ColosseoEAS is an international company based in

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that specializes in LED design, multimedia and statistics solutions for sport venues. The integrated system approach, introduced in 2010, allows stadium and arena owners to input all data from any source into one platform. Moreover, the solution automates tasks, reduces redundant operations and distributes native information to a variety of devices like LED screens, IPTVs, advertising fasciae, mobile applications and even wearable devices. Founded in 2005 by four Bratislava entrepreneurs, Colosseo in 2007 entered an exciting field that combines the latest LED lighting technologies with

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and stadium entertainment. Additionally, Colosseo is the only company in the world to have implemented five, real-time biometric facial recognition systems to enhance stadium security; first at O. Nepela Arena in Bratislava and the other in Spis Arena (Slovakia), TAURON Arena Krakow (Poland),

Petrovsky stadium The Petrovsky Stadium (russian: стадион «Петровский») is on a sports complex that consists of a number of buildings, the stadium is used mostly for football and also for athletics. The Grand Sport Arena of the Petrovsky Sport Com ...

(Russia) and

Yubileyny Sports Palace Jubilee Sports Palace (russian: спортивный комплекс «Юбилейный»), ''Sportivniy kompleks Yubileyniy''; also translated as Jubilee Palace of Sports, is an indoor sports arena and concert complex that is located in St ...

(Russia)

History

The company landed its first big contract when it agreed with the operational organizations of the Ice Hockey Championship

IIHF The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF; french: Fédération internationale de hockey sur glace; german: Internationale Eishockey-Föderation) is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 83 m ...

to install the arena system including audio, scoreboard and security for the

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in the Ondrej Nepela Arena in Bratislava, and the

Steel Aréna Steel Aréna – Košický štadión L. Trojáka (English: ''Steel Arena – Ladislav Troják Stadium in Košice'') is the home arena of the ice hockey club HC Košice. Its capacity is 8,343. The arena opened on February 24, 2006, and wa ...

in Košice

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. In 2012 Colosseo was chosen to supply the game presentation arena system for the Shayba Arena in

Sochi, Russia Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents i ...

for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Colosseo EAS installed the only 360 degree LED score "cube" in the US when it installed the scoreboard in

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

Cow Palace The Cow Palace (originally the California State Livestock Pavilion) is an indoor arena located in Daly City, California, situated on the city's northern border with neighboring San Francisco. Because the border passes through the property, a por ...

in 2012 after the Arena was rebuilt to accommodate the

ECHL The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and Canada. It is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL). The ...

San Francisco Bulls The San Francisco Bulls were a professional minor ice hockey team of the ECHL located in Daly City, California, serving the San Francisco Bay Area market. They were an affiliate to the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League and the Worcest ...

. Other installations include Nevskaya volna Swimming Stadium in

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

Russia, completed in 2011; the Albert Schultz Eishalle in

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, finished in 2011; the Lille OSC Football stadium where Colosseo's Belgian partner HTV installed a miniPerimeter system for advertising in 2011.

Technology

With the advancement of the new technologies, FPGA and processing electronics, SMD production mechanisms - Surface-mount technology and mass production of the LED diodes, it has become financially feasible to produce screens based on LED modules placed on Printed circuit boards. Old LED technologies had a very high maintenance cost. The pixels and LED modules had to be repaired frequently and therefore there was at least one person dedicated for maintenance and repair of the screens. Today's technology is much more reliable and does not suffer from such problems. Moreover, the performance parameters have significantly improved.

Products

Colosseo offers three basic products for outdoor stadiums and indoor arenas: Game Presentation, Sports and Statistics and Security. The company also supplies

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(CMS) and digital signage solutions for airports.

Game presentation

Game Presentation displays typically use red, blue, and green light-emitting diodes LEDs, which combine to form one

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of a video image. These displays vary in size and resolution according to the stadium where they are installed. Some include 360 degree presentation as the Colosseo Cube does at San Francisco's

. These displays are typically installed in stadiums, arenas, and video advertising displays in European football stadiums. Game presentation includes advertising Ribbon Boards, Entertainment Lighting Systems, Audio Management, Scoreboards, Video and Multimedia Management.

Sports and statistics

Sports and Statistics break down into three categories: * Player Statistics - live, game statistics from the multimedia system recording players * Video Referee - multiple 50 fps cameras provide multiple angles with excellent image sharpness to allow referees to make the correct decisions * Time Keeping - Time keeping and scoring management on a touch control screen with support for more than 18 different sports.

Security

Turnstiles and ticket sales are integrated into the security and monitoring systems that are coupled with real-time

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and instant face recognition. Colosseo EAS has the only two successful installations of real time biometry and instant face recognition in the world, one at the Ondrej Nepela Arena in Bratislava and the other in Spiš Aréna in

Spišská Nová Ves Spišská Nová Ves (; hu, Igló; german: (Zipser) Neu(en)dorf) is a town in the Košice Region of Slovakia. The town is located southeast of the High Tatras in the Spiš region, and lies on both banks of the Hornád River. It is the biggest tow ...

Slovakia.

Airport information

Colosseo CMS ensures control of screens showing centrally distributed video content. Individual screens are operated by control units connected to a central server. The system centrally manages the screens, detects their condition and the content being displayed.

Major installations

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, United States, (2014): Installed Single Media Platform that controls all video and multimedia inputs from different sources and outputs them to any screen in the arena. Shayba Arena - Sochi, Russia, (2014): Installed for the 2014

Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ...

, the installation includes a center-hung scoreboard and video referee system.

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium The Constant Vanden Stock Stadium (french: Stade Constant Vanden Stock, nl, Constant Vanden Stockstadion), also known as the Lotto Park for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in the municipality of Anderlecht in Brussels, Belgium. It is ...

- Anderlecht,

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, Belgium (2013): Home of

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installed perimeter advertising strips around the pitch in compliance with

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regulations for the 2013-2014 Champion's League and controllers for the stadium's three scoreboards. Allianz Park -

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(2013): Installed for the 2013 Aviva Premiership, for the Saracens F.C.; the installation includes one of the most advanced giant mobile scoreboard in professional rugby. The 2013 Saracens F.C., playing the Aviva Premiership, make their home here.

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, United States (2012) : Installed for the 2012 ECHL Hockey League season of the

; it is one of the most advanced scoreboards to grace a minor-league hockey arena. The 2012

, playing the

make their home here. Ondrej Nepela Arena - Bratislava,

(2011): Installed for the

s; the arena is also home to the ice hockey club Slovan Bratislava currently competing in the new

KHL The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs b ...

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, Russia, (2011): Darepro Video Cube and a new LED video ring installed in 2011. SKA Saint Petersburg

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club makes it home in this arena. The team is a participant in the

hockey league.

References

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