Three curved LED walls from Leyard Europe have been installed for Nova TV, at the Croatian broadcaster’s news studio at its HQ.
The move to new premises in the heart of Zagreb presented Nova TV with the opportunity to create a new TV studio, equipped with the latest videowalls that would “deliver an extraordinary result”.
To realise its goal, the broadcaster approached Zagreb-based systems integrator, Omnivor, which had worked with previously on software for presenting election polls and social media analysis, and Ominvor’s partner company, Kapetanovic sistemi, a systems integrator for the broadcast market, which is also involved in many aspects of Nova TV’s workflow.
“It was clear from the start that LED was the ideal display technology,” explains Velibor Marhofer, Omnivor’s CTO. “It hit Nova TV’s brief for modern and sophisticated technology, offered better pixel pitch, the opportunity to create curved screens, and a lower electricity consumption."
The project included multiple LED video walls, three of which were curved. Two 14m x 7m curved video walls frame the central news anchor desk, displaying infographics and background scenery for news, interviews, weather forecast, and sports news in high resolution, thanks to the 1.5mm pixel pitch of the TVF fine pitch family of LED.
The content also displays on a further two video walls measuring 23m x 3m and 18m x 3m, comprising 7.8mm pixel pitch flat LEDs from Leyard’s high-brightness Luminate Pro Series.
Low resolution LED measuring 7m x 7m serves as a backdrop to the co-working zone visible behind the main presentation space, and display background graphics.
CTO at Nova TV, Srecko Husnjak says Leyard was a logical choice that fulfilled their brief. “The curved LED video walls make an impressive background to our new scenography with modern graphics solutions, presentations and virtual coverages,” he notes.
“The complexity of this installation, especially handling the curved structures, was always going to be a challenge,” Velibor Marhofer adds, “but a challenge overcome with great teamwork. The advice and support from Leyard’s technical team was superb."