LMD News
The Showman's Show 2011 – October 2011
Come & see us at the Showman's Show, Newbury on 19 & 20 October 2011. Register for your free tickets here
TWIF Big Screen
Read all about our LED screen at the European and Outdoor Clubs Tug of War Championships 2011, held at Butlins Minehead. Read more here.
Bingley Music Live 2011
Read all about our LED screens and outside broadcast unit supporting Chase and Status, Maximo Park, Fun Lovin Criminals and many more at Bingley Music Live. Read more here.
Outdoor Screens for Elton John
LMD provided two 20sqm modular led screens flown either side of the stage for Elton John's concert at Hatfield House. We also supplied a 10sqm screen for the West End stage, and a full production crew including screen technicians, camera director and four cameramen.
Red Bull Flugtag
At the Red Bull Flugtag 2011 in Leeds we provided a 45qm mobile LED screen, a 27sqm Picturebox unit and a 12sqm mobile unit. Along with the big screens LMD also supplied a full HD production package. Five HD broadcast cameras, a jimmy jib combined with a super slo-mo system running at an astonishing 1000 frames per second and an EVS playback server ensured every moment was captured in incredible detail. The show was mixed using the Broadcast Pix system in our outside broadcast vehicle OB1. To ensure maximum media coverage for the client the footage was packaged on site and made available live to news broadcasters via satellite uplink.
New Staff
LMD welcomes Glenn Austin to our team as Trainee Technician. Enthusiastic and helpful, Glenn joined us in February 2011. We are also pleased to introduce Sian Kitchen, a event and media studies graduate from Leeds University. Sian originally joined the team for her internship and enjoyed the experience so much that she joined us full time in a sales support role in May 2011.Jane Tomlinson's Run for All
Lightmedia Displays provided a 45sqm LED screen hire at Jane Tomlinson's Run for All 2010 in Leeds city centre. See a video of the screen here
Gigawave Broadcast Links
LMD is pleased to announce the purchase of an additional 5 Gigawave broadcast link systems to its hire stock.Leuka Mini Masters
Lightmedia took the first ever big screen into Duke's Meadow at Chiswick for the Leuka Mini Masters, a charity golf event. We provide our 45sqm and 10sqm rotating led screens along with a 4 camera production package. Dougray Scott is patron of the charity and last year Lightmedia won the title with their superb golfing skills.Cancer Research UK
Lightmedia is delighted to announce that they have won some major contracts in 2010. Cancer Research UK - Race for Life. Lightmedia provide a camera screen package for Race for Life events up and down the UK, from Aberdeen to Portsmouth
Bingley Music Live 2010 – October 2010
Lightmedia Displays added to the excitement of Bingley Music Live 2010 by providing two 45sqm LED screens and a full, 4 camera production package. Read more here
Blackpool Switch On – September 2010
Year on year LMD has provided LED screens for the illuminations switch on. This year we provided 4 screens, a total of 145sqm, for Robbie Williams to turn on the famous lights. Microwave links to the top of Blackpool Tower were used to relay pictures to the crowds on the seafront. LMD also supplied a full camera and production package.
A fantastic atmosphere and exciting evening as always!!
Guinness 250 Year's Young Event
Held in Dublin to celebrate the 250 years anniversary of Guinness, having worked closely with Guinness over our lifetime, Lightmedia was the natural choice for this prestigious campaign. We provided two versatile screens the 8sqm and our 18sqm which served the requirements perfectly.
Both screens were driven round a pre arranged route to capture a larger and varied audience to promote Guinness and celebrate its anniversary.
Rugby Connections
Fantastic Live Rugby coverage played out on our 27sqm screen known as the picture box, along with full sound. Everyone got into the spirit of the event and thoroughly enjoyed the day.
Last Night Of The Proms
A truly spectacular event as always.... with a live link to the BBC, Lightmedia have supplied the screens to this event for the past few years and each year the event grows and grows. Once again our 27sqm was requested and delivered to perfection. The whole crowd became involved and were singing along to the words which were running along the bottom of the screen.
Rule Britannia!!
Harewood House Trust
Lightmedia Displays provided our popular 45sqm 360 mobile screen which rotates a full 360 degrees, along with sound, to enable visitors to enjoy a day of films throughout the afternoon and evening in the beautiful grounds of Harewood House.
