Children in Need

For the 10th year running, Creative Technology were approached by the BBC to deliver the on-set LED screen for BBC’s 28th annual Children in Need televised appeal.

Having run since 1927 on Radio, and since 1955 on Television, Creative Technology added another memorable factor by using the NX-4mm for the first time in a UK TV Studio. The Barco NX-4mm is the latest in LED display technology using revolutionary black LED’s, delivering the deepest black levels of any product on the market.

The set, taking 3 days to build, included Barco Blackface ILite 6BK, OLite 612, MiTRIX, and 12k projectors. This combination of display products coming together to create a spectacular set and great showcase for CT's broad and diverse video inventory

Taking place on Friday, 14th November, running throughout the evening until 2am, the show was a huge success with a variation of acts and routines including Girls Aloud, Sugar Babes, Ronan Keating and cameo appearances from the cast’s of Coronation Street and Eastenders not familiar face of Terry Wogan!

With the latest figure of well over £20,000,000 raised, Children in Need drew in record figures, an exciting spectacle in a very good cause.