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On-screen graphics for Sports events are delivered in various ways but have one thing in common – Viz Engine drives the high-quality animations. Broadcasters and specialized graphic production companies have the possibility to design the animations using Viz Artist, render them on Viz Engine and control them with a customized user interface for each sport, using Vizrt’s various API including the new Client Side Library.

Another option is also widely used. The Viz Artist and Viz Engine are still very much at the core of the system but increasingly Viz Trio, the flexible CG interface from Vizrt, is becoming the standard user interface for graphics operators, either in the OB vans or in the control rooms. By adopting this off-the-shelf approach, sports producers need only concern themselves with the overall design and production of the templates, without the need for a tailor-made interface for every sport, and benefits from all of Viz Trio expansions and new features. Very advanced templates can also be designed using Vizrt’s Viz Template Wizard and used within Viz Trio for the most demanding graphic’s logic.

By using Vizrt as a core for live sports graphics, graphic elements can be automatically be shared with other programs, such as evening news or other sports shows. In each program, the graphics can be re-branded using specific style templates with new colors and animations, while the content will automatically be inserted, without any manual operation.

Vizrt’s Viz Trio can also integrate with other Vizrt solutions to give functionalities far beyond those of regular CG. For example, the combination with Viz Video Hub, Vizrt’s Media Asset Management in a box, allows producers to insert highlight video clips, replay or teasers as part of the live graphics during the event.

The whole range of Vizrt products stands behind producers and operators to match the pace of the event and add tension and emotion in real time.