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ChyronHego Releases PRIME Graphics 3.6
CHYRONHEGO HAS INTRODUCED PRIME Graphics 3.6, the newest version of the company’s platform for real-time graphics authoring and playout. PRIME Graphics users now can run an instance of LyricX on the PRIME platform, with both design and control of LyricX messages remaining within the familiar LyricX interface. The platform can simultaneously play out a single LyricX channel along with PRIME channels, or it can dedicate all channels to either PRIME or LyricX playout. With backwards compatibility for existing LyricX messages, LyricX Mode allows broadcasters to future-proof their production capabilities with minimal workflow impacts. Now with best-of-breed camera-tracking data support, PRIME’s familiar real-time graphics workflow extends to augmented reality graphics design and playout. Broadcasters working with PRIME 3.6 can entertain and inform viewers with immersive, data-driven 3D graphics for sports, entertainment, elections, and news studio productions in 4K or HDR. PRIME AR’s powerful data binding to scene elements ensures that designers can easily create and visualize data as real-time events unfold. Fully integrated with CAMIO, ChyronHego’s MOS-driven, template-based graphic asset management solution, PRIME AR allows producers and journalists to browse, fulfill, and
preview predefined templates for augmented reality graphics directly from the familiar newsroom system - just as they would for video walls, lower thirds, and more. Designed to improve workflow efficiency, PRIME’s Style Sheets functionality allows users to tag objects and then set up logic statements that trigger the application of a certain property value, such as colour. Taking advantage of Style Sheets streamlines workflows by allowing designers to quickly change the look of some or all objects in a scene to match team colours, eventspecific branding, and more. PRIME Graphics 3.6 allows users to build if/then conditions as part of a Logic Effect that may be applied to any object in a scene. With the ability to reuse conditions and apply them to multiple objects in a scene, or even different scenes, users can quickly build smart, logic-based templates. New easy-to-use visual guides for the spline editor in PRIME allow designers to adjust ease — the gradual rate at which animations start or stop — for complex 2D and 3D animations more quickly and with greater accuracy for even better-looking graphics. Visit www.chyronhego.com
Dalet Advances Mobility for News Operations Concern Over Newsroom Redundancies
DALET HAS ANNOUNCED usability improvements to its Dalet On-theGo mobile app for smartphones and tablets, boosting the collaborative experience between remote journalists and the newsroom with advanced content contribution and remote planning capabilities through a brand new, modern UI.
Advancements to the underlying Dalet Galaxy five news production and distribution platform bring remote editing features like cloud-based “edit while record” and support for modern open-source communications frameworks to accelerate secure content exchange across multisite and distributed newsrooms operations. Dalet Galaxy xCloud, the dedicated, cloud-hosted system managed by Dalet as a full SaaS service, also benefits from these enhancements and connects securely with users’ existing onpremises systems, supporting advanced workflows for remote editing and news production teams. Available from Apple’s App Store and Google Play, the latest release of Dalet On-the-Go connects journalists, reporters and chief editors to the newsroom enabling them to manage assignments, story development, review and approval, rundowns, planning, status and contact search, all remotely. Users can easily access their Dalet Galaxy five catalog of video, audio, scripts and wires. Advanced content contribution capabilities and templates let users record media and craft stories quickly mixing local media together with remote content stored within the Dalet Galaxy five system. Dalet’s smart upload features guard against connectivity issues, reconnecting to the upload exactly where it left off when necessary. A feature-rich teleprompter supports on-the-fly reporting while tickers, wires and chat messages keep staff connected to information and late-breaking news.
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Meanwhile, the SaaS-based Dalet Galaxy xCloud offering is a full-featured version of the latest Dalet Galaxy five platform that, hosted by Dalet, leverages the cloud to facilitate end-to-end, remote news production workflows. The core remote editing framework supports advanced proxy editing workflows, mixing of central and local content, with proxy content cached locally to eliminate disruptions due to limited bandwidth. Rendering is offloaded to the Dalet Galaxy xCloud system, optimising performance to break news faster.
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In addition to the rapid release of customer-centric features, Dalet Galaxy five’s new public API empowers news organisations to customise workflow capabilities and integrations, further optimizing specific operations and business opportunities. Visit www.dalet.com
THE MEDIA ENTERTAINMENT & ARTS ALLIANCE says it is concerned that Network 10 recent round of redundancies will strip newsrooms and deprive audiences of local news. The MEAA said the loss of jobs, particularly editorial positions, will limit the amount of essential news and information available to the communities the network is supposed to serve. The decision to cease weekday news bulletins from Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide and replace them with bulletins originating in Sydney and Melbourne shows enormous disrespect to viewers. MEAA Media acting director Adam Portelli said: “The end result of these cuts is that viewers will simply seek their news and information somewhere else. “When the network was taken over by ViacomCBS three years ago this month, it was hoped that Network 10 would finally enjoy stability and an injection of new ideas. Despite the best efforts of staff who have constantly struggled to do more with less, we are now seeing deep cuts that have cruelled the hard work done by so many loyal employees. “Concerningly, under the restructuring being introduced by management, we now have the prospect of sports journalists having to film their own news stories. That’s a slippery slope that presents a real danger for news presentation in Australia,” Portelli said. The MEAA says it will continue to support members at Network 10 during this restructuring. Visit www.meaa.org
News Analytics Tools from Google
GOOGLE HAS ANNOUNCED the launch of a new suite of free tools designed to help online news publishers simplify and better understand data to improve their overall digital strategy. The new tools include: News Tagging Guide (NTG) – allows users to make the most of Google Analytics by identifying the engagement metrics that matter for audience and revenue growth. NTG simplifies the technical implementation and unlocks new actionable insights. News Consumer Insights 2.0 (NCI) – allows users to identify reader funnel optimisation opportunities to increase profitability and build deeper relationships with readers. NCI gives users access to personalised insights and actionable recommendations based on the user’s Google Analytics data. Realtime Content Insights 2.0 (RCI) – Publishers can identify in real time which articles and videos are the most popular with their readers and what broader topics are trending in their region. RCI enables engaging data visualisation for the newsroom and is available for publishers using all versions of Google Analytics. Visit https://newsinitiative.withgoogle.com
