Pensee announces PTZ Speed Dome Camera
Story link: Pensee announces PTZ Speed Dome Camera by Jan Harris
China-based Pensee Group has announced a vandalproof, synchronous focus PTZ speed dome camera, the PDS-320FZA.
The camera offers 360 degree endless rotation from left to right and 90 degrees from top to bottom.
It features a 4-9mm 1.3 mega pixel auto focus lens imported from Japan, and offers 128 preset positions, including 36 for special [...]
EyeSpy247 offers broadband users low-cost security
Story link: EyeSpy247 offers broadband users low-cost security by Jan Harris
Defuturo Ltd has launched EyeSpy247 which offers affordable video security technology to anyone with a broadband connection.
EyeSpy247 uses a plug-n-play IP camera which connects to the user’s broadband connection to monitor home or business premises.
The system automatically receives video data from the camera and stores it securely off-site.
This can then be accessed [...]
Optelecom-NKF launches discreet Dome camera
Story link: Optelecom-NKF launches discreet Dome camera by Jan Harris
Optelecom-NKF Inc, a global supplier of advanced video surveillance solutions, has released the Siqura FD27, a fixed dome camera.
At just 4.2 inch in diameter and 1.9 inch in height the camera is designed to be discreet, while still providing high quality video.
Even in poor light, the 1.3 megapixel, light-sensitive chip will provide detailed [...]
2020 Vision Systems gets Wakefield contract
Story link: 2020 Vision Systems gets Wakefield contract by Alan Harten
North Shields company 2020 Vision Systems has recently obtained a contract with the Wakefield Council to provide and maintain the CCTV surveillance system that is used throughout the Yorkshire councils of Pontefract, Castleford, and Wakefield.
2020 Vision Systems will be responsible for handling and maintaining 166 analogue CCTV cameras through a central control room that is [...]
Will pubs be pushed into CCTV by police?
Story link: Will pubs be pushed into CCTV by police? by Alan Harten
Privacy is at the core of a plea from the Information Commissioner’s Office for tighter control and regulation of the police, amidst public concern that too many businesses feel compelled to install CCTV (closed circuit television) security devices as forms of intelligence.
According to the Deputy Information Commissioner, concern is mounting that information will be gathered [...]
Genetec updates AutoVu license plate recognition solution
Story link: Genetec updates AutoVu license plate recognition solution by Jan Harris
Canada-based Genetec has released AutoVu 4.3, which offers added functionality such as real-time alarming and email notification, colour, sound and priority assignment to hotlists, covert notification of matched license plates, wildcard hotlists, permit sharing and long term overtime.
The wildcard hotlist feature allows different priorities to be assigned, and each list can be allocated a [...]
Ateas interconnects IP cameras with sensors from HW
Story link: Ateas interconnects IP cameras with sensors from HW by Jan Harris
Ateas Security System has used Poseidon sensors from HW Group to enhance the capability of its IP surveillance system.
The integrated Poseidon outdoor sensors detect a possible intrusion and the cameras will automatically point to the spot where intrusion was detected.
This significantly increases the level of security provided by the system, and also saves [...]
CCTV investment for Colwyn Bay
Story link: CCTV investment for Colwyn Bay by Jan Harris
New CCTV cameras and lighting are set to be installed in Colwyn Bay’s town centre, as part of a £38m project to revitalise sea fronts and town centres across north Wales.
£19m of the funding is coming from the European Union, and this is being matched by other sources such as the assembly government and [...]
Scottish Water installs Puurgen’s solar CCTV
Story link: Scottish Water installs Puurgen’s solar CCTV by Jan Harris
Scottish Water is protecting its Aberdeen site from fly-tippers with solar-powered CCTV from Puurgen.
The system includes a vandal-proof dome camera powered by a 180Watt-peak solar power system.
Innovative maximum power point tracker technology from Puurgen boosts solar capture by up to 40%.
Images from the camera are transmitted wirelessly via a 2.4GHz link to a [...]
CCTV trials in ambulances and A&E
Story link: CCTV trials in ambulances and A&E by Jan Harris
Patients receiving emergency medical treatment in emergency departments and ambulances are entitled to privacy, but at the same time the people administering the treatment are entitled to expect to be able to work without fear of verbal or physical abuse.
