layers. It’s also possible to reboot or shutdown all connected MA mediaPCs centrally from the console and to switch to the Pixel Mapper mode from the grandMA. Furthermore the network structure was enhanced with the Sniffer-mode. This mode allows the control of 254 grandMA video stations from one grandMA instead of “just” 31 in Slave-mode. Already available features like the scale and playmode functions have also been improved.

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ArKaos and Numark announce
NuVJ Video Controller

AV Product News Published: 22 April 2007
Numark, the world's leading brand of professional DJ equipment and the driving force behind the high-tech musical revolution, in partnership with ArKaos, a leading provider of technology for live visual performance, proudly announce the NuVJ Video Controller.

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Barco launches budget-friendly compact 10K lumen DLP projector

AV Product News Published: 22 April 2007
Barco, a pioneer in projection technology, is proud to announce the launch of the CLM R10+, its compact 10,000 lumen DLP projector built specifically for the rental and staging market. This product meets the market need for a very bright and rugged projector at the price level of high brightness LCD projectors.

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HES introduces
Spherical Mapping for DL.2

AV Product News Published: 22 April 2007
High End Systems is introducing a new software feature, Spherical Mapping™, for its DL.2™ Digital Light and Axon™ media server. The v1.3.2 software advances the edge-blending Collage Generator™ software of the two products, and is available now for download on the HES website.

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Projected Image Digital at PLASA 05

AV Product News Published: 30 August 2005
PID has enjoyed a busy year including moving to bigger premises in west London and launching a new web-site along with supplying digital media products like Catalyst, Pixel MAD and Versa TUBE to various live entertainment sectors. The company’s client base is also diversifying into architectural installations for both retail and commercial projects.

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PLASA 2005 Has it All

AV Product News Published: 18 August 2005
With London confirmed as the host city for the 2012 Olympics and the linked £100billion regeneration of the capital already underway, the PLASA Show (11-14 September, Earls Court, London) could not be happening at a better time in a better place. With 300+ companies rolling out over 1000 new products and services, PLASA 2005 is going to play a key role in delivering solutions to many of the infrastructure and live event challenges associated with these major projects.

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XL Video at PLASA 2005

AV Product Stories Published: 18 August 2005
XL Video exhibits at PLASA for the first time to introduce the company to the business and live event communications sector of the AV industry, demonstrating the potential for crossover of equipment from concert touring, with which XL is most commonly associated.

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HES Announces Software-Only Catalyst Packages

AV Product News Published: 22 July 2005
Entertainment lighting manufacturer High End Systems Inc. (HES; Austin, TX) announces the immediate availability of three new versions of software-only Catalyst packages. The three versions of are priced for any sized application or budget and enable customers to easily upgrade from one version of the product to the next.

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The integrated solution
– grandMA video

Lighting Product News Published: 24 May 2005
Integrated video and lighting control via a single centralized console is becoming prevalent in many show applications. Addressing this development, MA Lighting has released a new media server application for all grandMA consoles: grandMA video.

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Barco launches compact,
powerful SLM R9+ Performer projector

AV Product News Published: 20 december 2004
Barco launches its new compact, powerful SLM R9+ Performer projector, which is based on state-of-the-art DLP™ technology and delivers up to 9000 ANSI Lumen, at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in Amsterdam today.

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LIGHTHOUSE TECHNOLOGIES
AT PLASA 2004

AV Product News Published: 28 September 2004
Lighthouse Technologies, Ltd. made a spectacular debut at London’s PLASA with screens in three separate areas of the show: the Prize Stage alongside the PLASA After Show Bar; The Picture Works stand; and the DiGiCo stand.

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Projected Image, Projected Image Digital & Beacon AB at PLASA 04

AV Product News Published: 13 September 2004
Projected Image Digital:
Projected Image Digital is a ‘one-stop’ solutions-based company providing digital media server hardware and software, digital content, training and programming services.
At PLASA 2004, PID is showcasing several exciting new products from the increasingly convergent worlds of show lighting and video.

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High End Systems Releases
Catalyst Pro v3.2 Media Server

AV Product News Published: 31 August 2004
High End Systems has released its newest version of software for the Catalyst Media Server – the product which fuses lighting with digital media.

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Martin Maxedia
Digital Media Composer

AV Product News Published: 26 August 2004
Martin Professional invites you to experience a new level of digital lighting creativity with the new Maxedia Digital Media Composer. Maxedia is Martin’s new media server capable of handling a multitude of digital media; images, video, 3D graphics, and more. Output as a video signal to video/plasma screens or any type of video image projector, Maxedia boasts a number of advantages over other digital media servers.

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Barco launches ultra high brightness, native wide-screen DLP™ projector

AV Product News Published: 23 September 2003
Barco is proud to announce the launch of the brand new XLM H25 projector. With a light output of 27 000 Center Lumen and a native resolution of 2048 x 1080 pixels, the XLM will become the most powerful projector available in the rental & staging market.

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Barco launches ultra high 3mm resolution indoor LED display module

AV Product News Published: 23 September 2003
Barco is proud to announce the launch of the ILite 3, a revolutionary new indoor LED module with a 3mm resolution. The ILite 3 module will be presented to the press as well as some of Barco’s key partners at the company’s Resolution Revolution event in Frankfurt from 21 to 23 September.

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Barco launches integrated
40” LCD display solution

AV Product News Published: 13 September 2003
Barco is proud to introduce the Solaris LC40, a 40” LCD display solution specifically designed for use in professional markets. With the Solaris LC40, Barco achieves a new level in display performance. Featuring an elegant design, superior image quality and extended functionality, the Solaris is the presentation and public information system of choice for use at major exhibitions, in digital signage applications, retail, entertainment and sports venues, corporate headquarters and transit locations.

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Barco launches revolutionary intelligent LED pixel block at Frankfurt Auto Show

AV Product News Published: 13 September 2003
Barco is proud to announce the launch of its revolutionary MiPIX intelligent LED pixel block. MiPIX will be showcased for the first time on the spectacular Mercedes booth at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt this week.

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