Fame Academy choose GL UK and Barco

Large screen specialist GL UK have supplied the BBC’s 'Fame Academy' with 55 Barco I-lite LED screens.
The screens were specified for the show by the original director Tony Gregory, who worked with GL UK on Big Brother earlier in the year.
In the studios, the screen panels are configured in two very different sized formats. One is a seven wide by four panel high widescreen, and the other is a three wide by nine panel high horizontal screen. The latter is split into three equal sections, allowing images of three different performers to be shown simultaneously. This effect is specifically used as they approach their ‘jeopardy moments’, after which the voting eliminates one out of three.
Tony Gregory wanted the screens integrated into the stage design to evoke the feeling of a large event taking place for the series. “Screens are now a recognised symbol of the large event environment”, he explains.
The very high resolution and brightness of the Barco I-Lite screen makes it ideal for indoor broadcast applications like this. Many LED screens are also unsuitable for on-camera effects because of the potential moiré-ing (interference between different sets of fine pattern grids) produced as the LEDs refresh. However Barco has minimised this undesirable effect in all their high end screens.
Other advantages of the Barco I-Lite screen include its modularity and easy rigging, making servicing and maintenance quick and simple.
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