Vizrt,
the provider of IP-based, software-defined visual storytelling tools (SDVS)
for media content creators, has been rolling out software Solution Suites made
available exclusively through Flexible Access.
Fully
integrated with all major newsroom computer systems (NRCS), Vizrt Newsroom is designed
to take the complexity out of advanced visual storytelling.
The suite
features Vizrt's template-based, cross-platform newsroom content creation
system to create, manage, and deliver high volumes of stories with world-class
broadcast graphics.
Journalists
have access to everything they need to independently prepare, script, plan and
create, add graphics, video and stills, data visualisations and maps to their
stories from within the NRCS.
On the
launch of Vizrt Newsroom Daniel Nergard, President of Vizrt said, “The pace of
the news cycle has never been faster. Today’s journalists need to be able to
create on multiple output formats, often at the same time, in order to reach
and engage their audience.
“Vizrt
Newsroom reduces complexity from relatively advanced workflows of news content
production. By simplifying and giving easy access to a comprehensive set of
journalistic tools, storytellers can focus better on what matters most, telling
the story.”
Also new is Vizrt Production
Control, a solution for end-to-end software-based production, graphics,
control, and automation for daily news, live sports, and other live
productions.
Vizrt Production Control reimagines the
control room with a highly flexible and dynamic operating principle: that great
content can be made anywhere, at any time, by anyone.
Nergard said, “The software revolution has been
adopted at a slower pace inside the central core of the TV station – the
control room. This constrains storytellers from being as productive, effective,
and creative as they want to be.
“Vizrt Production Control changes that
reality. This comprehensive software-driven suite is both powerful and agile,
letting the storyteller choose how to deploy, where to produce from, and which
day-to-day tasks to automate.”
Vizrt Production Control can be deployed on
premises using commercial off-the-shelf hardware or virtualised in cloud
environments. Customers choose from three tiers of production control
capabilities and options to suit their specific requirements.
Producers can manage entire programmes from a
single solution that redefines the need for traditional control rooms.
Advanced Vizrt graphics creation and control is available for the
most demanding content enhancement through cutting-edge and real-time 3D
graphics, as well as data-driven elements.
Both Solution Suites are made available
exclusively via Flexible Access, which allows customers to adapt and scale
their production software up and down to meet rapidly-changing production needs
with annual or month-to-month payment plans.