MOOV Aces Through Wimbledon With Chyron Graphics

Chyron today announced that MOOV Limited, provider of data-driven graphics for live sports and entertainment broadcasts, used the company’s HyperX3 on-air graphics systems to support the BBC’s studio programming at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships. Over the two weeks of play at London’s All England Club, the Chyron systems enabled the playout of dynamic 3D-intensive graphics, which MOOV kept current and engaging with the integration of real-time match statistics and the incorporation of live video elements.

“The BBC’s rebranded style was the most important change for this year’s coverage, and Chyron’s graphic systems provide the power necessary to support a new package of visually rich and data-heavy graphics,” said Duncan Foot, managing director at MOOV Limited. “We worked closely with Chyron to ensure a smooth flow of live data and scores into sophisticated on-air graphics, and this partnership made for few issues and a less stressful fortnight.”

MOOV has become the graphics company of choice for leading broadcasters including BBC, ESPN, AI Jazeera, RTE, ITV, Sky Italia, and Channel 4. The company has provided on-air graphics for Wimbledon for the past seven years, but this is the first time the company has relied solely on Chyron graphics equipment. Three HyperX3 systems — along with a graphics control interface engineered by MOOV — supported the BBC domestic feed, and another HyperX3 system supplied by MOOV supported graphics for ESPN STAR Sports.

During the tournament, the graphics created by MOOV were incorporated into all production outside of live tennis. Graphics enriched segments highlighting action in other matches and live scores across the tournament, as well as opening titles, interviews, trailers, and promos. MOOV created an event-specific interface to connect live data — scores, draws, order of play — from the tournament’s IBM scoring system to Chyron graphics playout. In addition to supporting live updates, the Chyron systems allowed MOOV to use headline sequences in which video from a match point could be shown with a full-screen graphic in real time using live video and requiring no rendering. Operators were able to run multiple such headlines in succession.

“Wimbledon has been among the world’s preeminent sporting events since the first tournament was held 125 years ago,” said Michael Wellesley-Wesley, Chyron president and CEO. “We’re pleased that our on-air graphics systems are playing a critical role now as MOOV brings this classic event — with a sharp new look — to today’s professional men’s and women’s tennis fans.”

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2010 EMEA PR Review



The year started out with a bang when Chyron supplied 3D stereoscopic graphics for the first-ever live broadcast of the Six Nations Rugby match of England vs. Wales. The broadcast from Twickenham Stadium on February 6^th was viewed in more than 40, 3D-equipped cinemas around the UK and excited fans were able to share the best seat in the house.  Following the success of the first game, Chyron worked with Wurmers, SIS Live and Inition on the 27^th of February match.

Later in the year, Chyron made history providing graphics for the first live stereoscopic 3D concert by German hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier, also known as FANTA4. The concert managed by Mitteldeutsches Multimediazentrum Halle was held at Steintor-Varieté in Halle an der Saale on September 28^th. Chyron’s revolutionary on-air graphics were the backbone of the stereoscopic experience and were displayed in over 90 cinemas in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and Luxembourg. FANTA4 fans had the opportunity to see every graphic pop through the screen while being treated to a front row experience.

UK broadcast graphics company “MOOV,” was one of the first to realize the potential of Lyric PRO 8 in EMEA. In October 2010,  “MOOV” used Chyron’s HyperX graphics infrastructure for the Wimbledon tennis championship and prior to that during the summer Commonwealth Games for the BBC.  The biggest benefit of version 8 for “MOOV” during Wimbledon was to easily create “Seeds Boards” with corresponding animations before they actually knew the winners using Intelligent Conditional Transitions.  For the Commonwealth Games, “MOOV” created an original new “Coming Up” sequence for the multi-sport event that opened up with the New Delhi Skyline and numerous kites flying in the sky. Using the powerful, Inherit State feature, the sequence was able to display any country’s flags in any order, at any time with “turn-on-a-dime” flexibility.

