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Vote Chyron

chyronchat — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:23:20 +0000

The votes are in and Chyron’s premier election package earns five stars! Watch to see how you can keep viewers engaged during elections from start to finish.

Brand Blue with Chyron

chyronchat — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:50:20 +0000

School Closings?

Elections?

Morning Tickers?

Credit Squeezes?

Animated branding & promotions?

Learn More About Channel Box & Data Binding

chyronchat — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:09:14 +0000

This episode is full of the danger and intrigue that surrounds Data Binding. This podcast conveys the power and ease of use of this exciting feature.

Pictures from Broadcast Video Expo 2011

chyronchat — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:00:48 +0000

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Highlights of 2010 . . . What was your favorite?

chyronchat — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:40:56 +0000

2010 was a busy year for Chyron’s engineering team. Throughout the year, we launched 3 new products and 2 software versions. Here’s a recap of the new and exciting things from Chyron.

Channel Box², the world’s best branding and revenue generator, was launched at NAB. Channel Box² is a channel branding and automated promo system that features 2D/3D design and playout for branding applications, including tickers, crawls, snipes, “bag & tag,” promos, and end credits. The system’s real-time video, graphics effects, clips, and audio can be integrated with automation systems, or the system can be used as a stand-alone branding device. Channel Box² is designed to help broadcasters and playout facilities achieve brilliant station promotions, weather and news tickers, squeeze backs, and other effects quickly, easily, inexpensively, and without jeopardizing quality.

Also unveiled at NAB is Chyron’s LEX³ graphics system. The LEX³is ideally suited for the smaller broadcaster or mobile facility where advanced features and better performance are important for those about to enter the world of HD graphics. The system includes a host of new options including touch-enabled graphics, integrated clips, DVE and Second Video Input. The LEX³ offers unparalleled scalability to fit graphics needs, technical requirements and budget.

Making its debut this year, Chyron’s award-winning Quintette is a turnkey 3D graphics solution designed for news, sports, and entertainment control rooms. A simple yet elegant and sophisticated system, Quintette offers innovation and value by increasing productivity and efficiency, reducing costs, and streamlining the process of delivering graphic content through a fully digital workflow. Quintette integrates completely with all leading newsroom control systems to support automated or manual playback of four independent graphics channels through one easy-to-navigate user interface.

Later in 2010, Chyron launched Lyric PRO 8, the fastest and most powerful creation and playout tool in the market. Lyric PRO 8 serves up native support for Stereoscopic 3D, Script-less transitions and Touch GraphX, Chyron’s touch enabled graphics. Lyric PRO 8 integrates seamlessly with the entire family of Chyron products.

Let us know which product launch was your favorite.

Chyron Channel Box and CGS Newschief Combine to Simplify Delivery of Timely Data With Rich Broadcast Graphics

chyronchat — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:47:48 +0000

Chyron today announced a new partnership through which the CGS Newschief system provides automated data feed services to the Chyron Channel Box. Integrated with the Channel Box channel branding and promo system, the CGS Newschief Data Feed system serves as a convenient central source for automated headlines, weather, sports scores and stats, stocks of local interest, and market indices. The Newschief system also makes it easy for Channel Box users to collect local data for automated on-air notification of school closings, weather alerts, election results, and high school sports scores.

“CGS is a leading provider of automated ticker systems and content feed services, and our partnership leverages the company’s data feed services along with the versatility and interoperability of the Channel Box to target our broadcast clients’ specific needs,” said Lou Garvin, product manager at Chyron. “The Channel Box is an easy-to-deploy, all-in-one solution for branding and tickers, and we’re pleased to be working with CGS to extend the ease with which Channel Box users can deliver timely localized news and information.”

The Chyron Channel Box is an HD/SD-switchable channel branding and automated promo system that features 2D/3D design and playout for branding applications including RSS feeds, weather information, traffic updates, financial data, tickers, crawls, snipes, “bag and tag,” promos, and end credits. The system’s real-time video, graphics effects, clips, and audio can be integrated with all variety of third-party automation systems, or it can be used as a stand-alone branding device. Interfacing smoothly with the CGS Newschief Data Feed, the Channel Box helps stations automate the labor-intensive task of collecting data from multiple sources and, in turn, merging that information with broadcast-quality graphics for on-air display.

“Broadcasters are looking for reliable, relevant news data, all from a single source,” said Bryan Mullins, partner at CGS. “Newschief delivers that content seamlessly to the Chyron Channel Box, providing stations with a complete HD/SD ticker and branding solution.”

WATERMAN SEES INCREASED REVENUE AND RATINGS WITH USE OF CHYRON’S CHANNEL BOX

chyronchat — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:00:30 +0000

WZVN Sees Share Increase 58% in Morning News Hour

When Waterman Broadcasting decided to revamp its morning show for WZVN, they turned to Chyron’s Channel Box², the channel branding and automated promo system. Since its launch on July 29, 2010, the station reports a boost in TV household share by 58 percent in the 6-7 a.m. hour.

The installation of the Channel Box² has been instrumental in allowing for more functionality and real estate on the screen. Using what the station has coined a “breakfast bar,” viewers get a day-planner forecast in the form of an ”L-bar” for each of the local Florida counties on the left side and along the bottom of the screen. The bottom of the screen features two new crawls that report both the breaking news and the latest traffic updates. Also new to the station is the opportunity for advertisers to purchase a rotating ad in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen, creating a new revenue stream.

“This is a stand-alone platform to get more information to our viewers with breaking news, severe weather and other applications,” said Bob Hannon, Director of Production, Waterman Broadcasting. “We don’t have to tie up other resources to get more information to our viewers and we are generating additional revenue.”

WZVN, which is a Waterman operated station for Montclair Communications, now has 11 minutes of branding opportunities to premium sponsors. Sponsorships have been limited to six with two saved for their marketing department for promotional usage. Sponsor messages rotate every 30 seconds.

“Channel Box² is making a tangible, positive impact on the station’s bottom line. The audience is up and advertisers are enjoying the extended opportunity for branding during editorial programming,” said Lou Garvin, product manager, Chyron.

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What are you most excited to see from #Chyron at @IBCshow?

chyronchat — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:27:19 +0000

21 days until the IBC show starts! As we are gearing up to the show, we wanted to ask you what you are most interested in seeing from Chyron at the show!

Chyron’s New Products to Make European Debut at IBC

chyronchat — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:55:45 +0000

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

Learn more about the new Channel Box²

chyronchat — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:41:04 +0000

At NAB 2010, we announced the new Channel Box² platform. Watch the video below to learn more about the new platform and the new Channel Box version 4.0 software.