19 Nov 2009

Bosch Group, leading global supplier of technology and services 
Bosch DiBos CCTV system protects Glastonbury Festival  from the threat of crime including theft
More than 170,000 festival-goers at Glastonbury have been protected from the threat of crime including theft thanks to a CCTV system that relies on Bosch DiBos DVRs.

The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts is the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world. The festival is best known for its contemporary music, but also features dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and many other arts. At each of the last three festivals over 700 acts played on over 80 stages to a capacity of 177,500. Crime figures released by Avon and Somerset Police, showed that arrests for the 2008 festival stood at 134, down on 2007 and that 99.7 per cent of revellers did not experience any crime.

West Haddon-based Crimesecure Surveillance Services Ltd has worked very closely with several police forces for many years, this partnership involves providing advice and support for local crime reduction initiatives, as well as providing mobile CCTV coverage for crime operations and major events.

Helen Healey, Installations Manager at Crimesecure Surveillance Services Ltd, explains: "We have been working with organisers at Glastonbury for a few years now and it was clear from the start what was required.

"As soon as we became aware of the benefits of DiBos ­ the ease of accessing images, the quality of those images and the speed of set up, we had to test it in the field. Since first trialling the equipment, it has become a mainstay in our systems. ­ I would not specify anything else."

DiBos is a network-oriented digital video surveillance and recording system for the highest levels of image quality, information content, and data storage efficiency 

DiBos is a powerful, network-oriented digital video surveillance and recording systems featuring advanced MPEG-4 digital encoding technology for the highest levels of image quality, information content, and data storage efficiency.

DiBos gives authorised users fast, convenient access to view live or recorded images. DiBos allows up to 30 local cameras and up to 32 IP-networked cameras to be selected instantly, with multi-image or full-screen display. Date/time, location, zone and selected camera information are also displayed. A powerful search function enables recorded images to be found easily, and playback speed can be specifically controlled to pinpoint exact events. Searches can be made either locally or remotely, over a company network or via the internet.

The technology allows viewing of both live and recorded images and has extensive communication, networking and systems interfacing features. It is designed for a range of applications including banks, retail chains, railway stations and airports, public and corporate offices, city centres, industrial facilities, and various other internal and external locations.