KTBS 3 Wins on Election Night With Live, Interactive Touch Screen Graphics

Chyron today announced that KTBS 3 of Shreveport, La. brought sophisticated interactive touch screen graphics to its live election night coverage with the first U.S. implementation of Touch GraphX, part of the HyperX³ on-air graphics system. An intuitive and cost-effective solution that allows on-camera talent to control the flow of graphics by simply tapping a display, the Touch GraphX feature added interactive impact to the Louisiana station’s live broadcast.

“The Chyron Touch GraphX gave us an advantage during our election coverage by allowing our anchors to become an integral part of the graphic presentation,” said Dale Cassidy, chief engineer at KTBS 3. “The Touch GraphX was extremely easy to use, and our talented staff was able to create all the graphics we used on election night with only two days of preparation. Considering this was our first exposure to touch screen technology in this capacity, we were extremely pleased not only with the Touch GraphX, but also with the entire HyperX3 on-air graphics system and the Chyron support staff who helped make this endeavor possible.”

KTBS 3 installed its Chyron HyperX³ on-air graphics system, including the award-winning Lyric® PRO 8 motion graphics feature set, during its upgrade to HD broadcasting. The station implemented the Touch GraphX feature especially for the Nov. 2 election. Unlike competing high-end touch screen graphics solutions which require complex programming or scripting, Chyron’s Touch GraphX enables fast, simple association of graphics to hot spots on the screen. This intuitive interface combines with graphics creation templates to simplify preparation for broadcast and live operation by on-camera talent. Because Touch GraphX requires minimal training, broadcasters can introduce more dynamic presentation of graphics with speed and ease.

In preparation for Election Day, Chyron worked closely on site with the KTBS 3 production team to ensure smooth implementation within the existing broadcast workflow and to tune the station’s graphic design for optimal presentation on the touch screen monitor. Anchors used the touch screen graphics to highlight and isolate different races, spotlight competing candidates, and move from those images to actual results.

“The power of Touch GraphX is that its simplicity makes advanced on-air graphics presentation look easy,” said Phil Carmichael, vice president of product marketing at Chyron. “When technology is well-thought out, well-implemented, and attractively priced, as is Touch GraphX, even complex productions are within ready reach for broadcast stations of all sizes.”

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Chyron’s New Products to Make European Debut at IBC

For over forty years, Chyron has been the best-in-breed supplier of graphics hardware, software and services for the broadcast industry. In September, Chyron will take the stage at the world’s premier global electronic media industry event in Amsterdam to launch the following products to the European market:

• Lyric^® PRO Version 8 – creation and playback software is the global choice of broadcasters for live sports, entertainment, elections and news programming. It has true international language support. Stereoscopic 3D is a reality today and Version 8 provides the tools for creating true stereoscopic 3D graphics.
• Quintette – is a “Total Solution” from Chyron.  Based on Chyron’s Lyric PRO technology and graphics production workflow, Quintette is a complete newsroom graphics suite, with 4 playout channels and a simple user interface available today.

• Channel Box² – takes branding to a whole new level in efficiencies and return on investment.  The platform delivers more HD capabilities including 3 HD DVEs.  Customers can benefit from the new universal 4.0 software release which includes VB Scripting, API, Automatic file monitoring, XKeys Pro support, Dynamic image and Movie replacement, User Interface enhancements and much more.

Also on display will be what is quickly becoming a flagship product for Chyron – AXIS.  Chyron AXIS is the proven leader in on-demand graphics production.  AXIS is the only source for creating, compositing and distributing graphics content creation in the cloud.  Media professionals producing content in AXIS can repurpose it for broadcast, newspapers, mobile and digital media content.  At its core, AXIS is easy to use, enabling the production and management of high-quality graphics, maps and charts, simply through the use of an Internet connection and a Web browser. Seamlessly integrated into your production workflow, AXIS enables you to create in the cloud, reduce costs and collaborate with ease, anytime or anywhere.

