The Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL), one of the world’s largest sports organizations, has signed a new four-year contract with ChyronHego to use the company’s TRACAB image-based tracking system for Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 matches, ChyronHego announced today. Installed in all 35 DFL arenas, TRACAB will collect real-time ball and player-tracking data to provide insight for the […]
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Dae Yung Choe Joins ChyronHego
Dae Yung Choe has joined ChyronHego as VP of sales, Asia Pacific, and will be responsible for the company’s sales, marketing and business operations initiatives in the region, ChyronHego announced today. Before joining ChyronHego, he spent more than nine years as VP, Asia Pacific/Oceania for Ross Video Ltd. More information is available on the ChyronHego […]
M&A, Strategic Investment, Collaboration Abound at IBC 2016
IBC 2016 has seen the announcement of several interesting investments, acquisitions and strategic partnerships by vendors eager to improve their existing offerings, attack new markets or do a little of both. Among the announcements:
Neil Foster Joins ChyronHego As COO-CFO
Neil Foster has been appointed COO and CFO of ChyronHego, the company announced Tuesday. Foster has more than 25 years of executive experience in a variety of roles at several media, technology and entertainment companies. Most recently, he was EVP, operations, at Take-Two Interactive Software. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Chartered […]
ChyronHego Buys Sound & Video Creations
ChyronHego said Thursday that it has acquired Sound & Video Creations Inc., a Nashville-based developer of digital content management and delivery solutions for sports stadium presentations and broadcasts. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Sound & Video Creations has developed the ClickEffects family of products, including CrossFire, Blaze, BackDraft and ProAudio, which are used […]
New Omega Live Truck Combines HD, 4K Capabilities
Omega Broadcast Group, a sales, equipment rental and production service provider in Austin, Texas, like most broadcasters and other TV professionals, is well aware that today is a time of transition between the well-established, dominant format of HD and the up-and-coming format of 4K. So when the company decided to build its new 40-foot live production […]
French Meteorological Institute Chooses Metacast
Météo-France, the French national meteorological and climatological institute, will replace a proprietary weather graphics generator with ’s Metacast weather graphics solution, the company announced this week. The system will be used to generate weather graphics for Météo-France’s own media channels. Over the past two years, the weather institute has made large investments in its own […]
ChyronHego Buys VidiGo
ChyronHego has acquired VidiGo, a first step in positioning the company to take a leadership role in the broadcast industry’s transition to IT, ChyronHego president and CEO Johan Apel said today. Financial details of the transaction were not immediately available. VidiGo, an Amsterdam-based company, creates software for live broadcast production workflows that leverage IT tools. […]
Media General Deploys ChyronHego Tools
Media General has adopted a suite of ChyronHego graphics creation and workflow tools to drive graphics content creation for 15 of its television stations. Media General has deployed ChyronHego’s BlueNet, Mosaic, CAMIO, and Axis World Graphics systems at its MGFX centralized graphics hub in Richmond, Va. The ChyronHego products will give the production control room […]
Vector Capital to Acquire ChyronHego
ChyronHego has entered into a definitive merger agreement with affiliates of private equity firm Vector Capital under which a Vector affiliate will acquire all outstanding shares of ChyronHego common stock for $2.82 per share in cash. The ChyronHego board has unanimously approved the agreement and recommended ChyronHego stockholders approve the transaction. The purchase price represents […]