Over the past year, ChyronHego has been laying the groundwork to evolve beyond our status as the world’s leader in broadcast graphics, to something even bigger.
Topics: NRCS, Camio, IT based solutions for live production, Camio Universe, Augmented Graphics, Virtual Graphics, Live Compositor, Virtual Sets, Hybrid
Data is everywhere today. We’re nearly drowning in it. It literally surrounds us both at our workplaces and in our personal lives. There is no escape.
Topics: Big Data
We are currently well on our way with both the Northern Atlantic and Pacific Hurricane Seasons. Right now, there are two named tropical storm systems active in the Eastern Pacific: Tropical Storm Frank and Hurricane Georgette.
Here in the United States, election season is squarely upon us. News outlets from the largest networks to the smallest independent stations are buzzing with activity, each planning their coverage to one-up the competition.
Topics: Big Data, Elections, Creative and Production Services, Channel Branding
In the northern hemisphere, we are now enjoying summer. And although summer and summer holidays are strongly associated with lazy days at the beach or walking through the mountains on sunny days, the typical definition of “summer weather” is not as clear.
Al Jazeera is one of the world’s largest news organizations.
Its daily news and weather bulletins reach 305 million households all across the globe.
Al Jazeera needed a system that could display accurate weather forecasts in a concise and informative manner for viewers. Metacast from ChyronHego, turned out to be the ideal solution.
In recent years, one of the most commonly used phrases in weather and climate discussions has been along the lines of, “Since we are in an El Niño pattern...”, followed by different analyses or opinions on current or forecasted weather. In fact, there is a periodic on-going cyclic weather pattern variation or oscillation called ENSO or El Niño–Southern Oscillation. This is a cyclic change in the wind and sea surface temperature over parts of the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean. This oscillation has two phases, one warm phase - El Niño, and one cold phase - La Niña.
To be a true pioneer, you must have first blazed the trail.
Every year, Swedes gather around their TV’s to watch the country’s most popular show, Melodifestivalen, an annual song competition that airs in six shows by Sweden’s Public TV Broadcaster, SVT. The winner of the grand finale is selected to represent Sweden in the international Eurovision Song Contest – the world’s biggest music show and the most popular entertainment program in Swedish TV history.
Topics: Creative and Production Services
It might seem to some observers that the move to live 4K productions is moving at a snail’s pace. The early adopters, those consumers who made the jump from HD to UHD television sets almost three years ago, have relied on Blu-Ray discs and, until very recently, 4K streaming content from the likes of Netflix and Amazon.
Topics: 4K