Virtual Placement 8.0
Bring richer storytelling to air with native SMPTE 2110 IP connectivity and new, NBA‑focused basketball line tracking, powered by Chyron’s proven Virtual Placement engine.
What's New in 8.0?
Plug Into Your 2110 Network
Virtual Placement 8.0 delivers native SMPTE 2110 ingest and output, sending uncompressed IP video directly to your switcher, replay, and playout network. It integrates seamlessly with modern 2110 infrastructures, letting you route, monitor, and scale without converters. The result is the flexibility your production wants with the future-proof standard your engineering team expects.
NBA-Grade: Basketball Line Tracking
Bring court-accurate graphics and analysis to every possession. Virtual Placement 8.0 adds dedicated court-line tracking that locks to the floor without instrumented cameras or extra hardware. Score bugs, shot clocks, player markers, and sponsored moments stay perfectly aligned through fast pans, whip zooms, and tight cuts, so your team can tell the story with confidence, live.
Pitch and Bearing
Immerse your audience with tailored maps by easily adjusting the map angle and orientation to best display specific places relevant to your story.
Why Broadcaster Choose Virtual Placement
Accuracy without the Add-Ons
Image‑based, mechanical‑free calibration anchors graphics to the field or court in minutes, then stays locked, cutting setup time and eliminating the cost and complexity of instrumented camera heads.
Graphics and Data on the Same System
With PRIME running natively inside Virtual Placement, producers fine-tune logos, rosters, colors, and textures in real time, without jumping between tools. Data-driven scenes such as standings, scoreboards, and live performance stats update automatically in the same interface, so every graphic reflects the latest information the moment it goes to air.
Monetization Without Limits
Scale revenue across regions with a single system. Virtual Placement delivers multiple outputs at once, each tailored with local sponsors, languages, and offers. Activate carpet ads on the pitch, branded red-zone and field-goal visuals in football, and on-court placements in basketball—turning live moments into premium, sellable inventory without duplicating production.
Built-In Replay & Near-Live Tools
Cut clips, replay instantly, and export to your existing servers without needing a third-party replay server - operators can tag and trim on the fly, organize moments, and publish highlights to archive or distribution in seconds. Keep analysis tools available in replay for richer breakdowns and smoother workflows, maintaining a single, uninterrupted path from live to near-live.
Outcomes That Matter
Virtual Placement 8.0 brings it all together: SMPTE 2110 IP I/O, hardware-free court tracking for NBA coverage, fast image-based calibration, PRIME graphics on the same system, multi-output monetization, and built-in replay, so crews set up faster, engineering stays future-proof, sponsors get localized inventory, and producers deliver data-driven visuals that keep up with the play.
Ready to turn live moments into premium inventory?
Schedule your demo of VP 8.0!
Whether you’re migrating to SMPTE 2110, expanding sponsored inventory, or upgrading basketball coverage, Virtual Placement 8.0 helps teams set up faster, stay future-proof, and tell richer stories with confidence on a single, integrated system.