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Vizrt announces that Sakshi TV, a news channel based in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, has based its live weather graphics operation entirely upon a Vizrt workflow. Sakshi TV, which is owned by Jagati Publications, is a HDTV channel launched on March 1, 2009 to serve the needs of people in the Andhra Pradesh region of India.

CNN Chile, the country's leading pay television news network, selected PopUp TV, a Santiago-based expert in interactive applications for television and channel branding, to design and implement its election graphics and to refresh the channel's overall branding.

Vizrt, a leading provider of content production tools for the digital media industry, today announced that Norway's main commercial television network, TV2, has placed a USD 1 million order for Vizrt's video clip management system, Viz VideoHub.

Plazamedia is not an average production house. With a long list of first-class outdoor, studio, and sports productions created for customers around the world, the Munich-based company is also well known for using its Open Houses as sneak previews for the most exciting developments in the industry.

Vizrt announces that Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), a leading public broadcaster in Munich, Germany, is producing live, realtime 3D maps and geographic animations using a variety of Vizrt software. BR presents the graphics with an interactive touchscreen display during educational television and possibly in prospective sporting programs.

Vizrt announces the introduction of the upgraded Version 2.0 of its Viz Video Hub plug-and-play asset management (MAM) system. Among other significant enhancements, Version 2.0 provides extended support for archiving through a Tape Robot feature. The Tape Robot support enables broadcasters to archive huge amounts of video assets directly within Viz Video Hub. And it can serve as a long-term storage solution because the Tape Robot hardware exchanges outdated tapes automatically.

To serve our Filipino clients with the speed and precision they deserve, November 2nd, Vizrt opened a new office in Manila, Philippines.

24 Media, producers of Greece’s largest online network, has chosen Escenic’s Content Engine to manage their content. Located in Athens, Greece, 24 Media produces news, sports statistics and multimedia content for 24 Media sites such as www.sport24.gr & www.contra.gr, as well as all of Greece’s major mobile and SMS news services, and various third party sites.

Vizrt’s Viz Engine 3.3 once again powered graphics within a one-operator system developed by Berlin-based netventure for the HD production of the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour 2009. The Red Bull XFighter series is one of the largest freestyle motocross contests. This year’s series made five stops around the globe, beginning in Mexico, moving on to Canada and the US and ending in London. All of the Red Bull X-Fighter series broadcasts were produced in HD and seen live on the ESPN Network in the U.S. The tour began in late March and concluded on August 22 in London.