About Us

In 1984 when the first mobile video screen was conceived and built, major stadiums around the world were the only venues that enjoyed the presence of video display for close-up views and replays. Smaller stadiums could not afford the enormous capital investment required in those times for a video display of their own.

A market for transportable displays was recognised by the founder of Screencorp Clive Potter, who hawked his idea around the world looking for a manufacturer who might take the idea to production. English Electric Valve Company (EEV) brought the idea to market with their design and manufacture of the Starvision.


This was a 48 square metre video screen built onto a step-trailer and using electronically operated hydraulics to move two halves of the screen – one on top of the other – to create the display. It used cathode ray tube (CRT) technology and with pixels spaced at 40mm intervals and formed by coloured masks in green, red and blue. Half the ‘dots’ were green 25% red and 25% blue.

Clive Potter formed a close association with EEV and brought the first Starvision to Australia in early 1985.

This screen was subsequently sold to a small English AV company owned by Richard Murray and that company grew to be the current Avesco plc. in the U.K. and who own Screenco and Creative Technologies and are the largest operators of video screens in Europe.

For ten years Clive Potter and Screenco operated Starvisions (Five screens in all) in Europe and Australia shipping them between the northern and southern hemispheres at the end of each hemisphere’s summer.

In 1996 with the advent of Superleague rugby league competitions in Australia and England, Avesco and Clive Potter formed a joint venture in Australia called Screenco.

Together the partners operated screens throughout Australia and at this time Screenco developed many new products including modular video screens – the first of which was using Sony Jumbotron 35mm CRT system – JTS35. This product caught on rapidly and quickly ranged to 17mm modular systems for previously unheard of quality of colour rendition and resolution.

In 1998 after the launch of blue light emitting diodes (LED) by Nichia of Japan, a tsunami of screen producers emerged all offering LED video displays. By 1999 more than 300 manufacturers around the world were building (Or claiming to build) video screens using LED technology.

More than 90% of these companies failed very quickly and market leaders emerged from the pack between the years of 1999 and 2001. These included Panasonic, Mitsubishi, Barco, Daktronics, Lighthouse and Toshiba.

In 2001 the Australian partners in Screenco Pty Ltd. acquired the English shares to form a 100% Australian owned company. The new company was called Screencorp Pty Ltd and it is owned by Clive Potter and his family company. The company is based at Hornsby in Sydney and has offices in Melbourne, the Gold Coast, Shanghai and Singapore.

Screencorp has a very wide range of video screen equipment and associated facilities. We own our trucks and trailers, structures, rigging equipment and production facilities. Our video screen equipment includes mainly LED technology from CCDL, Lighthouse and Panasonic, although we also have some CRT screens from Sony.

Screencorp represents the CCDL company of China who are one of the oldest and most successful video screen producers in Asia. CCDL has supplied many important video and scoreboard displays around the world including the video screens at Sydney Cricket Ground and Aussie Stadium and the electronic display at Melbourne Olympic Park.

We have a close working relationship with CCDL for the development of new products and for the improvement of current video screens and video processing equipment.

Since Screencorp started operating in Australia in 1986 we have secured contracts with the NRL, the ACB, ARU, Athletics, Surfing, Soccer and nearly all the major sports in the country. We also provide video screens to the Grand Prix, Spring Carnival, Sydney Festival and many other major events in Australia and our region.

For the Sydney Olympic Games we were the project Managers for all video screens and AV equipment. We built ten Panasonic LED screens, installed every screen at every venue, operated them, maintained them and de-rigged them at the conclusion of the ‘Games. We also supplied a further eleven screens to official and unofficial “Live-Site” for the Olympics.

Following our success at the Sydney Games supplied screens and operators to the Salt Lake Winter Olympics. This was a great achievement for an Australian company at such an event in North America. We were also the official supplier for the Rugby World Cup in 2003 supplying both venues and live sites throughout Australia.

Screencorp designed, built and installed the video screen and enclosure for Panasonic at Canberra Stadium in Canberra and for the external screen at Docklands Stadium in Melbourne. We recently supplied, installed and commissioned a new display at Melbourne Olympic park, a new permanent video screen at Newport Hotel in Sydney, a new permanent screen at O’Callaghan Oval in Brisbane and a new LED screen for Aussie Stadium.

In the early part of 2007 we will be commencing a project with the SCG Trust to remove the existing video screen at the Cricket Ground to make way for the new southern stand. We have been engaged to remove, re-furbish and restore the screen and then to re-install it at a new position above the Dally Messenger Stand.

Our operations department mainly operate temporary video screen systems. We have installed semi-permanent screen structures at many grounds around the country including Dairy Farmers Stadium in Townsville, Olympic Park in Melbourne, Parramatta Stadium, Kogarah Oval, Brookvale Oval, WIN Stadium, Leichhardt Oval Toyota Park and Campbelltown Stadium in Sydney, Central Coast Stadium in Gosford, Marathon Stadium in Newcastle, the WACA and Members Equity Stadiums in Perth, Hindmarsh Stadium in Adelaide and Manuka oval in Canberra.

We employ engineers and fully trained electronic technicians and certified riggers to operate all the screen systems. We also employ experienced producers to conduct downstream video production for video screens, MATV systems and other requirements. We are the only video screen operator with such a range of facilities or indeed with the ability to offer such a wide range of services.

Our Production team is regularly employed to produce the video for other companies’ video screens and to grounds such as the SCG, the MCG, Aussie Stadium and others.

We conducted the production for Cricket at all grounds last season and have just been engaged to do the same for the next two seasons. We provided production facilities to representative and Super 12 Rugby fixtures for the past several seasons and to the NRL representative and Finals series fixtures throughout the country.

Screencorp’s production arm is one of the busiest production activities in the country. We provide downstream production services for over 120 NRL fixtures each season, 60 FFA (Soccer) fixtures a season, and over 60 days of production for Cricket Australia each year.

We are also the exclusive video production contractors for Telstra Stadium in Sydney which accounts for over 80 days of production work a year.

We are specialist downstream producers for sport but also perform complete production projects for corporate events, product and event launches and large shows such as the Royal Easter Show in Sydney, the ‘EKKA” in Brisbane and the Melbourne Show. Projects like these require large teams, multiple cameras and considerable resources for pre-production, graphics design and editing. We provide all these services with our own equipment.

In the past two years Screencorp has introduced LED-based perimeter signage systems to Australia. We were the first company to do so and are now the leading supplier. We have over 100 metres of LED signage at Telstra Stadium and also supply and operate systems to a number of NBL basketball venues throughout their season and to corporate and other sporting events.

Much of our LED signage equipment was designed and produced by ourselves with the manufacturing resources of CCDL and we also have LED signage systems from SIM of Italy who is recognised as a world leader in the technology.

In 2006 we supplied technical services to Emirates Stadium in London – the home ground of Arsenal- for the installation and commissioning of SIM signage systems on behalf of our UK Associate, DisplayLed Ltd.

Screencorp does not promise to be the largest supplier of video screens in the country. We do promise however to be the most efficient and most experienced video screen operator, and the screen company that can supply all the needs for your job including screens, structures, trucks & trailers, generators, rigging equipment, cameras and production facilities.

Screencorp – The premier video screen company in Australia.

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