Production & Post
Darude goes live with Blackmagic Design, Acronis sets sail, and more
Today's round up of tech and product news features Blackmagic Design, Sail GP, Acronis and Dalet
graphics
Live Production
Sony adds Singular.Live graphics to Cloud-based live production workflow
Cloud-based Singular platform provides a suite of dynamic overlays or use pre-built templates for all types of applications – sports, news, entertainment
Production & Post
AWS, Formula 1 put new performance stats in pole position
Will use use data from Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), as well as information streamed from sensors on F1 race cars and trackside
Media Management
ITV Studios Daytime overhauls storage and graphics with Avid
Avid's NEXIS storage solution is being employed across Good Morning Britain, Lorraine, This Morning and Loose Women
Business
Ross Video acquires visual development company Coiron Inc
Aims to develop a suite of applications for use with the XPression family of real-time motion graphics systems
Technology
Viz Mosart adds live IP support, NewTek introduces Spark Plus IO converters and more
TVBEurope rounds up today's technology stories
Production & Post
Pixar graphics pioneers win Turing Prize
Prize often referred to as the "Nobel Prize of computing"
Production & Post
ChyronHego’s Virtual Football scores with FIFA
Passed the performance criteria required for Virtual Offside Line (VOL) technology
News Releases
Viz Engine 4 unveiled at IBC
Viz Engine is Vizrt’s core graphics engine and video compositing platform
News Releases
Brainstorm brings 3D graphics, AR and virtual sets to IBC
Celebrates its 25th anniversary year
Production & Post
Pebble Beach Systems integrates Adobe After Effects for playout graphics
Incorporates a plugin and pre-render workflow, designed to simplify graphics and promo production
Technology
Pebble Beach integrates Viz Engine into playout solution
Works with Dolphin and Orca solutions
Business
RT Software joins Grass Valley Technology Alliance
GVTA aims to improve purchasing confidence and selection for customers
Production & Post
Blackmagic Design announces camera and post production updates
Includes new UltraStudio 4K Mini and a public beta version of DaVinci Resolve 16.1
Production & Post
MOOV serves up augmented reality graphics for BBC’s Wimbledon coverage
MOOV is employing RT Software’s AR solution on a three camera setup
Production & Post
TVU Networks, Singular.live partner for graphic overlay solution
Show producers can manipulate overlays remotely from any location
Technology
Ziva introduces anatomy transfer
Lets artists automatically fit one character's anatomy onto the mesh of another
Business
Piero Sports Graphics acquired by Ross Video
Formerly owned by Red Bee Media, Piero fits into Ross’ sports solutions portfolio
Production & Post
AWS partners with Formula 1 on graphics
New Pit Strategy Battle analyses potential success of an undercut or overcut manoeuvre
Production & Post
Chaos Group unveils Cloud rendering tool
Allows artists to render an entire animation in the time it takes to render a single frame
Technology
LaLiga teams with Microsoft GSIC on global technology start-up competition
Competition includes media category looking at innovation in OTT, broadcasting, second screens, graphics, analysis and piracy
Production & Post
4K and 8K cameras will capture the action at Super Bowl LIII
CBS Sports will employ a total of 115 cameras including 16 cameras with 4K capabilities
Technology
PlayBox Technology launches new Channel in a Box
Offers HTML5 graphics for the first time from PlayBox
IP Migration
Switzerland’s tpc selects Pebble Beach Systems tech for new IP-based facility
Will employ Marina automation and Dolphin integrated channel technology
Production & Post
NewTek launches LiveGraphics
Allows users to go directly to air with 10 channels of real-time animated graphics
Technology
Red Bee Media ‘Automates’ video and graphics workflows for Canal+ International
Automate-IT selected to streamline content creation process and automate promo versioning
Production & Post
ITV Studios Daytime chooses Avid graphics
Broadcaster will begin employing Avid Maestro from April
Production & Post
MLB Network and Ericsson agree sports graphics deal
Ericsson has signed a multi-year contract with MLB Network for its real time sports graphics software, PIERO. US baseball-focussed MLB Network features live regular...
Business
Production & Post
Sky Deutschland employs AR tech for Bundesliga
Sky Deutschland is looking to enhance its live coverage of the German Bundesliga football championship by using real-time camera tracking technology to generate augmented
News
Business
RCS and Facebook team up for visualisation tools
Graphics technology provider Reality Check Systems (RCS) has collaborated with Facebook to create Facebook Now, an application which curates stories, people, media, topics and...
News
Production & Post
Stryme and Vizrt partner for graphics solution
Stryme and Vizrt have joined forces to integrate the Vizrt graphic engine into the company’s GENESIX product line, to enable non-Vizrt customers to use...
News
Business
ChyronHego acquires VidiGo
ChyronHego has acquired VidiGo, a Dutch provider of IT-based software solutions for live broadcast production workflows. Based in Amsterdam, VidiGo provides a suite of...
Business
Production & Post
Reality Check Systems inks graphics deal with Fox Sports NL
Fox Sports Netherlands' new daily highlights show Fox Sports Vandaag debuted this week with graphics powered by custom ticker solutions from Reality Check Systems...
News
Production & Post
MOOV deploys ChyronHego for BT Sport’s new 4K UHD graphics service
The next-generation Lyric graphics creation solution from ChyronHego has been deployed as the ultra high-definition (UHD) graphics infrastructure for MOOV and BT Sport's new...
Production & Post
French Open relies on Ross Video and ATEME
For coverage of this year’s French Open at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Eurosport has been taking advantage of XPression’s 3D and augmented...
Production & Post
TV stations rely on Brainstorm for Spanish elections
Spanish broadcasters TVE1, Antena 3 TV and Televisión Canaria, once again chose Brainstorm Multimedia to cover the regional elections which took place on Sunday...
Business
Avid to acquire Orad Hi-Tec Systems
Avid has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Orad Hi-Tec Systems, for €5.67 per share in an all-cash transaction.
Business
Production & Post
Vizrt and deltatre to offer graphics package for Rio Olympics
Vizrt is working with sports media services company deltatre to deliver a solution for producing data-integrated broadcast graphics, designed for broadcasters carrying live sporting...
News
Business
Pixel Power: Dynamic Automated Graphics Generation
Dynamic Automated Graphics Generation, a white paper from Pixel Power is available now from NewBay Connect.
Business
Production & Post
Orad gets Antenna vote for election coverage
Greek Media Company Antenna chose Orad to broadcast the country’s 2015 elections to over 11 million viewers.
News
Production & Post
RCS solutions for Superbowl Sunday
In anticipation of Super Bowl XLIX on 1 February, Reality Check Systems (RCS) has deployed 24 of its mobile hardware/software solutions to networks including...
News
Production & Post
UTV Ireland picks Pixel Power for news graphics
Pixel Power is partnering with new channel UTV Ireland to supply technology to the newsroom.