Digital video recorders (DVRs) News

CCTV specialist AD Group and its subsidiary Dedicated Micros have moved their Head Office functions - notably finance, marketing, sales and training - to a modern 31,358sq.ft purpose-built development at Daresbury Park, Warrington, England.Approximately 150 people will now be employed at the site, with key AD Group staff transferring from its previous headquarters in Appleton Thorn, Warrington.  For DM the majority of employees at the new site have relocated from its Swinton offices near Ma...

The General Electric Company of Libya has upgraded security at its headquarters with the latest DVRS, lenses and matrix controllers from CBC (Europe) Ltd.GEC, based in Tripoli, is responsible for the generation and supply of power to 1.1million customers across the country with the stated aim of using the latest technology to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs.The latest security upgrade project, handled by leading Libyan integrator Al Saraya, gives GEC significantly improved surveill...

"The corporate accounts have insurance requirements we couldn't meet before our force came on board and this system was installed.  So we have lured business into this airport because of the new technology.  As a matter of fact, the FAA is bringing other people in to see this system because they want to make other airports aware of its capabilities."  Joe Johnson, Chief of Public Safety at the Smyrna/Rutherford County Airport Authority in TennesseeChallengeSmyrna Airport...

Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - has secured the coveted Best Security Manufacturer Award in the prestigious Security Excellence Awards.  The results were announced at a gala dinner held on 11 October at the Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, London in front of hundreds of security professionals.It was the company's innovative approach to CCTV, which proved decisive in the judges' decision to select Dedicated Micros as the ultimate winner from a shortlist, which included Axis Communications, Pan...

Just imagine medieval knights battling in the courtyard, Kings and Queens overseeing their subjects, jugglers performing, fire-eaters, sword fights and incredible food and drink; all that a renaissance festival should be.  The Louisiana Renaissance is not much different, offering an authentic medieval experience with Louisiana flair.  Held annually between November and December, the festival entices patrons with fine food, exciting activities, action-packed events and great shopping.&n...

artec technologies, located in Diepholz, Germany, continues its course of expansion by further extending the marketing of its products.  For this, the company has been able to win over Paul André de Jong as its new Vice-President of Sales & Marketing.  Beginning on 01.10.2006, he will assume responsibility for all of artec's distribution and marketing activities.  For video branch insiders, De Jong is no stranger.  Most recently he was the sole managing director of...

If you're the subject of a 999 emergency call to the ambulance service in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk or Suffolk you can expect one of 100-plus frontline vehicles operated by the East Anglian Ambulance NHS Trust (EAAT) to come to your aid in double-quick time.  But the Trust also has a duty of care to its staff.  Around the clock, 24/7, staff at the Trust's new Norwich control centre respond to thousands of 999 and other calls.  Not before time, a new CCTV system now allows their move...

In cooperation with a large German telephone and internet service provider, the public stock company artec technologies AG is establishing a mutual media data centre for internet TV and IP-based video surveillance services.Core technologies for the project are the indexing procedure for media contents developed by artec technologies, as well as its CVoD (Continuous video on Demand) technology, patented in Germany.  The pivotal distinguishing mark of the latter technology is its ca...

ACTi empower Nextan, a system integrator in Singapore, successfully enhanced the security system for the outlet.  They installed 125-channel surveillance sites in Malaysia.The outlet is through out Malaysia from Northern states to Southern states and owned by Dynasum Sdn Bhd.  They are the first privately owned company in Malaysia that introduces IP products in such scale to enhance their business operation.  The company chooses ACTI's products video servers instead of the convent...

"All customers - and ourselves as well - have been screaming for a user interface where you can integrate all your security elements so you have an overview of all your buildings at once.  Milestone is the solution!" - Christian Larsen, Technical Director at installation partner Plahn Systems. ChallengesThe DFDS headquarters cover 150,000 square meters in a suburb of Copenhagen where 11-12,000 shipments occur daily.  Customers demand the highest security for their goods, but...

