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LED digital signage headed to NBC sets at this year's Rio Olympics

NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, has selected LED digital signage provider Leyard to provide fine-pitch LED video wall solutions for its production of the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, which take place in in August Rio de Janeiro.

April 15, 2016

NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, has selected Leyard to provide fine-pitch LED video wall solutions for its production of the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, which take place in in August Rio de Janeiro, according to an announcement from the LED digital signage provider.

The company said it will provide three Leyard TVH Series LED video walls for the NBC Olympics set within the International Broadcast Center in Rio and one Leyard TVH Series LED video wall for NBC's outdoor set in Brazil. The Leyard video walls include a 13-foot-wide by 13-foot-tall video wall comprising 169 displays, as well as an 8-foot-wide by 7-foot-tall video wall made up of 56 displays, both with a 1.9-mm pixel pitch for ultra-high resolution graphics and video playback. In addition, NBC's sets will feature a large 9-foot-wide by 12-foot-tall 2.5-mm pixel pitch in-floor display made up of 108 displays.  Jennifer Davis, chief marketing officer of Leyard International said, "These video walls will be a stunning backdrop to NBC's broadcast coverage, helping to bring all the excitement of the largest sporting event in the world to life."

"We are thrilled to have their technology featured in our studios for what will be an incredible Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro," said Atila Ozkaplan, senior director of technical logistics for NBC Olympics. 

The Leyard TVH Series is designed to allow for image adjustment to achieve broadcast-specific color temperatures and gamma levels more precisely, the announcement said, and to produce deeper blacks, higher contrast and less reflection for on-camera installations.