4 September 2014
Vizrt Ltd. announced today a deal worth USD 470,000 for the implementation of broadcast graphics products with Media Studio Company Ltd. in Thailand. Media Studio Company Ltd. is the news production agency used by Channel 7 Thailand. The new purchase is for the upgrade of their currently used systems to HD in addition to a new HD video wall system.
The deal includes an HD upgrade for their three-camera Viz Virtual Studio system. Designers in the creative department will also get an HD upgrade to their Viz Artist workstations. In the studio, a new video wall control system with multiple HD Viz Engines was purchased. Viz Engine is Vizrt’s real-time rendering engine.
19 August 2014
Vizrt Ltd. announced today a deal worth USD 297,000 for the implementation of broadcast graphics products with Tek Signals LLC, a systems integrator in the Middle East. Tek Signals LLC is working with a 24 hour news channel to upgrade and expand their existing facility including their current Vizrt installation.
The deal includes adding additional channel branding capabilities for the news channel with Viz Multichannel and Viz Ticker, Vizrt’s real-time 3D ticker control system. Viz Engine was also purchased to provide real-time rendering of graphics for Viz Multichannel and Viz Ticker. (Source: Press release)
22 May 2014
Vizrt Ltd. announced today a deal worth USD 1.6 million for the implementation of media asset management (MAM) products with a broadcaster in Asia-Pacific. The purchase is an upgrade of the customer’s existing MAM workflows to enterprise-scale. The broadcaster currently uses the Vizrt Ardome Media Asset Management, which is primarily managing transmission focused workflows. The customer is now looking to leverage the platform across other parts of the business and to take advantage of functionality available in the latest Viz One version.
The initial stage of the project is the installation of a new Viz One MAM system to act as a centralized storage area for all media within the enterprise, allowing for the use of this media across all areas of the business – including web, mobile devices, IPTV, and of course, broadcast television. Media will be accessible by the various departments throughout the organisation, such as archivists, editors, producers, engineers, sales and legal staff.
Subsequently, the existing Viz Ardome system workflows will be migrated to Viz One to allow all media to flow through one system, thereby maximising content flow efficiencies.
“In making this investment, the broadcaster will be able to leverage its content across various delivery channels, increasing its economic value, while at the same time improving efficiencies,” said Martin Burkhalter, Vizrt CEO. “This project solidifies Viz One as the premiere media asset management solution available in the market today.” (Source: Press release)
24 March 2014
Vizrt Ltd. announced today a deal worth USD 660,000 for the implementation of newsroom, control room and studio production products with Hessischer Rundfunk (hr) in Germany. A new client, Hessischer Rundfunk is the public broadcaster of the state of Hesse, based in Frankfurt and member of the ARD consortium of regional public broadcasters in Germany. The broadcaster decided to purchase Vizrt products after a thorough comparison of different vendor offerings, concluding that Vizrt’s complete workflow best suited their needs.
The deal includes Viz Virtual Studio to create a highly flexible virtual set. Graphics and video from the customer’s newsroom control system (NRCS) are triggered to play in Viz Virtual Studio by a Mosart studio automation system in the control room.
For the newsroom workflow, Hessischer Rundfunk purchased Viz Pilot, Vizrt’s content and control application and the clip store component of Viz One, Vizrt’s video management system, for a complete newsroom content management workflow. Viz Pilot integrates with the customer’s NRCS and allows the journalist to create graphics based on templates. These graphics are added to a playlist in the NRCS along with clips from the Viz One clip store to be used as part of a virtual set in the studio. (Source: Press release)
6 February 2014
Vizrt Ltd. announced today a deal worth USD 1.8 million for the implementation of broadcast graphics (BG) products with a sports channel in Asia. The channel is a new Vizrt customer, who will use the purchased systems for live in-game graphics and in-studio shows.
“Sports broadcasting is very prominent in Asia, and this deal shows how our offering matches the requirements of this important market,” said Martin Burkhalter, Vizrt CEO. “We are very pleased to have been selected by this ambitious new channel and look forward to growing together with our customer.”
The deal includes multiple Viz Trio systems, Vizrt’s character generator (CG), for building playlists of graphics and playing them back during a live match and during in-studio shows.
The deal further includes Viz Arena, which allows the sports channel to add virtual graphics to the field or track during a live sports event. This capability gives the customer the option to add customized branding, information graphics or advertisements to the broadcast.
Viz Libero will provide sports analysis capabilities for cricket and field hockey. Viz Libero combines realistic looking 3D replays and advanced virtual graphics to create unique perspectives of key plays and controversial calls.
In the studio, the channel will use Viz Virtual Studio to create and control customized virtual sets for each broadcast. Multiple Viz Engines are part of the deal to render all graphics in real-time, for every live broadcast.
