Vizrt Signs Major Graphics Deal in Germany worth USD 800,000
Bergen, Norway, June 15, 2009 Vizrt Ltd. (Oslo Main List, Frankfurt Prime Standard: VIZ)
Vizrt, a leading provider of content production tools for the digital media industry, announced today that the company has signed a significant deal in Germany with a major broadcaster and a media house, one of whom an existing Vizrt customer. The deal results from the positive experience the client has had using Vizrt software in other parts of its operations.
The agreement, worth $800,000 USD, will involve live graphics production through a Web platform for sports. It will run on Viz Artist 3.2, an animation and effects creation tool with several Viz Graphic Hub asset management systems, and will be powered through the installation of 13 Viz Engines, Vizrt's powerful real-time renderer.
About Vizrt:
Vizrt creates leading-edge content production tools for the digital media industry - from award-winning 3D graphics & maps through integrated video workflow solutions and online publishing tools.
We propose a new vision for content creation, management and delivery with an end-to-end solution from conception to multi-format distribution. Through constant innovation and a good measure of fun, we create software and services that push creative boundaries and develop new ways of telling stories.
Vizrt's product suite is used by the world's leading broadcasters and publishing houses, including: CNN, CBS, Fox, BBC, Sky, ITN, ZDF, Star TV, Network 18, TV Today, CCTV, NHK, The Globe and Mail, The Telegraph, and Welt Online. Furthermore, many world-class production houses and corporate institutions, including both the New York and London Stock Exchanges, utilize Vizrt solutions.
Vizrt is a public company traded on the Oslo Main List and on the Frankfurt Prime Standard: VIZ, ISIN: IL0010838154.
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Bjarne Berg
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Ofra Brown
CFO
+47 5351 8040
ofra@vizrt.com
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Frank Schwarz
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