When/Where: September 10-14, 2010

The Amsterdam RAI

The Netherlands

STAND: 7.D11

iSQ – Lyric Playout Panel

The iSQ has a nifty feature cal Lyric Playout Panel that lets the iSQ user control the Lyric devices that are connected to it. It is possible to do random access playout of graphics in the playlist as well as from the current working directory of Lyric.

Introducing Chyron CAMIO’s Consentite

Chyron has a new feature on the CAMIO software that allows newsrooms across the WAN to share MOS Objects when they share scripts.

Join Chyron at ROSCOR Communications Technology Expo

Chyron welcomes you to our booth at ROSCOR Communications Expo, booth number 6 at Resolutions Digital Studios in Chicago, IL.

Cloud Computing is the biggest buzz word in the broadcast industry today, and Chyron is leading the way with its AXIS set of browser based graphic tools. Whether you are creating news graphics, maps, business quotes or bar and pie charts, AXIS provides you with easy to use tools that you can access on your computer through a web connection. You can repurpose these graphics for use in your television broadcast, your cell phone, on the web or in print. The graphic asset management of these files is done in the cloud which can drastically cut costs throughout your facilities.

Join Chyron’s Bruce Levine for his presentation, “Graphics Workflow: Computing in the Cloud” on Thursday, May 6, at 10am. This exciting seminar will provide an explanation of how broadcast graphics workflow was done in the past in single station locations versus how graphic content can be created and shared right through the internet with other members of your stations groups. Content primarily produced for broadcast news applications, can also be repurposed for distribution to station websites, print outlets, and even mobile devices. See how people in the newsroom like Producers, Production Assistants, Journalists, and even the sales department can be an integral part of the daily graphics workflow.

Please come by to see us at the booth. We look forward to showing you why Chyron is moving to the cloud, simplifying your tasks and saving you money.

Chicago Graphics Showcase Announced

Chyron and Roscor Corporation are pleased to announce that a one day graphics showcase open house will be conducted at the TheWit Doubletree Hotel in downtown Chicago on Tuesday, January 26th. Come see why over 5000 customers a day are using “Chyron in the Cloud.”

Chyron is synonymous for creating the best graphics solutions for “live” TV broadcast with major broadcasters worldwide. With new graphics technologies emerging in the traditional broadcast marketplace, Chyron will show your organization how it can create graphics locally or with a web connection, manage all those assets locally or in the Cloud, and finally broadcast them to a variety of media outlets including the web, print, and mobile phones.

Chyron’s Illinois based dealer, Roscor Corporation, will be sponsoring beverages throughout the day. Phil Carmichael, Chyron’s Director of Product Marketing, will be conducting the presentation sessions. Phil has an experienced history in live television graphics for sporting events including the Olympics, auto racing, golf, baseball, and football. He will be showing the latest workflow trends that major broadcasters are using for their high-end real-time 3D graphics for television sports and news applications.

We will also showcase, Chyron’s NEW Creative Services which offers numerous off-the-shelf HD news graphics packages. These packages have been carefully crafted to work with Chyron’s Lyric and Lyric PRO software. Purchase these as complete packages or let Chyron Creative Services implement them into your existing Chyron graphics system.

So come join us for some incredible looking graphics solutions from Chyron, the Company the Whole World Watches.

Please RSVP to Randy Dickerson, Chyron Regional Sales Manager.

The schedule for the event is

9:00am or 1pm – Chyron for News, the workflow from Creation to Playout.
Come see the tools Chyron has in place for streamlining your newsday workflow, from creating graphics and fulfilling templates. Our order management system completes the missing link when graphics are not yet available. We will demonstrate how creating, ordering, fulfilling and distributing graphics in a single location or across multiple locations simplifies your news day.

10:30am or 2:30pm – Chyron for Sports, workflow from Creation to Playout.
Come and experience why major broadcasters are choosing Chyron for televising the Olympics, Baseball, Football, Hockey, Basketball and Golf. Chyron Graphics systems provide the tools for quickly building and playing back compelling sports graphics.

