Honoring Those Who Represent the Best in Chyron Design Expertise
MELVILLE, N.Y. — February 20, 2025 — Chyron today announced its 2025 Designer of the Year Competition, to be awarded live during the 2025 NAB Show in Las Vegas. The competition is open to anyone with design experience and proficiency using Chyron PRIME Designer. PRIME Designer is the common design interface for PRIME CG, PRIME Video Walls, PRIME Touchscreen and PRIME Branding and offers state-of-the-art design, animation, data integration and playout management functionality driving some of the most recognized live video productions in the world.
“Chyron recognizes that our work is a creative collaboration, inspired by the needs of our customers, developed by our software ideation and design process, and brought to life by the many talented Chyron end users,” states Carol Bettencourt, Chyron vice president of marketing. “This award honors some of the best work of our end users. It gets harder each year to select a winner, because there are so many excellent Chyron designers out there!”
Previous winners include Zack Millican (NAB 2023) an in-demand sports graphics freelancer, Perry Littman (IBC 2023) graphics operator at MOOV, Ltd., Kyle Taragowski (NAB 2024) for his work with Academy of Lower Thirds for CPAC-Canada, and Tom Gray (IBC 2024) graphics implementation specialist at MOOV, Ltd.
“TV graphics are constantly evolving, and with creative departments and production companies becoming more demanding and ambitious with how they want graphics to animate and what information to display, Chyron Prime has all the tools I need to recreate their designs with the polish and flexibility expected in today’s broadcasts,” states 2024 Chyron Designer of the Year winner Tom Gray.
Anyone is eligible to enter by submitting four or more broadcast quality scenes, created with Chyron PRIME. The scenes must include animations, and the use of data integration, base scenes, style sheets and playout control panels is encouraged. Tom Gray’s winning show reel may be seen here. The deadline for entries is March 20, 2025. Designers may submit work created specifically for this competition, or may submit work created for a customer or employer, with their permission.
To apply, visit https://info.chyronhego.com/2025-designer-of-the-year.
About Chyron
Founded in 1966, Chyron pioneered digital broadcast titling and graphics systems. With a strong foundation built on almost 60 years of innovation and efficiency, the name Chyron is synonymous with broadcast graphics and the company is known for innovative technology. Today, Chyron offers the industry’s most comprehensive software portfolio for live production professionals. The PRIME Platform encompasses CG graphics, production switching, touchscreen, video walls, venue control and more. A diverse range of storytelling tools, including Paint for illustrated replay, Virtual Placement for virtual field markers for sports, and NewsTicker for ticker data management and display, as well as other offerings, round out the Chyron product portfolio. The award-winning Chyron LIVE brings many of these functionalities into a single cloud-based interface. Chyron is used by many of the biggest names in broadcast and Chyron products are increasingly deployed to empower OTA and OTT workflows. Chyron helps broadcasters and content owners deliver richer, more immersive experiences for audiences and sports fans at home, on the go, or in the arena.
More information is available at www.chyron.com.