The growing number of attacks on emergency healthcare staff has led to the government launching [...]
Controlware boosts Warrington Collegiate’s security
Story link: Controlware boosts Warrington Collegiate’s security by Jan Harris
Controlware UK has strengthened security at Warrington Collegiate through the installation of an advanced surveillance solution.
The IP CCTV surveillance solution offers significant cost saving benefits as it can be managed in-house by the college’s IT staff.
It was installed as part of the £27 million re-development of Warrington Collegiate’s Winwick Road campus, which included [...]
Multipix released MP-HH600 H.264 IP PTZ camera
Story link: Multipix released MP-HH600 H.264 IP PTZ camera by Jan Harris
Multipix Intelligent Systems, which specialises in developing IP based security hardware and software for security applications, has released the Multipix MP-HH600 IP PTZ Camera.
MP-HH600 H.264 is designed to provide excellent HDTV performance.
It offers a 12x optical zoom combined with a 5 Megapixels CMOS sensor to give sharp images at 1080p resolution, at a [...]
Telent Completes CCTV Installation At Corby Station
Story link: Telent Completes CCTV Installation At Corby Station by Jan Harris
Telent, a network and communications specialist, has successfully completed the installation of a Customer Information and Security System at the new Corby railway station in Northamptonshire.
Services to London started from the town’s new, £17m station in February 2009, representing the first direct train service between Corby and London for 40 years.
Telent has installed [...]
Google to fund London CCTV?
Story link: Google to fund London CCTV? by Jan Harris
Google is helping to fund a major project to put CCTV images of Central London onto the internet.
The search company is working with the Metropolitan Police and Westminster Council on the project which will mean that nearly every nook and cranny of Central London will be accessible on the internet.
The deal should have [...]
Westminster Council and DfT In CCTV Row
Story link: Westminster Council and DfT In CCTV Row by Jan Harris
Westminster City Council claims that a ruling by the Department for Transport (DFT) that it must switch off its digital CCTV system, is ‘Draconian’ and could waste £15M of taxpayers’ money.
The DfT says that the council’s 100 digital CCTV cameras do not comply with the Traffic Management Act of 2004 which states that cameras [...]
IPEye and Axis in IP surveillance deal
Story link: IPEye and Axis in IP surveillance deal by Jan Harris
IPEye Ltd has worked with video surveillance specialist Axis Communications to create a low-cost hosted IP surveillance system.
With Axis Communications’ Video Hosting System, IPEye is offering the system for less than £7 a month, allowing customers to view recorded or real-time footage of their home or business at any time.
Customers log on to [...]
Spec ratified for IP video surveillance interoperability
Story link: Spec ratified for IP video surveillance interoperability by Jan Harris
The Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA), a not-for-profit open industry group which promotes the interoperability of IP enabled security device, announced that it has ratified the IP Media Device API 1.0 Specification.
IP Media Device API 1.0 is the security industry’s first collaborative Open IP spec.
It has been released for public use and is available [...]
Telent Upgrades Network Rail’s DOO Systems
Story link: Telent Upgrades Network Rail’s DOO Systems by Jan Harris
Communications company Telent has been selected by Network Rail to help upgrade Driver Only Operator (DOO) systems at stations across South East England.
DOO systems allow the transfer of passengers on and off the train to be managed by train’s driver, without the need for controllers on the platform.
DOO solutions employ CCTV cameras which [...]
Wind of change turning against CCTV?
Story link: Wind of change turning against CCTV? by Jan Harris
It is a well known fact that British citizens are the most monitored in the world, with an estimated four million CCTV cameras watching us every day, as well as the increasing accumulation of personal data by the government.
While many people welcome the use of technologies such as CCTV and believe that it helps [...]
‘Listening’ CCTV cameras tested in Glasgow
Story link: ‘Listening’ CCTV cameras tested in Glasgow by Jan Harris
Back in March 2008 CCTV Core reported that pioneering CCTV cameras with sound detection technology were being tested in Coventry.
Now the Netherlands-based company responsible for the innovative cameras, Sound Intelligence, is back in the UK to test the system in Glasgow.
The system, called Sigard, can distinguish aggressive voices from other loud [...]