For NAB Release

NAB, Las Vegas, Booth #SL3713 - April 14, 2008: Chyron (AMEX: CGS) has today announced that it is demonstrating its new Online portfolio of graphics at NAB 2008, on Booth SL3713. Following the acquisition of AXIS Graphics in January 2008, Chyron has fully integrated Online’s vast feature set, which includes AXISNews, FastMaps, FastQuotes, FastCharts and FastWX, with its sophisticated graphics portfolio. 

AXIS is the world's first online content creation system for broadcasters and new media providers. Combining existing on-air and online graphics packages with up-to-the-minute and relevant content, AXIS enables anyone with an Internet connection the ability to build broadcast quality news graphics, charts, quotes, maps and weather instantly.

AXIS is a SaaS (Software as a Service) software package operating over the Internet providing high-quality graphics for broadcast and web-based outlets.  Requiring no hardware or software, AXIS is designed for operational and technical simplicity and low operational cost.  The individual products provide solutions for MAP, Weather, News, Charts and Quotes with complementary resources, for ease of use and immediacy of operation.

The AXIS model is absolutely unique in that it gives users what they need; ease-of-use with relevant, current content, immediately.  Map data is constantly updates via the web: Journalists and producers have access to the latest breaking news images immediately via direct interface with news services.  AXIS requires no updates or costly administration, just connect online and use it!

AXIS provides the same level of sophisticated solutions for all visual media such as newspapers, radio websites and highly targeted local news outlets.

Chyron Online comprises a vast feature set including:
AXISNews: Allows directors and producers the ability to create graphics within seconds, directly for air.  Full screen and OTS high quality HD graphics are easily produced and yet fully customized to the stations look and feel.  AXISNews is the secret weapon of newspapers, radio stations, and web publications needing quick, accurate graphics for News, Corporate and Govenment applications.

FastMaps is the most powerful broadcast mapping resource available today.  Easily set up to use a station's existing on-air graphics package and look, FastMaps is the first online mapping system created specifically for television news producers.  No longer do producers need to wait hours for maps.  From street-level to international maps, anyone in a newsroom can create a map for air quickly and easily without compromising a station's look and feel, generated by the art department.

FastQuotes gives broadcasters, webcasters and anyone needing near real-time quotes the ability to build stunning high-quality stock market charts from HD to Web insert, instantly.  FastQuotes takes local, national and international business news to an entirely new level.  Connected directly to real-time market data, news producers, can create high quality local, national and international business segments with ease; immediately.

FastCharts allows reporters, producers, and directors the ability to quickly create stunning HD quality bar graphs and pie charts, using their own data with a web browser.  Regardless of requirements, spectacular stills and animations are literally a mouse click away.

FastWX completes the line for powerful Chyron Online integrated graphics tools.  Using real-time weather information from around the globe, FastWX allows producers to build the highest quality weather maps complete with Doppler Radar (where available) anywhere there is an Internet connection.  Using the same graphics packages as all the Chyron Online products, FastWX allows producers to build regional weather maps, five-day forecasts and much more.  As its name implies, FastWX is simply the fastest and simplest way to create high-quality weather inserts. 

"This announcement further highlights Chyron's consistent growth.  NAB sees the company deliver even more sophisticated and diverse products to the market, providing broadcasters with a wider toolset to create the best graphics for their programs, for any platform," commented Michael Wellesley-Welsey, Chyron CEO.

 

About Chyron
With over 40 years experience, Chyron continues to define and dominate the world of broadcast graphics with Web, Mobile, HD, 3D, and newsroom integration solutions.  Winner of numerous awards, including two Emmys, Chyron has proven itself as the undisputed leader in the industry with sophisticated graphics offerings that include Online, Chyron's AXIS Graphics online content creation software, HD/SD switchable on-air graphics systems, clip servers, channel branding and telestration systems, graphics asset management and XMP integration solutions, the award-winning WAPSTR mobile phone newsgathering application as well as digital signage.  For more information about Chyron products and services, please visit the company websites at www.chyron.com, www.chytv.com and www.axisgraphics.tv (AMEX: CGS).