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Microcap & Penny Stocks : CHYRON CORP (CHY) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill Hermesmann who wrote (253)	8/13/2001 10:10:42 AM
From: Rob Preuss	Respond to of 292

Bill, Yeah... I guess I must like talking to the wall. I sadly (and stupidly) bought into CHY after I did only a cursory review of the company (following a "hot tip" from a "reliable source") back around February 2000. We went up amazingly fast in the weeks following my purchase and I thought I'd really lucked into something great... but my "reliable source" just said "look into this one" (not "try to pick up a quick buck and get out quickly") and, based on the background of my source, I mistakenly presumed this one was a keeper for the long term. Now its so far below my purchase price I either keep it or throw it away... so I keep watching out of the corner of my eye, hoping that we'll survive and eventually see some better days. Maybe I'll sell if I can use the losses. The confusing thing about this company is that they do have a well-respected brand, a blue-chip customer base, and a sought-after suite of products... but they've got lousy management & financial controls/sense, lots of competition (which pushes their prices/margins down), and a market that has no incentive to "get one up on the competition" by moving to the next/newest & greatest technology available. So customers drag their feet in making purchases, waiting until they get bug-free products at rock-bottom prices. Will digital TV ever make it? How about interactive TV? How about delivering live video content over the Internet? CHY investors have kept waiting for the "next big thing" to get here but, somehow, it never does... and management adjusts the company size/capacity not so that its "just barely making a profit" but so that its "just barely making a loss"; that keeps us investors in white knuckle territory waiting for the 'going concern' warning flags to be raised just before the final Chapter 11 filing. Sigh.

To: Bill Hermesmann who wrote (253)	9/11/2001 1:25:25 PM
From: Rob Preuss	Respond to of 292

Chyron in the news again... biz.yahoo.com Rob

To: Bill Hermesmann who wrote (253)	10/15/2001 10:58:03 AM
From: Rob Preuss	Respond to of 292

DUET Family Sees Continuing Growth in Europe Source: biz.yahoo.com Monday October 15, 8:42 am Eastern Time Press Release SOURCE: Chyron Corporation DUET Family Sees Continuing Growth in Europe MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 2001--Chyron Corporation (OTC BB: CYRO - news), a leading provider of broadcast technology, announced that two long-standing current customers, Studio Hamburg and France Television, expanded their existing DUET purchases. Studio Hamburg, one of Germany's most prestigious facilities, added 6 Chyron DUET character generators, to provide enhanced facilities for its major client, German broadcaster RTL. In addition, Chyron announced the sale of 5 further DUET high- end graphics systems to France 3 - part of France Television - making the total number installed 6. ``We are very excited by the success of DUET and its continued growth in Europe,'' commented Roger Henderson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Chyron. ``The DUET purchases by Studio Hamburg and France Television further strengthens our presence in the European markets.'' Studio Hamburg chose the DUET because of its flexibility and outstanding on-air graphics performance. These DUETs are an essential part of new channel branding and graphics imaging and are utilised for pre-recorded as well as live programs. ``Duet allows us to make a smooth transition from our existing systems to state-of-the-art graphics technology'' commented Frank Howner, Head of Graphics for Studio Hamburg. Explaining, ``Since each Duet is equipped with an internal clip player, we can easily match RTL's on-air look by adding moving backgrounds to the lower-thirds.'' France 3 continues its long-term relationship with Chyron derived from its extensive use of their iNFiNiT! range of character generators and the fact that maintaining the file structure between old and new machines gives them total backwards compatibility, as well as significant cost savings. ``Indispensable'' is how Gilles Maurel, O.B. Chief Engineer, now describes their DUET. Continuing, ``Being able to import files within our internal environment, as well as sourcing files from the Web, is fast becoming invaluable. We also have an outstanding relationship with Chyron France, and took full advantage of the technical and operational training offered. It's the efficiency and reliability of the equipment, together with the trust and confidence we have in the people, that makes Chyron the only choice.'' The DUET is an open-system framework that can interconnect to intelligent processing modules with a real-time operating system. This provides an extremely fast graphics engine on which Lyric, Chyron's advanced graphics creation application resides, providing sophisticated yet flexible 2-D and 3-D composition tools for intensive graphics and animations. DUET is renown for its simplicity of use, which reduces training requirements and aids productivity, thanks to the Windows NT(TM) operating system resident within the system. About Chyron Corporation Serving the television industry for three decades, Chyron Corporation (OTC BB: CYRO - news) has established itself as a leading innovator in the development of television graphics and distribution systems, including products to meet the demands of digital and interactive television. Chyron provides a broad range of leading-edge hardware and software products, including graphics platforms, paint and animation systems, character generators, signal distribution systems, master control switchers, broadcast automation and media management. For more information about Chyron products and services, please visit the company website at www.chyron.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. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Contact: Chyron Corporation Roger Henderson, CEO 631/845-2000 rhenderson@chyron.com or Investor Relations: Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates Jody Burfening / Christine Belonogoff 212/838-3777 jburfening@lhai.com / cbelonogoff@lhai.com