11:30am or 3:30pm – Chyron for Master Control.
Find out why Channel Box is really “The Next Generation” of channel branding. Chyron’s Channel Box instantly maximizes all revenue opportunities by implementing graphics from its award winning Lyric PRO software for great looking promos, tickers, elections, breaking weather and school closings in both automated and manual operation environments for single and multi-channel operations.

Chyron’s Toronto Open House

On November 3rd and 4th, Chyron is pleased to announce that it will be hosting a two day Open House at the InterContinental Toronto Centre.

Chyron is synonymous with creating the best graphics solutions for “LIVE” TV and is the choice of top broadcasters around the world. Come and experience how you can ‘create’ graphics locally or on the web, ‘manage’ all those assets and finally ‘broadcast’ them to a variety of media outlets.

We will take you through each of the solutions Chyron has to offer and illustrate the complete workflow.

The same presentations will occur in the morning and afternoon on each day.

9:00am or 1:00pm

Chyron for News – the workflow from Creation to Playout.

Explore streamlining News production. Chyron’s order management solution completes the missing link when graphics are not yet available. Comprehensive demonstrations will show you how creating, ordering, fulfilling and distributing graphics in a single location or across multiple locations simplifies your news day.

10:30am or 2:30pm

Chyron for Sports – workflow from Creation to Playout.

Experience why major broadcasters are choosing Chyron for televising the Olympics, Baseball, Football, Hockey, Basketball and Golf. Chyron provides the tools for quickly building and playing back compelling sports graphics.

11:30am or 3:30pm

Chyron for Master Control.

Find out why Channel Box is really “The Next Generation” of channel branding. Chyron’s Channel Box instantly maximizes all revenue opportunities by building a promo template once and using it multiple times LIVE. Channel Box from Chyron is all about providing the tools to do everything you need and more LIVE.

Together with Chyron’s Ontario Dealer, BSE, this is your opportunity to meet, network and discuss your broadcast workflows with the best in the business. Breakfast and lunch will be provided over the two days by BSE.

Chyron’s Toronto native, Greg Lennon, who provided all the in-house video graphics for the Leafs and the Raptors at the Air Canada Centre and for Blue Jays Baseball at SkyDome from 1990-2002, will be there to demonstrate all the latest tools for your News and Channel Branding needs.

Phil Carmichael, with his expertise in Sports including Olympics, will be showing what major Broadcasters are using for their high-end real-time 3D graphics for television Sports.

We want YOU to be a part of this presentation to see for yourself the true benefits of why Chyron is the leader in Creating, Managing and Broadcasting graphics for Television, Web, Phone and Print. So come join us to view the incredible looking graphics solutions from Chyron, the world leader of television graphics creation, management and playback.

To reserve your spot at the Open House, please RSVP to Randy Dickerson. We look forward to seeing you there!

Join Us For A Free Webcast – High-Volume, Low-Cost News – New Date and Time

What you can see at IBC . . .

CHYRON IBC 2009 PREVIEW DOCUMENT

Stand:  7.D11

At IBC 2009, Chyron will show the most flexible and content-rich workflow solution for all broadcast environments.

* AXIS with OMS (Order Management Solution) is the world’s first online content creation and order management tool. Order or fulfil a graphic for any broadcast, web or print environment without any software or specialized hardware. A computer with a web connection from anywhere is all that is required.

* NEW HyperX³ with the award-winning Lyric PRO creation and playback software delivers extreme HD performance in dual channel 3D animation playback.

* Lyric® PRO Version 7 creation and playback software is the global choice of broadcasters for live sports, entertainment, elections and news programming. It has been enhanced with true international language support. Stereoscopic 3D is a reality today and Version 7 provides the tools for creating true stereoscopic 3D graphics.

* Channel Box V3.0 provides a cost-effective channel branding solution. Its enhanced feature-set includes self-adjusting ‘Content Awareness’ making automated promo generation simple and efficient.