ChyronHego IBC2018 Preview posted: 15/08/2018 The Live Assist Panels platform leverages the latest multiuser web technologies
Our industry is continuing to transform at a dramatic pace. Broadcast customers need to create greater quantities of compelling content than ever before. At ChyronHego, we help our customers to visualize live data so that they can create content that engages and entertains their viewers wherever they may be. With our all-software portfolio of solutions, such as the CAMIO Universe for News Production, our customers can further increase the engagement to their brands while managing the challenges of making content readily available to both linear and digital consumption platforms - allowing new levels of flexibility and scalability that simply isnt possible with hardware-based workflows. Also, with the adoption of key industry standards, such as SMPTE-2110, many of our customers are well down the path of migrating their facilities to all-IT operations. At IBC2018, were looking forward to presenting our latest innovations for live production, sports data, and analysis including in-venue production, as well as news and workflow - giving broadcasters all the tools they need to tell compelling stories and grab the widest-possible audience share. - Marco Lopez, ChyronHego CEO
Broadcast Graphics
At IBC2018, ChyronHego will showcase LyricX 3.4, a new release of the companys industry-leading LyricX graphics creation and playout solution. Adopted by more broadcast outlets around the globe than any other graphics solution, LyricX leverages 64-bit architecture to offer unequaled creative freedom, seamless interoperability, and advanced 3D object rendering. LyricX 3.4 now includes support for DNxHD and GTC, with a new GTC clip player and clip workflow tools such as a GTC clip converter and the new PRIME Folder watcher.
News and Weather
At IBC2018, ChyronHego will preview CAMIO 4.5, the next release of the companys industry-leading graphic asset management solution, with key features designed to make producer-driven news workflows even more versatile, flexible, and cost-effective. CAMIO 4.5 enhancements include a powerful new render engine; the ability to publish content straight from the newsroom to social media; and the latest version of LUCI5, the HTML5 plugin for fulfillment interface.
Metacast 2.6
Also being showcased at IBC2018 is Metacast 2.6 - ChyronHegos professional weather graphics solution that is fully integrated with the CAMIO Universe. Powerful new features include advanced animations for all layers, including weather model layers, and simplified application setup. Users will now be able to edit palettes in Celsius or Fahrenheit when raw values are Kelvin. In addition, Metacast also includes new playout tools that make efficient use of the keyboard for queuing and taking graphics to air.
Metacast 2.6 - ChyronHegos professional weather graphics solution
Sports Technology
At IBC2018, ChyronHego will highlight updates to its Virtual Placement solution - the industrys most sophisticated tool for incorporating striking virtual graphics into any live broadcast - including support for 4K recording and playout; enhanced real-time data integration with the companys industry-leading sports tracking solutions, TRACAB and ZXY; and integration with third-party, real-time-data sources. Virtual Placement also now includes improvements to the scene tracking technology to factor in motion blur, an especially beneficial feature for horse racing.
Virtual Placement solution - the industrys most sophisticated tool for incorporating striking virtual graphics into any live broadcast
Live Production
ChyronHego will highlight its family of augmented reality (AR) graphics and virtual set solutions, including the Neon and Plutonium virtual studio and robotic camera tracking solutions. Version 5 of Plutonium is ChyronHegos top-of-the-line virtual set tracking system, and Neon version 4 is an all-in-one, trackless virtual set solution for creating highly compelling virtual sets. At IBC2018, ChyronHego will demonstrate a new, HTML5-based control panel for Neon and Plutonium based on the companys Live Assist Panels platform, as well as new integrations of the software with industry-leading gaming engines such as Unreal from Epic Games. In addition, both solutions are now fully integrated with the CAMIO Universe for News Production.
Version 7.4 of ChyronHego Paint
In another boost for live production, ChyronHego will unveil the newest version of the Live Assist Panels user interface and control panel creation tool. The Live Assist Panels platform leverages the latest multiuser web technologies to enable creation of custom-designed user interfaces for control of any ChyronHego product, and it also supports a growing range of protocols used by ChyronHego and by other leading industry vendors. Live Assist Panels now features a new macro manager that enables customers to create sophisticated actions without the need for advanced scripting.
The Live Assist Panels platform leverages the latest multiuser web technologies
Stadium and In-Venue Production
At IBC2018, ChyronHego will unveil version 3.2 of Click Effects PRIME - the companys highly integrated, turnkey graphics-authoring solution for live arena- and stadium-based A/V presentations - with key new features including integrated perimeter tracking using ChyronHegos TRACAB optical sports tracking solution. Click Effects PRIME also includes support for an expanded number of playout channels in an SDI workflow and an all-new HDR clip player. In addition, ChyronHego will showcase integrated PRIME authoring using PRIME Designer, expanded HD-SDI inputs in an HD-SDI workflow, HD-SDI inputs added to the DVI workflow, and HDR output for 4K productions.
Also on display will be PRIME Graphics 3.1, the next version of ChyronHegos