To: Bill Hermesmann who wrote (253)	11/20/2001 11:14:38 AM
From: Rob Preuss	Respond to of 292

[CYRO in multi-year deal to supply Turner Broadcasting] Source: biz.yahoo.com Tuesday November 20, 10:33 am Eastern Time Press Release SOURCE: Chyron Corporation Chyron and Turner Broadcasting Sign Long Term Agreement for Automation, Graphics, and Modular Products MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 20, 2001--Chyron Corporation (OTC BB: CYRO - news) today announced that it has entered into a multi-year agreement to supply automation, graphics and modular products to Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a division of AOL Time Warner, Inc. (NYSE: AOL - news). The agreement includes Pro-Bel Sextant automation, MAPP media management, and ICON modular products. Chyron's Aprisa 300 graphics digital disk recorders will be used for channel branding. At the request of the customer, terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The equipment will be installed in Turner's new 193,000 square foot network operations facility now under construction. Commissioning, operational, and maintenance training are included as part of the agreement. The project is expected to be completed by mid-2003. The Aprisa 300 DDR's add to Turner's current complement of Chyron products that already include Aprisa, Duet, and iNFiNiT!. The graphics systems will be networked, enabling cross platform access for simplified content creation and redundant real-time playout. The Pro-Bel automation products will expand Turner's existing capabilities, enabling fully redundant acquisition, storage, and playout of material on all 18 TBS networks and international feeds. ``We are very pleased that Turner, a long-standing customer, has selected Chyron to handle its mission critical automated playout and channel branding systems,'' said Roger Henderson, Chief Executive Officer of Chyron. ``The scalability and interoperability of our systems help broadcasters worldwide, including Turner, dramatically improve workflow efficiency in content creation and storage, signal distribution, media management, and automated playout.'' About Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Network Operations, a division of the Turner Entertainment Group, provides wide-ranging 24 hour functional support for the Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.'s entertainment networks, which include TBS Superstation, WTBS-17, TNT, Cartoon Network, Turner Classic Movies, Boomerang and Turner South, as well as nine networks in Latin America. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., an AOL Time Warner company, is a major producer of news and entertainment producer around the world and the leading provider of programming to the basic cable industry. About Chyron Corporation Serving the television industry for three decades, Chyron Corporation (OTC BB: CYRO - news) has established itself as a leading innovator in the development of television graphics and distribution systems, including products to meet the demands of digital and interactive television. Chyron provides a broad range of leading-edge hardware and software products, including on- and off-line content creation software, character generators, clip and still store products, signal distribution systems, master control switchers, broadcast automation and media management. For more information about Chyron products and services, please visit the company website at www.chyron.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. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Contact: Chyron Corporation Roger Henderson, 631/845-2000 rhenderson@chyron.com or Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates Jody Burfening or Kristine Hong, 212/838-3777 jburfening@lhai.com khong@lhai.com

To: Bill Hermesmann who wrote (253)	11/20/2001 5:05:33 PM
From: Rob Preuss	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 292

Up 50% today on unusually large trading volume! Close: $0.45/share... up $0.15 on 231,700 shares traded. Okay... 15 cents/share isn't very large in absolute terms. Still, after such a long long time with a crappy share price its good to see a significant jump up... and it seems to be based on solid news too. At the very least, it appears we're not headed into bankruptcy and that means we have time to rise up from the ashes. I still have a long way to go before I reach break-even on this stock.