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Vizrt signs USD 443k broadcast graphics deal with the New Zealand Racing Board

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Bergen, Norway, June 2, 2014, Vizrt Ltd. (Oslo Main List: VIZ).

Vizrt Ltd. announced today a deal worth USD 443,000 for the implementation of broadcast graphics products with the New Zealand Racing Board. The customer is expanding its operations and adding additional Viz Trio workstations to the current installed base.

The deal includes Viz Trio, Vizrt’s character generator (CG), that will allow the customer to build playlists on content that can then be triggered live by an operator. Vizrt’s real-time compositing system, Viz Engine is part of the deal and will generate all graphics in real-time as they are triggered from Viz Trio.

The New Zealand Racing Board is a major entertaining business that supports betting on more than 69,000 domestic and imported thoroughbred, harness and greyhound races each season, as well as on a rapidly growing number of domestic and international sporting events. The New Zealand Racing Board retail network is comprising more than 640 outlets.

 


Investor and media contact:

Martin Burkhalter / CEO / +41 22 365 75 01 / MBurkhalter@vizrt.com

Tomer Wald / CFO / +44 20 3289 6415 / TWald@vizrt.com

Frank Schwarz / Schwarz Financial Communication / +49 611 1745 398 11 / schwarz@schwarzfinancial.com

 


About Vizrt:

Vizrt provides real-time 3D graphics, studio automation, sports analysis and asset management tools for the broadcast industry - interactive and virtual solutions, animations, maps, weather, video editing and compositing tools. Vizrt's products are used by the world's leading broadcasters, including: CNN, CBS, Fox, the BBC, BSkyB, Al Jazeera, ITN, ZDF, Star TV, Network 18, TV Today, CCTV, and NHK. 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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