Do you ever watch Sky News? Or Sky Sports News? If so, you must have noticed how both news studios look sleek and modern, hosting the very latest technology. Barco was proud to deliver large Barco LED-lit OVL video walls to display crisp images in both news studios!

Guiding the way
Sky has a proven track record of harnessing the latest technology and driving new trends. In 2006, Barco equipped Sky News's 7,500m² main studio newsroom in London with a 14 x 3m LED video wall - a real first at the time. When it was time to replace the LED backdrop with new technology, Jon Bennett, head of studio output at Sky News London reconfirmed its trust in Barco. He commissioned Shooting Partners to procure, provide and install a similar wall like the one set up at the Arabic Sky news station: a large Barco OverView OVL-708 video wall.

Brightest possible canvas
That set-up, in turn, inspired Sky Sports News HQ. After a shoot-out with different manufacturers, they too, selected Barco's OVL video wall for the new-look studio they inaugurated in August 2014. "The 18m² high-resolution, curved wall, which can be graphically split into different sections, provides the brightest possible canvas for our hi-res sports images," said Mike Ruddell, Sky Sports Head of Technology.

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