People were dancing in the moonlight to the tunes of Abba from the film "Mama Mia" and the atmosphere was electric!!
Dukes Meadows (Chiswick)
Once again Lightmedia Displays were the preferred supplier for this highly popular, spectacular charity based golf event. Providing the 27sqm LED mobile screen, along with 4 camera's and a vision mixer. Lightmedia are delighted to be associated with the Leuka Charity and have been associated with them for the past couple of years. This year's celebrity team captains were Phil Glenister heading the Lightmedia team, along with Vernon Kay, Tim Lovejoy, Jodie Kidd, Gabby and Kenny Logan, to name a few, all trying for the all important mini masters title.
The Lightmedia team, very proudly went on to win the tournament – making us a leading team all round!!!
Everyone's generosity made this event very successful, and Lightmedia Displays are delighted to be a main sponsor.
The Showman's Show 2010
October 20th and 21st are the dates for this years Showman's Show at the Showground in Newbury and once again Lightmedia Displays will be attending.
To read more about Lightmedia at the Showman's Show -
Olympic Games 2008
This year we saw the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Olympic Games, which were held in Beijing, coverage was worldwide, and Lightmedia Displays were given the opportunity by "London Organisation Committee" to supply their range of LED screens in London, Weymouth, and Belfast to name but a few.
Lightmedia Displays supplied 16 screens to cover this event.
Team GB excelled themselves, and won 19 gold medals, 13 silver medals, and 15 bronze medals. Lightmedia Displays felt privileged to be involved in such a momentous event.
The coverage was a huge success, so much so that Lightmedia Displays were asked to supply screens for the Paralympic Games, where Team GB, once again did us proud, in winning 42 gold medals, 29 silver medals, and 31 bronze medals.
The screens looked amazing and captured the whole experience magnificently.
A homecoming event was organised for Olympic Gold medallist rebecca Adlington and Lightmedia Displays were there providing the public with full coverage. Lightmedia Displays provided one of their most sought after screens - the 27sqm picture box, sound, and production. Once again this proved to be a massive success, with one of the best screens in the industry.
We look forward to the games in 2012.
Isle of Wight Festival 2008
The Isle of Wight Festival took place this year over 3 days in June.
It hosted many top name bands such as Kaiser Chiefs, Scouting for Girls, The Enemy, and many more.
Lightmedia Displays were there for the whole of the event, and provided a wide range of screens which included 2 x 27sqm Picturebox mobile screens, and 18sqm mobile.
Once again the festival proved a huge success, and although the weather was a little unpredictable at times, this did not dampen the atmosphere, and excitement of the crowd.
A great time was had by all!!!!
Liverpool Nativity
LMD provided the BBC with 2 x 27sqm mobile screens for the public to view the live event on BBC 3 Sunday 16th December.
We also provided a 24sqm ultra high resolution screen that was used as the main feature in the programme; this was a backdrop on which the screen was split into 9 sections, all of which depicted a cctv like image; this was done using a Zander controller. The characters would then go to each screen image as part of the set.
We also provided a 6m x 1m modular screen which provided highly visible song lyrics so the audience could join in the singing.
How to Look Good Naked – Cityscreen LED screen
Cityscreens.tv was approached by Channel 4 to use our screen as part of their televised peak-time programme. We played out pre-recorded footage of the girl in the popular show, How to Look Good Naked.
Unbeknown to her, as she walked through Leeds Shopping Centre, she turned the corner into Lands Lane to be surprised by a large image of herself on the screen in nothing but her underwear! She was then hijacked by the show’s producer and a camera. The public was asked to look at her on the screen and give comments about the lady in question. An amusing afternoon was had by all. Indeed, she did look good on our Cityscreen mobile LED screen.
3 Screens for the African Nations Cup for Guinness
LMD have sent three mobile screens out to Nigeria and to Ghana to show the African Nations Cup. The client is Guinness. There will be fans’ parks set up with an array of sporting games and other activities. Each evening after the football there will be live music.
LMD will show the whole competition from start to finish on our state-of-the art LED screens. We begin work in Africa on the 20th January and finish on 11th February.
The Showman's Show 2007
October 17th and 18th were the dates for this years Showman's Show at The Showground in Newbury. The event showcased the best of the outdoor event supplies industry and saw visitors and exhibitors from all over the world.
To read more about Lightmedia at the Showman's Show – click here.
