ChyronHego Powers TV4's New Studio
Sweden's TV4 has installed ChyronHego products to drive the newsroom and graphics workflow in its new studio, which is being used for all of TV4's sports and newscasts as well as its morning show. The ChyronHego installation enables a simple and efficient production process despite the amount of automation and complexity involved.
TV4 project manager Sjöfn Blöndal notes that the studio design and on-air graphics have a 'wow' factor meant to impress both audiences and advertisers, but the technology behind it is just as important. 'We rely heavily on automation,' she said. 'Finding a graphics solution that could handle that combination of factors without adding undue complexity was one of our biggest challenges.'
ChyronHego's BlueNet solution provides a complete graphics creation and playout system for the entire newsroom workflow, with CAMIO graphic asset management application as the back end. This drives not only the newscasts but also all of the screens and graphics playout for up to eight graphics channels.
Massive Video Wall
The centerpiece of the new studio is a massive 10-meter by 3-meter ultra-high-resolution video wall with a total resolution of 6144 by 1536 pixels. ChyronHego's solution runs natively on this large screen, a rare feat for graphics playout solutions.
The studio also features three large screens that can be configured to work independently or to move together and rotate to form a single canvas, allowing TV4 to present panoramic views. The ChyronHego solution can accommodate any of the configurations, treating the three separate screens as one when necessary.