The Background Radiohead, an internationally recognised 5-piece rock band, have a reputation for innovative, creative music, selling millions of records worldwide.  Each new Radiohead album outlines a new direction, always achieving critically acclaimed success for the band.Radiohead are currently playing a number of European Festival dates before headlining the V Festival in Chelmsford and Stafford in August.  The tour will enable Radiohead to debut new material that the band has been...

DVRs used to record interviews of suspects and victimsHeightened concerns over the safety of police officers and the need to defend officers against false allegations provided the impetus for Jacksonville State University (JSU) in Alabama to acquire March Networks video surveillance technology.With little more than hand-held audio tape recorders at their disposal, police officers were previously unable to record facial expressions and non-verbal behaviour that could provide context for statement...

Citizens First bank decided to replace its DVRs with March Networks 4000 Series units at all of its locations Florida Bank upgrades to March Networks DVRs when originally acquired system falls short of expectations When management at Citizens First Bank in The Villages, Florida, decided to look for a new video surveillance solution, senior computer technician Mac Anderson and VP Bookkeeping and Security Officer Bobby Sullivan booted up their computers and began searching the...

To solve distance problem and to save installation cost, EDS, the Turkey-based solution provider, decided to choose most advanced IP based CCTV systems, ACTi video server plus with Transcoder to enhance Turkey building security surveillance system.This building surveillance project uses 14 pairs of video server (SED-2100R) and Transcoder (SED-3200) for solving connection problem.  Since the security guards are used to operate the original DVR system or to use control panel to control PTZ ca...

University of Costa Rica has four analogue speed domes on one of its buildings that is very far from the monitoring centre.  It would cost the school a significant sum of money to extend coaxial cables between these two locations.  Actual coaxial cabling work would also have taken a lot of time and caused considerable inconveniences to the people in the university.  Fortunately, ACTi's partner in Costa Rica, Sonivision S.A., successfully solved the university's headache by a...

Rainbow's portable DVRs with built-in high resolution digital camera are being used by one of the leading department stores in South America, the Mexican chain Liverpool.The versatility of the equipment, notably its provision of motion detection with adjustable detect sensitivity rate, makes it suited to this client's varied usage which includes deployment at shops and distribution centres. The unit offers a low-cost video capture facility and records images on a built-in 128 MB Flash memory whi...

A high-quality video surveillance system has already proved its worth in catching thieves at the Kendleshire Golf Club - and new uses are constantly being foundThere are no easy pickings for thieves targeting the Kendleshire's clubhouse or its members' cars.  Even if something does happen, security camera recordings give a clear view of faces and number plates, thanks to constant vigilance over vulnerable areas such as the car park, bars, the professional's shop and the fruit machine.  ...

To help improve and update the security system at the Møller Centre, a leading Cambridge-based residential training and conference centre, the company has chosen to install the latest Siemens Building Technologies Security Products access security system.The conference centre is owned by Churchill College at Cambridge University and was designed by Danish architect, Henning Larsen.  The AP Møller Foundation of Denmark funded the building to promote continuing educati...

To help improve the safety and security of staff, one of the Midlands' most popular commercial radio stations, 100.7 Heart fm, has chosen to install Siemens Building Technologies Security Products' latest access security system.100.7 Heart fm, located at studios in a courtyard just off Birmingham's busy Broad Street, serves a weekly audience of some 840,000 listeners across Warwickshire and the West Midlands.Like all media outlets, it needs to have tight security - especially due to it...

BackgroundHeart FM is one of the Midlands' most popular commercial radio stations.  From its studios in a courtyard just off Birmingham's busy Broad Street, it serves a weekly audience of some 778,000 listeners across Warwickshire and the West Midlands, with a core target audience of 25 - 44 year olds.Like all media outlets, it needs to have tight security - especially due to its central location, which offers an open face to the public.  This makes strictly controlling access to all,...

