[CHY provides graphics solution for ESPN 2000 X Games.]
Wednesday August 9, 7:04 am Eastern Time
Press Release
2000 X Games, ESPN Gets Creative With Chyron
Total Chyron 'Platform' Specified for Graphics Suite
MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 2000--Chyron
Corporation (NYSE: CHY - news), a leading provider of
broadcast hardware, software and services spanning television
and the Internet, today announced that ESPN will broadcast
the 2000 X Games using all major systems from Chyron
Graphics, a subsidiary of Chyron Corporation.
ESPN's uniquely uncomplicated solution was to unify as many
components as possible under a single software and hardware
platform. As a result, Chyron is providing six Duets®, two
dedicated to Chyron's Lyric® graphics and animation software
and four to Chyron's Liberty® paint and animation software.
In addition Chyron will also provide Aprisa® 250 Stillstore/
Clipstore, an Aprisa 200 Digital Disk Recorder and an Aprisa
300 Video Replay System, as well as two Chyron iNFiNiT!® CGs.
To further maximize performance for the Liberty animation
software, Chyron has installed DPS' dpsReality cards and
Medea VideoRaid 6/225 RT arrays. Gigabit Ethernet will handle
high-speed data transfers between systems.
``Chyron's NT-based Duet is what makes this project
possible,'' says Joe Flynn, Broadcast Graphics Technical
Consultant to the X Games. ``Not only can we take advantage
of the common hardware to provide redundancy and networked
task sharing, but we can make use of other NT software tools
that forced us to rely heavily on exporting and importing in
the past. It all happens inside the box now.''
``By having an NT platform across the board, we have
consistency and uniformity from one device to another.
Ordinarily, we'd be running on several different types of
specialized hardware with proprietary software each of which
having its own little quirk that you have to massage to make
it cooperate. We're betting that in the very near future, the
unified hardware/software suite will be the standard. It's a
better way to approach things all the way around.''
The X Games graphics suite will be part of a dedicated
production installation, on call to give 24/7 broadcast
support to the Mecca of skateboarding, surfing and BMX
biking. ``It's a big project,'' Flynn notes. ``The X Games
graphics suite will provide a full range of graphic content
to the live host broadcast and feed several edit suites. The
goal is to be capable of responding to the whim and fancy of
every member of the X games working body.''
Besides offering a comprehensive range of graphics products,
the long-standing relationship between ESPN and Chyron --
from the studio to countless remote location productions -
made for a natural fit in this fresh approach to live
graphics. ``To incorporate everything we need into one or two
types of hardware is what we ultimately want to achieve,
''Joe Flynn concludes. ``It makes sense to go to the people
that established the industry standard in the first place. We
push them and they push back. We evolve and they rush up to
meet it.''
The 2000 X Games will be broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC
from August 19th - August 30th.
Chyron Corporation through its Chyron Graphics and Pro-Bel
divisions has established itself as the worldwide leader in
the innovation and development of integrated broadcast
graphic systems and distribution systems, including products
that meet the demands of digital and high-definition
television.
Chyron Graphics division provides a broad range of leading-
edge hardware and software products, including paint and
animation systems, character generators and digital graphics
systems, along with stillstore and clipstore packages. Pro-
Bel manufactures products and systems for broadcast routing,
distribution, transmission and automation.
The company is also very involved in new media products for
internet-related markets.
For more information about Chyron products and services,
please visit the Company website at chyron.com or
contact Chyron Corporation, 5 Hub Drive, Melville, NY 11747.
TEL: 1-631 845-3855; FAX 1-631 845-3867; EMAIL: info@chyron.com.
Contact Joe Flynn E-MAIL: kona.joe.vangogh@worldnet.att.net
Medea Corporation, headquartered in Westlake Village,
California, designs and manufactures high-performance, low-
cost storage subsystems optimized for digital content
creation and Internet streaming media applications. Corporate
headquarters are located at 5701 Lindero Canyon Road, Bldg.
3-100, Westlake Village, CA 91362. Telephone: (818) 597-7645.
Fax: (818) 597-7643. Internet: www.medeacorp.com
DPS designs, manufactures and sells innovative hardware and
software products that facilitate the creation, manipulation
and dissemination of broadcast-quality video and audio
content. Corporate headquarters are located at 70 Valleywood
Drive Markham, Ontario Canada L3R 4T5 Telephone: (905) 944-
4000. Fax: (905) 944-4200 Internet: www.dps.com
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.
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