WGBH Sues over Digital Mural

November 13, 2008 by Administrator

If you have driven eastbound on the Massachusetts Turnpike, along the extension between the Route 128-tolls and the Ted Williams Tunnel, chances are you have seen (or been distracted or blinded by) a giant digital mural on the side of the new WGBH-TV/Radio studios in Brighton.

The mural has been turned off for several months because the video mural is not functioning correctly.

According to the Boston Globe,

The television and radio station turned off the 30-by-45-foot LED display in June after it carried a pockmarked image of Big Bird, the last in a series of pictures marred by dark spots, caused by diodes that switched off when they became too hot.

Now WGBH is suing the installer and manufacturer for breach of contract and failure to honor the warranty for the massive display, known as a digital mural, which was supposed to be visible for 1 1/2 miles.

*Photo from WGBH.org