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Large digital screens in public spaces

By English Heritage and CABE

Increasingly, there are proposals from organisations, broadcasters and commercial companies to install large digital screens in towns and cities for a variety of purposes. This guidance has been prepared jointly by English Heritage and CABE to help local authorities in the consideration of planning applications for large digital screens in public places. Big screens will be a key part of the Live Sites programme for the London 2012 Olympic the Paralympic Games, installed by the organising committee, LOCOG, which has been consulted in the preparation of this document.

Robust policies required to prevent big screens causing harm to the 'character, appearance, amenity and safety' of places

May 24, 2009 - Local authorities are being warned that they need to manage the impact of public digital screens in a joint publication from CABE and English Heritage. . more >

Big screens: digital wallpaper or cultural exchange?

As more large urban screens appear across England, placemakers need to place big screens in context and to explore the ways in which they affect our experiences of public spaces

Big screens go green: NYC screen to be powered by renewables, but could go dark on rainy nights

December 14, 2008 - When there's no sun, and no wind, the $3 million billboard goes dark as there is no backup generator. 'We think if that happens, it's just fine,; said Ron Potesky, a senior marketing vice president for Ricoh Americas Corporation, the office equipment and document-storage supplier that owns the sign. More on big screens: http://www.rudi.net/node/20589 http://www.rudi.net/node/20605 ... more >

Plans for more big screens across the UK become a big issue

August 13, 2008 - A total of eight permanent screens in town and city centres has now been approved in time to broadcast the handover ceremony at the end of the Olympics in Beijing. Permission has been granted on condition that the screens do not broadcast for 24 hours a day. more >

CABE voices concerns over use of big screens across towns and cities

August 4, 2008 - Plans to site giant screens in towns and cities across the UK to show coverage of the Beijing Olympics and other material, and which will remain in place until after the 2012 London Olympics, have run into criticism from the Government's design adviser.The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) has warned that the 'Live Sites' project could have a serious impact on the public... more >