Chyron to Provide 10 HyperX³•¹ Graphics Systems for NBC Olympics’ Coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games

NEW YORK — Chyron will provide 10 HyperX³•¹ on-air graphics playout systems to NBC Olympics during its production of the 2012 London Olympic Games, July 27-August 12, 2012. The announcement was made today by Philip Paully, Director, Graphics Engineering and Operations, NBC Olympics, and Peter Morrone, Senior Vice President, Product Engineering, Chyron.

“In our operation, there’s no room for error, and every second counts. The centralized asset storage capability powered by Chyron’s HyperX³•¹ and Apple®’s Xsan 2 is a tremendous time-saver, enabling our operators to instantly access media assets that were once only available to the Mac® systems,” Paully said.

Relying on Chyron’s HyperX³•¹ and Apple’s Xsan 2 storage area network, this collaborative workflow environment promises to bring powerful new efficiencies and time savings to the NBC Olympics’ graphics production team as they insert graphics displays for the network’s live coverage of the London Games.

NBC Olympics worked closely with Chyron and Dynamic Performance Technologies to integrate this powerful graphics workflow solution. After building graphics elements in Adobe® Creative Suite®, the NBC Olympics production team is able to move them seamlessly to editing suites and then to devices for playout to air. Since HyperX³•¹ supports Adobe’s XMP metadata platform, artists are able to embed critical information about each graphical element, for instance,  the correctly spelled name, age, and home country embedded in a specific athlete’s head shot.

The finished graphics can then be instantly accessed by the HyperX³•¹ operators by clicking a folder from their workstations, a capability that previously was only possible by searching for the assets on a server and then downloading them into the playout system. Any changes to image metadata need only be made once, and the metadata fields are automatically populated at every point at which the graphic will be used. When the graphic is inserted into the programming, the accompanying metadata is automatically extracted and displayed, so NBC Olympics’ production staff no longer needs to worry if names are spelled correctly and information about the graphic is accurate.

“This summer’s London Olympic Games promise to be a record-breaker, with more than 3,500 hours of broadcast content over a 19-day period from more than a dozen different sports venues. Since much of this programming will be produced live, accuracy and efficiency is critical to success,” Morrone said. “We are honored to provide NBC Olympics with state-of-the-art HyperX³•¹ graphics playout systems integrated with Adobe’s XMP and Apple’s Xsan 2 for their production of the London Olympics.”

Things Are Changing

Chyron, we are making changes to better serve you, our customers!

First, we are excited about our new European Headquarters at Power Road Studios, close to both Heathrow Airport and Central London. We are placing our Creative Services, Product Management, Sales and Support teams in this new facilitiy.

Chyron’s German office will now oversee Eastern European countries. Peter Frantz and his team at Chyron GmbH will bring the first rate knowledge of workflow solutions and service they have provided to their German customers to thosenew countries as well.

Matt Hughes will continue to look after system integrators, Africa and the Middle East. He will also now be the direct sales person for the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Chyron’s Aldo Campisi is moving to Europe bringing his expertise and knowledge to countries in Western Europe. His work and insight along with the rest of the Chyron team over the past few years have rocketed Chyron to, once again, be “The Company the Whole World Watches.”

Chyron is thrilled with these changes and we welcome you to our new facilities in the UK and Germany. It is our promise to you, our customers, that we are committed to helping you produce the best graphics and cost effective workflow solutions.

Chyron Plugs Into Power Road

Chyron today announced that it has established a new European headquarters at Power Road Studios in Chiswick, Greater London, to better serve its EAME-based customers. The new office will house Chyron’s Creative Services, Product Management, Sales and Support teams.

The new office highlights the company’s continuing commitment to the region, and is specifically designed to provide an environment that fosters collaboration and innovation, as well as accommodate the continued growth of the organization.

Power Road Studios is located only a short distance from Heathrow and Central London. According to Kevin Prince, Chyron’s Chief Operating Officer, “The move to Power Road Studios plugs us straight into a business grid that can benefit directly from Chyron products and services. This part of Chiswick is well-known as the home of a great many broadcast service organisations.”