Broadcast Graphics Products Guide

This year, TVNewsCheck is augmenting its coverage of NAB Show Hot Topics tech trends stories with information that can make your visit to NAB easier. This week’s focus is broadcast graphics (read the main story here). These companion resource guides on the technology covered each week are compilations of information provided by vendors. To download this page as a PDF, click here. 

Avid | Booth SU902 | Website: www.avid.com | 65-75 Network Dr., Burlington, MA 01803 | 978-640-6789

To Set Up an Appointment: [email protected]

ChyronHego | Booth: SL1210 | Website: www.chyronhego.com | 5 Hub Dr., Melville, NY 11747| 631-845-2000

CAMIO Universe — CAMIO Universe is a comprehensive software-based newsroom production ecosystem that empowers producers and journalists to create compelling news stories and deliver them rapidly to air.

The CAMIO Universe is driven by CAMIO 4.3, a new release of ChyronHego’s CAMIO graphic management server. With release 4.3, CAMIO not only controls ChyronHego’s Lyric graphics creation environment but also offers template-based tools within an ecosystem that includes the company’s Hybrid virtual graphics solution, the Metacast weather graphics solution, the PowerClips multiformat production clip server, and GS2 Multi-Touch touchscreen-generation platform, as well as the VidiGo Live Compositor video switching solution.

Product Info: http://chyronhego.com/broadcast-graphics/camio-universe

White Paper: http://info.chyronhego.com/white-paper-camio-u-lp#

To Set Up An Appointment: http://info.chyronhego.com/nabmeetingrequest 

Maxon Computer | Booth: SL1400MR and SL9110 | Website: www.maxon.net | 2640 Lavery Court, Newbury Park, CA 91320 | 805-376-3333

Cinema 4D Release 17 — Cinema 4D Release 17 is the latest version of the 3D software. It streamlines workflows for creative professionals working in broadcast, film, video games, visualization and interactive media.

New features include: Take System, which provides complete and flexible scene handling to manage render layers and animation variations; Lens Distortion tools for improved motion tracking; and reworked Spline Tools for more efficient workflow for manipulating points, lines, tangents and arcs.

Cinema 4D Integration with Vizrt —Maxon Computer will feature the integration of its Cinema 4D and Vizrt’s Viz Artist real-time modeling and animation solution at the Vizrt booth SL2417. The streamlined workflow allows Cinema 4D projects to be directly imported into Viz Artist through MAXON’s Cineware technology, a live 3-D exchange that provides a bridge between the two applications.

Product Info: http://www.maxon.net/en/products/new-in-cinema-4d-r17/overview.html

Pixel Power | Booth: SL5922 | Website: www.pixelpower.com | 209 E. Alameda Ave., Suite 102, Burbank, CA 91502| 818-276-4506

Pixel Factory —Pixel Factory automatically generates sophisticated clips, such as promos, trailers and marketing content, using templates, information entered by the commissioning producer, and direct access to the asset management system. It automatically creates all versions of a clip, eliminating unproductive manual work, and delivers them to asset management ready for transmission.

Product Info: http://www.pixelpower.com/products/pixel-factory

Datasheet: http://www.pixelpower.com/sites/pixelpower.com/files/pixelfactory.pdf

Availability: Now

StreamMaster — StreamMaster builds on Clarity creating an integrated playout platform for complex channels. StreamMaster can run on dedicated hardware, virtualized in a data-center or virtualized in the cloud. The software-defined system is format agnostic, scalable and flexible, which enables cost saving & new pricing models, including pay-as-you-go for pop-up channels.

Product Info: http://www.pixelpower.com/products/streammaster

Datasheet: http://www.pixelpower.com/sites/pixelpower.com/files/streammaster_letter.pdf

To Set Up An Appointment: [email protected] 

Ross Video | Booth N3705| Website: www.rossvideo.com | 62 Auriga Dr., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2E 7W6 | 613-228-0688

XPression Tick-it Flow — XPression Tick-it Flow  is a centralized data aggregation server with election software included. Supports the latest AP Elections API. Browser-based operation allows users to configure automated feeds or enter data manually. Also supports news headlines, sports scores, weather stats, stock data, traffic reports, and school closings. Generates XML feeds to be read by XPression Datalinq or third-party CG data tools. Feeds can also be set up to deliver to websites and mobile. Includes 1RU server.

Product Info: www.rossvideo.com/graphics-system/xpression/software-applications/tick-it.html

Datasheet: www.rossvideo.com/pdf/brochures/graphics-systems/xpression_brochure.pdf

Price: $12,687

Availability: Now

To Set Up An Appointment: http://www.rossvideo.com/contact-us.html

Vizrt | SL2417 | Website: www.vizrt.com | 352 7^th Ave., 14^th Floor, New York, NY 10001| 212-560-0709

Elections Solution — Vizrt’s new Elections Solution is a one-box solution with a custom touchscreen application for U.S. election night results. It features global telestration, media players, social media, election maps and live data feeds.

Product Info: http://www.vizrt.com/news/newsgrid/48695/Vizrt_introduces_customizable_Election_Night_graphics_package

Social TV — New features of Vizrt Social TV include native support for polls and new native integrations for viewer engagement built specifically for elections and live events. Users also can now send social messages straight from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to newsroom templates. The Vizrt Social TV demo at NAB will also include an interactive news and maps solution and a technology preview of the new Web-based moderation interface.

Product Info: http://www.vizrt.com/solutions/social-tv-solution/

Viz Multiplay — The latest version of Vizrt´s multiscreen studio control system, Viz Multiplay will be demonstrated with an improved workflow for editing content and new production switcher integration, allowing for switcher recall control.

Product Info:  http://www.vizrt.com/products/viz_multiplay/

To Set Up An Appointment: [email protected] or [email protected] 

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