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The Mill Expands London Facility and Opens New York
Operation Using Chyron
Friday September 13, 9:00 am ET
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Sept. 13, 2002--Chyron Corporation (OTC BB: CYRO)
today announced that The Mill, Oscar winning Soho-
based facility, has purchased Pro-Bel infrastructure
equipment for their headquarters in London and for
their recently opened New York operation.
Installing a combination of Eclipse, Freeway and Axis
routers, together with an Aurora control system, ICON
modular products, standard and customised control
panels, the Pro-Bel system seamlessly integrates with
legacy equipment to provide The Mill with a total,
flexible and user-friendly solution.
The system for London was required for the machine
room, Media Transfer (for dubbing and encoding) and
the Telecine department. Existing routers were to be
utilised in the new set-up and control of this equipment
was critical. The Pro-Bel Aurora proved to be the only
system that could achieve this; it was also easy to
configure for user allocation, as well as adding
equipment, i.e. VTR's.
Along with the Aurora, The Mill (London) has installed
an Eclipse AES configured 96 x 96 in a 128 x 128
frame, Freeway 128 Timecode configured 64 x 64,
Freeway 128 port RS422 Router equipped for 32 ports,
16 x 16 Axis HD, sixteen 48 button per source panels,
twelve XY panels and two 24 x 12 control panels.
The Soho facility also took delivery of 21 customised XY
panels. "Working directly with the manufacturer is a
huge advantage - we got the panels we needed from
both an engineering and operator perspective,"
explained Steve Harman, Chief Engineer, The Mill. The
Mill has also taken delivery of the first 16 x 16 HD Axis
in the UK. Launched at NAB this year, the Mill is
increasingly involved in HD work and needed a
dedicated, but compact, resource for this demanding
and growing part of the business.
In New York, the requirement was for a simple and
easy to use solution - but with the potential to upgrade
as the facility expanded. A Freeway 32 router was
supplied comprising 16x16 composite, 16 x 16 SDI, 16
x 16 analogue audio and 16 x 16 AES, together with
integral control - all in one 3U frame. A number of ICON
modules were also installed.
"We were really impressed with the Freeway and it was
ideal for our New York operation," said Harman. Adding
"It even has its own Aurora type controller built in."
The Mill runs a VPN (Virtual Private Network) between
the two sites and all engineering and administration is
done in the UK. This includes remote configuration of
the database and also enables work to be shared
between the two sites - giving The Mill optimum
flexibility for their clients.
"We are now Pro-Bel converts," Harman confirmed,
"We had no prior experience of Pro-Bel equipment, but
with the technical support and engineering flexibility
that was made available to us, we now have the best
system for our needs."
The Mill
Founded by James Morris, Robin Shenfield, and Pat
Joseph in January 1990, the Mill brand is now
synonymous with high quality, award winning visual
effects for commercials and film.
The group provides a unique range of technology-
based creative facilities to service the entertainment
and advertising industries. The breadth of services
offered by the group attracts work ranging from model
making, camera operation, and web animation, to
sophisticated visual effects on high-end commercials
and feature film.
As the group figurehead, The Mill specialises in high-
end commercials and music promos. Over the past
twelve years The Mill has built an impressive client-
base of some of the world's best commercials
directors, and advertising agencies handling accounts
such as Levi's, Pepsi, Guinness, BMW and Mercedes-
Benz. In May 2002 The Mill opened in New York.
www.mill.co.uk
Chyron:
The Company the Whole World Watches(r), Chyron
Corporation is a leading innovator in the development
of industry-standard broadcast solutions ranging from
on-air graphics to automation and signal processing
and distribution. From the time Chyron introduced its
first character generator in 1970 and Pro-Bel
introduced its first routing switcher in 1975, Chyron
Graphics and Pro-Bel products have gone on to
become integral to broadcast operations in 115
countries. Today Chyron offers the industry's most
comprehensive experience in providing integrated,
scalable on-air solutions, all designed to protect the
investment of the customer. For more information
about Chyron products and services, please visit the
company website at www.chyron.com (OTC BB:
CYRO).
Certain of these statements contained in this press
release may be deemed forward-looking statements.
Such statements, and other matters addressed in this
press release, involve a number of risks and
uncertainties. Among the factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from these statements
and matters are the risks and other factors detailed,
from time to time, in the Company's reports with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but
not limited to, the Company's Annual Reports on Form
10-K and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. All
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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Contact:
Manor Marketing
Jennie Evans, + 44 1635 44991
jennie@manormarketing.tv
or
Chyron Corporation
Katharine Guy, + 44 1189 214 294
katharine.guy@pro-bel.co.uk
or
Product images available:
image-24.com
chyronf.htm
Installation images available on request
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