ChyronHego acquires Vidigo and Newsroom Solutions

VidiGo offers a range of tools for the creation and management of broadcast quality video content while Newsroom Solutions is a specialist provider of integrated software and hardware and services for local broadcasters.

ChevronHego has announced the acquisition of VidiGo, a Dutch provider of innovative IT software for live broadcast productions. Based in Amsterdam, VidiGo offers a range of tools for creating and managing broadcast-quality video content.

VidiGo allows companies to participate in video productions by providing easy-to-learn and easy-to-use tools. With a strong emphasis on ease of operation and automation, the VidiGO product range minimizes the need for specialized personnel and helps save costs. With the acquisition of the VidiGo product range, ChyronHego will be well positioned to take advantage of new and growing opportunities in news broadcasting, sports and non-traditional markets such as video productions in the corporate and public sectors.

Today at IBC2015, ChyronHego announced the purchase of Newsroom Solutions, a specialized provider of integrated software and hardware and services for local and cable television. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Newsroom Solutions offers a range of content and brand management solutions for use in news graphics with data such as weather alerts, school closings and election information.

NewsTicker, Newsroom Solutions' flagship product, is installed in 74 of the 75 largest U.S. markets, and more than 500 stations rely on this solution to deliver graphics in a 24-hour news environment.

Hybrid

ChyronHego has forged a partnership with Hybrid, a leading robotics and virtual reality builder for the digital media and broadcast sectors. Under the OEM agreement, ChyronHego will work with Hybrid to develop and market solutions based on the Hybrid line of advanced robotic camera head technology and virtual track-and-trace studios.
Through this collaboration, Chyron Hego will act as OEM for Hybrid technology, but will maintain the Hybrid brand and its positioning for Neon (trackless) and Krypton (tracking) solutions.

I walked

ChyronHego introduces CAMIO 4.2, a significant enhancement to its award-winning graphic asset management product Camio. Camio 4.2 features a complete redesign of LUCI, the modular interface for graphics production solutions in news writing systems (NRCSs), with compatibility across the entire ChyronHego product range.

Together with Camio 4.2, LUCI offers a modular interface for producers to realize graphics in any NRCS. From the LUCI content library, users can produce templates from any ChyronHego graphics solution, including Lyric, PowerClips, Gs2 Multi-Touch or Metacast, and then play the graphics on any device or robotically.

In addition, it has been redesigned based on HTML5 for more powerful and flexible interfaces for PCs, MAC and tablets, allowing producers to write news from anywhere. LUCI has new features that allow you to share and reuse content, templates, MOS objects, images or cinema between stations or between stations in a workgroup. Producers can receive notifications of any new orders, maps or charts that have been supplied and are available, and can also view the status of pending orders and maps.

Channel Box Prime

ChyronHego today introduced Channel Box Prime, a major new release for Channel Box, the company's popular channel branding system, which has been redesigned for the 64-bit environment. Channel Box Prime, which includes a new, dedicated and completely revamped rendering engine and scene creator, is fully focused on channel branding and playback requirements.

Channel Box Prime is a native 64-bit application, including 13 languages. Featuring a completely revamped rendering engine based on ChyronHego's exclusive GS2 technology, Channel Box Prime includes powerful improvements to creative freedom and performance. An example would be Warp Effects, a never-before-seen special effect that integrates with industry-leading third-party modeling and rendering tools such as Adobe's After Effects or Autodesk's 3ds Max. Warp Effects allows users to create effects in After Effects or 3ds Max and bring them into Channel Box Prime, where they can place replaceable live information in graphics. For seamless data transmission, Channel Box Prime offers a full complement of automation interfaces, including PBUS, VDPC, Intelligent Interface and UDP clients.

Euromedia

VidiGo today announced the signing of a contract with Euro Media Group (EMG), Europe's leading provider of broadcast facilities and services, to deploy VidiGo's completely revamped VidiGo Live solution across four live production studios. As the first user of VidiGo Live multi-camera live television production software, EMG is now officially a VidiGo technology partner.

The VidiGo Live solution for remote live productions is a complete multi-camera production environment that offers SDI camera inputs/outputs, video playback, graphics, audio and the automation capabilities VidiGo is so well known for.

Cloud production

VidiGo has unveiled a world-first cloud-based live multi-camera production workflow at IBC 2015. They showcased the first streaming multiviewers and streaming-controlled User Interfaces for their live TV production workflow based on their software, called VidiGo Live. With ultra-low latency, remote live production now becomes a reality. This new innovative technology will change the landscape of outdoor broadcasts, regional television channels and the recording of sporting events.

The technology is quite similar to the latest innovations in the gaming sector, such as OnLive Game Service, recently acquired by Sony. VidiGo has developed similar technology, optimizing it for the demanding broadcast sector. VidiGo has created streaming proxies, with complete control of latency, bandwidth usage and image quality, creating a workflow that is perfectly suited to television production.