 

In September, Chyron announced that they powered the newly launched Sky Sports News in HD, Europe’s first HD sports news channel. This latest push into the world of HD was yet another example of Sky’s dedication to broadcast excellence. This also marks the third time that Sky Sports has employed the use of Lyric PRO 8.  Chyron is a long time partner of Sky Sports News and has been an integral partner in the launch of the HD channel. Chyron’s involvement in this latest venture went beyond providing the graphic systems; Chyron’s dedicated Creative Services team worked closely with the Sports team to integrate the new captivating graphical look of the channel.

 

Wrapping up a successful year of EMEA PR, Chyron announced in December that sit-up shopping, one of the largest and fastest-growing TV retailers in the U.K., upgraded to a HyperX³ on-air graphics system, giving its broadcast presence a new look, thanks to the Chyron Creative Services team. Together, the HyperX³ system and graphics upgrade improve the quality and continuity of on-screen content while making it easier for sit-up shopping staff to enhance programming with motion graphics and 3D text elements. sit-up shopping launched the new look on its bid tv channel as part of a tenth birthday celebration.

Chyron Powers Graphics For 2010 Commonwealth Games

Lyric PRO 8 and HyperX^³ to Enable MOOV with Full On-air Graphics
Capability During Coverage of the Commonwealth Games

Chyron is powering the graphics for the Commonwealth Games, the international event currently taking place in New Delhi, India.  U.K.-based broadcast graphics company MOOV is utilizing Chyron’s Lyric PRO 8 graphics infrastructure for this year’s Commonwealth Games on the BBC.

Lyric PRO 8 is the ultimate enterprise authoring tool that provides the power to create sophisticated graphic templates with incomparable ease and flexibility across the entire Chyron product spectrum. Lyric PRO 8 features groundbreaking technologies, including native support for Stereoscopic 3D, scriptless Intelligent Conditional Transitions and Touch GraphX.

MOOV has created an original new “Coming Up” sequence for the multi-sport event that opens up with the New Delhi Skyline with numerous kites flying in the sky.  Using the powerful, Inherit State feature, the sequence can display any country’s flags in any order, at any time with “turn-on-a-dime” flexibility. This saves both time and resources by eliminating the need to program all possible transition scenarios.

“I have no doubt that this is an innovative sequence never seen on TV before – it combines cutting-edge technology with amazing creative flair to produce a stunning real-time sequence,” said MOOV Managing Director Duncan Foot. “We will of course be producing a wide range of graphical sequences during the 11-day games and have absolute confidence that Chyron will reliably deliver quality graphics throughout.  We will be on air for 12 hours every day, providing live graphics in HD and also supporting six AVID edit suites.”

“MOOV has been Chyron’s partner for many years,” added Chyron’s Vice President, EMEA Sales Paul Glasgow.  “We are delighted to be part of such an impressive international event.”

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MOOV SERVES UP GRAPHICS FOR WIMBLEDON

Chyron today has announced that UK’s broadcast graphics company “MOOV” is using Chyron HyperX graphics infrastructure for this year’s Wimbledon tennis championship on the BBC.

“MOOV” is the first graphics operation in the UK to realize the potential of Chyron’s newest software version, Lyric PRO 8. The biggest benefit of version 8 for “MOOV” was to easily create “Seeds Boards” with corresponding animations before they actually knew the winners. MOOV also wrote a new results control interface to the HyperX’s that uses XML updates from IBM.

MOOV Managing Director Duncan Foot said, “We have used Chyron graphic systems in the past for various sporting events with tremendous success. With the added features of Lyric PRO 8 and the power, flexibility and speed of the HyperX, we knew that it was the best choice for such a high profile event like Wimbledon.

Chyron Vice President of Sales, EAME, Paul Glasgow said, “MOOV is one of Europe’s most innovative graphics services providers.  We are delighted to contribute to MOOVs success at such a prestigious event.”