Vizrt signs broadcast graphics deal with television network in the Middle East
Bergen, Norway, August 19, 2013, Vizrt Ltd. (Oslo Main List: VIZ)
Vizrt Ltd. announced a deal worth USD 375,000 for the implementation of Broadcast Graphics products with a large television network in the Middle East. The network has been a Vizrt customer for many years and the new investment augments their existing systems to add a new studio, on-air graphics play-out, and creative capabilities for its news production.
The deal includes Viz Trio, Vizrt’s character generator (CG), that will reside in a new control room to allow operators complete control of live graphics during a broadcast. All graphics will be rendered in SD from several Viz Engines, Vizrt’s real-time compositing engine.
The network also purchased additional licenses of Viz Artist for SD and HD graphics creation in the design department. Viz Artist is a design tool for creating graphics and animations for use in all of Vizrt’s broadcast graphics products.
Investor and media contact:
Martin Burkhalter / CEO / 41 22 365 75 01 / MBurkhalter@vizrt.com
Tomer Wald / CFO / 47 5351 8040 / TWald@vizrt.com
Frank Schwarz / Schwarz Financial Communication / 49 611 1745 398 11 schwarz@schwarzfinancial.com
About Vizrt:
Vizrt provides real-time 3D graphics and asset management tools for the broadcast industry - from award-winning animations & maps to online publishing tools. Vizrt's products are used by the world's leading broadcasters and publishing houses, including: CNN, CBS, Fox, the BBC, BSkyB, Al Jazeera, ITN, ZDF, Star TV, Network 18, TV Today, CCTV, NHK, The Globe and Mail, Times Online, The Telegraph, and Welt Online. Furthermore, many world-class production houses and corporate institutions such as the Stock Exchanges in New York and London use Vizrt systems.
Vizrt is a public company traded on the Oslo Main List: VIZ, ISIN: IL0010838154. For further information please refer to www.vizrt.com
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