Daktronics Sponsor and LED Screen Provider for the British Gas Duel in the Pool

The famed Duel in the Pool will feature two Daktronics (Nasdaq-DAKT) portable LED video screens.

“The concept of a USA versus a European Select team was first raised during the World Championships in 2005, stated British Swimming Chief Executive David Sparkes. “With regular dialogue, a real willingness on both sides and with the support of British Gas, Speedo, Daktronics and Manchester City Council, we’re now able to realise these dreams and bring some of the world’s greatest swimmers to Manchester.”

The portable displays, comprised of Daktronics PST-10 video panels, bring spectators live broadcasts of each race. The displays also show live race times, standings updates and a variety of other promotional content.

Britain’s best swimmers will come together with athletes from Germany and Italy as a European Select team that will go head-to-head with the might of the USA at the British Gas Duel in the Pool in December.

The biennial Duel in the Pool is a USA Swimming event designed to showcase the sport’s most exciting swimmers in non-Olympic years and will be co-hosted this year by British Gas and British Swimming.

The British Gas Duel in the Pool will be held at the Manchester Aquatics Centre on 18-19 December and takes on a new format with the USA facing a combined European Select team.

The event provides a unique opportunity for fans to see the world’s greatest swimmers going head-to-head for supremacy in the pool.

For further details contact Dave Richards, British Swimming Media Manager, on 01509 632237, 0778 992 6136, email dave.richards@swimming.org or visit www.duelinthepool.com

About British Swimming
British Swimming is the National Governing Body for Swimming, Diving, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo and Open Water in Great Britain. It is responsible internationally for the high performance representation of the sport. The members of British Swimming are the three Home Countries national governing bodies of England (ASA), Scotland (Scottish ASA) and Wales. (Welsh ASA) British Swimming seeks to enable its athletes to achieve gold medal success at the Olympics, Paralympics, World Championships and Commonwealth Games.

Daktronics was founded December 9, 1968, by Drs. Aelred Kurtenbach and Duane Sander, professors of Electrical Engineering at South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota. The original goal of the company was to offer an alternative to university graduates who were leaving the area for greater opportunities.

Daktronics‘ manufacturing facilities are located in Brookings, Sioux Falls South Dakota and Redwood Falls, Minnesota (USA) and have Sales and Service offices on every continent. Our European groups are based in France, the United Kingdom and Germany. There, experienced and competent sales and service staff offer clients computer-controlled video display systems, full color LED big screen displays, and a complete scoreboard program, including professional services.

Daktronics’ product portfolio includes video displays, billboards, scoreboards and traffic information systems with LED technology and control systems that transform visions into realities. Since their introduction in 1997, Daktronics LED video displays are the big screen solution for sporting events of any caliber and size. With more than 2,000 installed scoring systems worldwide, among them at the Berlin Olympic stadium, Daktronics developed scoring systems, control solutions and established customer service that are second to none.

Daktronics has strong leadership positions in, and is the world’s largest supplier of, large screen video displays, electronic scoreboards, computer-programmable displays, digital billboards and control systems. The company excels in the control of large display systems, including those that require integration of multiple complex displays showing real-time information, graphics, animation and video. Daktronics designs, manufactures, markets and services display systems in sport, business and transportation applications for customers around the world. We earned our reputation with 40 years of experience in the sports, -entertainment and advertising industries. The superior quality of our products and the competence of our staff speak for themselves.

Daktronics LED video displays are format compatible. This means they can be simultaneously controlled in standard and HD format. The combination with the V-Link® video processor allows both standards to be presented next to one another.
Daktronics Super Systems facilitate the combination of LED-video displays, scoreboards, fascia-displays and others into an integrated entertainment and communications system. The advantage of single source product supply and installation guarantees that subsystems within the display and scoreboard have been designed to work with one another.

In response to the growing demand for high resolution LED video displays, Daktronics introduced the HD-X model in 2007. At this time, the HD-X product line is comprised of two outdoor models, HD-12 and HD-16, and one indoor model, HD-4. Current installations include the NBC-TV channel, the Arizona Cardinals stadium and Heinz Field, home of the Super Bowl 2009 champions, Pittsburgh Steelers. Every LED (Light Emitting Diode) loses brightness over time to varying degrees of intensity. In older models this can result in the picture appearing to be grainy. As the only supplier, Daktronics introduced a recalibration service for older installations that restores the original LED quality.

Daktronics – Official Sponsor Pool Timing Systems
Daktronics is a worldwide leader in LED scoreboard displays and timing systems, with reference sites all over the world. Daktronics specializes in providing affordable scoring solutions to elite venues, local authorities, clubs, schools and colleges with a product for every budget. Daktronics offers a full turn-key solution including, project management, design, manufacture, installation and service with all product fully warranted.

With the recent introduction of the smaller video displays, even more variety is now available to our customers. What was once considered too expensive and complicated, video, live and recorded is now been regularly seen in Swimming pools across the United Kingdom, thanks to Daktronics. www.daktronics.co.uk

Daktronics GmbH is located in Wiesbaden, Germany, from where its sales, distribution and service organizations expertly deal with the demands of an ever-growing European market. To guarantee the quality of our recognized customer service, we work closely with authorized dealers and service companies all over Europe.

Daktronics Inc.
331 32nd Ave
Brookings, SD 57006
USA
Anne Larkin
Phone 605 697 4965
Anne.larkin@daktronics.com

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