Wien-based Global Bright Media, supported by AVMS of Potsdam, supplied a total of nine Lighthouse LED screens, three of which were located at the Brandenburg Gate itself.
Each comprised 40sq.m of R7-ER panels to provide visual reinforcement for live music, speeches and a symbolic procession through the Gate by many of the world's top politicians, including German chancellor Angela Merkel, herself raised in the former East Germany.
Other events included a recorded video address by US president Barack Obama, fireworks and a chain of 1,000 giant foam dominoes - painted with messages of freedom by young people - being toppled along the line of where the wall stood.
Another 50sq.m Lighthouse R16 screen was installed at the Pariser Platz, just to the east of the Brandenburg Gate, while five further 30sq.m screens of Lighthouse R7-ER and R16 panels were positioned along the Eberstrasse, which stretches north-south between the Reichstag building, passes the Brandenburg Gate and on to Potsdamer Platz.
All the screens showed the same content. Relayed from an outside broadcast van in HD-SDI, it was delivered to the Lighthouse screens in 16:9 format.
"As the entire event was shot and transmitted by German television in HDTV it was indispensable to utilise Lighthouse LED high resolution screens," says Knut Hackradt of AVMS. "They looked fantastic to the millions watching in Germany and across the world."
"It was an extremely complex job," adds Alex Swatek of Global Bright Media. "Our Lighthouse screens had been in use at the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix on 1 November, but just three days after we took the panels down, we had them set up in Berlin."
"Despite the logistical challenges and inclement weather, the Lighthouse panels worked flawlessly throughout, giving thousands of Berliners a ringside seat at these most important celebrations," says Massimo Dolce, Lighthouse Munich office director of sales. "We are very pleased that our panels were able to play a pivotal and successful role in such a positive and high profile celebration."
(Jim Evans)
