Eliminate Third-Party Replay Servers, Elevate Sports Storytelling, and Expand Virtual Capabilities
MELVILLE, N.Y. – September 5, 2024 – Chyron today announced two significant updates to its sports analysis portfolio: PAINT 9.8 and Virtual Placement 7.6. These new versions bring a suite of powerful features designed to elevate live sports production with replay, telestration, and dynamic virtual graphics.
With the latest 9.8 release of PAINT, Chyron’s illustrated replay solution, sports broadcasters can drive high-end replay playout and telestration from a single system. PAINT’s new standalone playlist management toolset allows operators to create and manage up to nine playlists, for seamless clip playback during live broadcasts, making it ideal for quickly assembling highlight packages and replays on the fly. Additionally, the updated workflow maintains simple telestration operations, with live and editable clip assets that operators can modify on-the-fly with ease.
The release also introduces an enhanced built-in graphics package with modernized graphic assets, intuitive tools for quickly customizing illustrations to match team branding, and useful new analysis tools such as the pass counter and line distance calculator – resulting in a polished and professional on-screen appearance.
“PAINT 9.8 is a game-changer in how producers handle replay and telestration during live production” said Andreas Olsson, Product Manager at Chyron. “The ability to drive illustrated replay playlists entirely from within PAINT eliminates the requirement for a third-party replay server with a dedicated operator. Our team is making professional telestration and analysis far more accessible to the sports broadcast market with this exciting new functionality.”
Building on this momentum, the Virtual Placement 7.6 release showcases Chyron’s continued dedication to advancing virtual graphics technology. This update specifically enhances optical tracking and calibration, making it even more effective for American football broadcasts. With improved optical tracking and calibration, particularly for NFL and NCAA fields, the update delivers greater precision, ensuring accurate calibration even in challenging conditions like thin field lines or varying lighting.
Another notable feature is the red zone tool, specifically designed for professional football that highlights the red zone to offer viewers real-time visual cues throughout the game. Virtual Placement 7.6 also improves the down and distance feature, with enhanced play clock integration and the ability to display play clocks in 3D. This upgrade provides greater flexibility in animating and positioning graphics, ensuring that crucial game information remains prominently visible at all times.
By integrating the capabilities of PAINT 9.8 and Virtual Placement 7.6, broadcasters gain the tools to deliver live sports coverage that is dynamic and visually stunning. These solutions work in harmony to provide audiences with an enriched viewing experience, capturing every detail of the game through advanced graphics, replays, and telestration that elevates storytelling and sustains viewer engagement. Utilizing both Chyron solutions together, broadcasters can redefine the standard for live sports coverage, delivering an unmatched level of immersion and visual quality for their audiences.
About Chyron
Founded in 1966, Chyron pioneered digital broadcast titling and graphics systems. With a strong foundation built on over 50 years of innovation and efficiency, the name Chyron is synonymous with broadcast graphics. 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.
Chyron is a brand of ChyronHego, headquartered in New York with operations in 11 countries. Privately held, and thus free from the volatility of short-term shareholder expectations, ChyronHego’s majority shareholder is Apollo Management, a leader in the growth of top technology companies. More information is available at www.chyron.com.