Efficient Pedestrian And Vehicle Access Control Certified According to ISPSThe port installation at Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG) received International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS-Code) certification on July 1, 2004.  This code encompasses a wide variety of internationally binding measures designed to improve port safety. Similar to airports, for example, the approximately 600,000 ship passengers passing through Lübeck are required to go through a security gate...

In Good Hands Nobody really likes to be in hospital. But knowing that you're in good hands makes everything a little bit easier.  The patients at the Maria Hilf Clinics in Mönchengladbach can be sure of that.  After all, each hospital that the clinic operates, Maria Hilf, St. Franziskus and Kamillianer, has a very thorough approach patient care. The Whole Person "We aim to provide each and every patient with the most modern medical treatment available," said Stefan Bahun...

Education of the future - Paperless, wireless and safe The Republic Polytechnic (RP) is one of five polytechnics in Singapore - and one of the most modern in the world.  First established in August 2002, the number of students increased from 800 in 2003 to 3,600 in 2005.  The courses of study include communications and automation technology, information technology and applied sciences such as biotechnology and new media. All students and staff at the RP have notebook computers that are...

Ideal centreKöln/Bonn are just GBP 15.99 (less than 25 €) away.  To visit the leaning tower of Pisa or the Rialto bridge in Venice will also cost the same.  As the first low-cost airport in the UK, Coventry Airport is offering flights to many distances for low cost.  Since 31st March 2004, the TUI subsidiary Thomson-fly.com is utilizing the Coventry Airport located in the heart of the English midlands as the ideal centre for low-cost flights to 17 European cities. &...

Dense NetworkThe city of Kaiserslautern is committed to serving its citizens well.  This is also reflected in the wide network of public transportation the city operates: 13 day bus and six night bus lines as well as approximately 450 bus stops throughout the city make sure that the 105,000 inhabitants of the German metropolis can get conveniently from A to B.  It is no wonder, therefore, that around 13 million passengers use the services of the TWK Verkehrs-AG each year.  This tr...

The ClientBoxtone Crawley owns the BP Spar Crawley Avenue service station, in Crawley, Sussex.  Located on a dual carriageway, it serves the busy commercial area and local community.  In addition to a four-lane petrol filling station, the Crawley Avenue service station offers customers a wide range of convenience goods including hot food, alcohol, groceries, drinks, snacks and magazines.  The SituationLike many forecourts the Crawley Avenue service station suffers from crimes such...

The advanced TransVu mobile digital CCTV recorder from AD Group – the parent company of Dedicated Micros - has been selected by First Manchester for a major trial, arranged by Digital Transport Solutions, to enhance the safety of passengers and its drivers as well as to act as a deterrent against fraudulent claims.For the initial trial phase of the project the TransVu system, which recently won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category, has been installed by Digital T...

Dedicated Micros, working together with Gardiner Security, has delivered an advanced CCTV solution to provide effective security for ITV Granada in Manchester, home to Coronation Street one of the UK's favourite soap operas.  The project called for four of the latest NetVu Connected Digital Sprite 2 network capable DVRs featuring NetVu ObserVer software, four Dennard 2060 outdoor dome cameras which feature vandal resistant, environmentally protected enclosures - with more to follow shortly...

Leading edge CCTV manufacturer AD Group - the parent company of Dedicated Micros - has received the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category, for its advanced TransVu system, which is helping to tackle crime on the move.The compact TransVu is a sophisticated multi-camera digital CCTV recorder, which can be fitted to a wide range of vehicles including: trains, buses, taxis, vans and heavy goods vehicles.  Its key feature is total network integration that autom...

ACTi's Video Server, SED-2100R, and Transcoder, SED-3200, has enabled Bari Soccer stadium in Italy to incorporate IP based CCTV systems.  Incorporating with EL.MO's DVR, Matrices and monitoring solutions, the new system allows centralized control and high integration of different CCTV systems.  The use of wireless AP's also allows long distance transmission of video & control data, providing simple & cost effective solution over LAN environments. The CCTV system includes 2...