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- Press Release - 8th April 2009

MIC Cameras Eye Up Big Brother TV Series 

Now in its tenth successful year, the UK’s popular Big Brother reality TV series uses Bosch’s MIC Series PTZ cameras.

MIC cameras are synonymous with Big Brother having been used from the programme’s start in 2000. Images of the cameras are used to promote the series and to bridge links in the programme itself. 

To help get the first series on the air the team from Forward Vision, who designed the MIC cameras - and who were acquired by Bosch Security Systems in 2008 - worked closely with Big Brother’s technical facilities company, Roll to Record, to overcome the technical challenges relating to the control of the cameras. The team even descended on the Big Brother house at Three Mills Studios in East London for the entire weekend preceding the first show to install and commission the cameras, and make sure the programme went out on time. 

Roll to Record is a world leader in HD and SD robotic camera systems and is the UK’s leading innovator for reality television, gameshows and entertainment series. Roll to Record specialises in studio installation and reality programming, and throughout its 20-year history has been working with leading production companies and broadcasters to deliver pioneering shows.

The celebrity version of the often controversial Big Brother series aired in the UK in January and was one of the most successful series to date featuring appearances from diminutive actor Verne Troyer, LaToya Jackson and the eventual winner and former weather girl Ulrika Jonsson. The UK’s 10th anniversary series of Big Brother will be aired in summer 2009. 

About Bosch
The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. In the areas of automotive and industrial technology, consumer goods, and building technology, some 271,000 associates generated sales of 46.3 billion euros in fiscal 2007. The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its more than 300 subsidiaries and regional companies in roughly 50 countries. This worldwide development, manufacturing, and sales network is the foundation for further growth. Each year, Bosch spends more than 3 billion euros for research and development, and applies for over 3,000 patents worldwide. The company was set up in Stuttgart in 1886 by Robert Bosch (1861-1942) as “Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering.” 

The acquisition of the Extreme CCTV Group which includes Derwent and Forward Vision CCTV by Bosch Security Systems allows Bosch to expand its already extensive CCTV portfolio to satisfy and even wider range of applications and needs.

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