Lighthouse Screens Entertain Fans at the 18th Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia

Lighthouse Screens Entertain Fans at the 18th Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia

Lighthouse Delivers the Passion of the Games via 28 State-of-the-art Screens

Erected Throughout the City

HONG KONG, March 24 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- With this year's biggest sporting spectacular underway, Lighthouse Technologies is utilizing its technological expertise to deliver vivid and impactful images of the 18th Commonwealth Games to audiences in Melbourne, as well as to millions of fans all over the world.

Between March 15 - 26, 2006, Lighthouse will be delivering all the action of the Commonwealth Games via 28 giant outdoor video screens that have been erected along the banks of the Yarra River and at key sites throughout the city.

Working in partnership with local system integrators Bytecraft Technology and Massteknik, screens have been installed at Commonwealth Games venues that include the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Rod Laver Arena, State Netball 7 Hockey Centre and Athletes Village. In addition, mobile displays are following the triathlon and marathon competitors as they wind their way around the streets of Melbourne.

According to Managing Director Mr. Mark Chan, giant Light Emitting Diode (LED) screens such as those designed and manufactured by Lighthouse have today become a vital component of the overall sporting experience from live video broadcast of all sports events, to capturing the highlights and moments of the Games via instant and repeated replays.

"Lighthouse screens create a more exciting and impactful environment by providing a focal point for the viewing of game statistics, time clocks and replays, that allow the audience to understand, follow and enjoy more of the action," says Mr. Chan.

Mr. Chan notes that the Lighthouse screens installed for this year's event were made especially to suit an outdoor environment and contain cutting-edge features to optimize the clarity of the images displayed on screen.

He continues, "The advantages for sport fans are that the screens instantaneously keep them updated on vital information such as scores, winners, records and times. This makes the Games a much more entertaining experience."

For the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Mr. Chan commented that through the company's partnership with Massteknik, a number of screens have been supplied for various broadcast networks. This includes the installation of a Lighthouse R6, 6mm screen as part of a custom-built set for the International Broadcast Centre.

Asked how he felt about the screen running 24 hours a day for the full 12- day duration of the Games, Mr. Ben Claydon, Director for Massteknik Asia Pacific stated. "Lighthouse panels are inherently very reliable and stable. Proper care and maintenance will undoubtedly keep it in tip-top performance show after show.

"We have had excellent results with Lighthouse screens when used in high profile events such as the Commonwealth Games. The R6 updates make a noticeable improvement to the final image, particularly in a television studio environment."

Through its partnership with Bytecraft, Lighthouse screens are also being utilized for: the opening and closing ceremonies with around 1000 intelligent luminaries; a massive river festival which features eleven kilometers of data cable in a river with thousands of amps of power and 600 intelligent luminaries; and as installations at games venues, live sites and river ceremonies across Victoria.

"As Australia's premier entertainment technology company, Bytecraft is proud to be associated with the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games," comments Mr. Stephen Found, Founder and Managing Director of Bytecraft.

He continues, "As an official games provider, Bytecraft is responsible for providing LED video screens, entertainment lighting and field of play lighting services to the various Games stadiums and public event spaces during the 12 day event. We have long been associated with major sporting and entertainment events, and the Commonwealth Games is yet another opportunity to showcase our talents."

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 ISO9000- certified manufacturing plants. Its products have won several international awards, among them, the IBC Exhibition Design Award 2005, the Best-in-Show at 2005 InfoComm, the Best New Product Award at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in 2002 and the Buzz of the Show award at InfoComm 2004 in Atlanta, 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 .

Media Contact:

Ms. Pearly Ang
Lighthouse Technologies Limited
Suites 531-537, Building 2,
1 Science Park Avenue West,
Hong Kong Science Park,
Shatin, New Territories,
Hong Kong
Tel: +852-2192-1688
Fax: +852-2423-1092
Email: pang@lighthouse-tech.com

Source: Lighthouse Technologies Limited

CONTACT: Ms. Pearly Ang of Lighthouse Technologies Limited,
+852-2192-1688, or fax, +852-2423-1092, or pang@lighthouse-tech.com

Web site: http://www.lighthouse-tech.com/

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