Vizrt

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vizrt

Type	Public
Genre	Broadcasting
Founded	2000
Headquarters	Bergen, Norway
Industry	Broadcast
Revenue	64.3M US$ (2006) 63% compared to 2005
Operating income	11.8M US$ (2006) 98% compared to 2005 (18.35% operating margin)
Net income	11.6M US$ (2006) 92% compared to 2005 (18.04% profit margin)
Employees	274 (2006) 67% compared to 2005
Website	www.vizrt.com

Vizrt (OSE: VIZ) is a software company that provides a range of solutions for TV stations and other high-end graphics applications.

1 Products
2 International representation
3 Mergers and acquisitions
4 Customers
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Products

The heart of Vizrt's software is Viz- an OpenGl based real-time 3D graphic engine, along with a node-based editing environment. The Viz|Engine renderer is a TCP/IP server. It uses TCP sockets to receive and send ASCII strings. These ASCII strings are commands that creates and controls the graphics. Viz|Engine support an open architecture, uses DLL extensions (Plugins), and is shipped with an SDK. Viz|Engine outputs an RGB (24 bit) and a key channel (8 bit) SD signals (non compressed) at NTSC, HD 1080i/720p, PAL or any other video format.

Other than the real-time graphics-editing environment and the rendering engine, several products use the tcp interface to send commands to Viz|Engine in a runtime environment. These are mainly template graphics driven products that populate many master-control rooms and reporter desks around the world. Viz|Trio Is a 'CG-Like' front-end that trigger and control graphics scenes in a live situation. Viz|Content Pilot is a template-driven-interface for reporters. With Viz|Content Pilot, reporters are inserting their stories into the station's play list. These stories air with Viz|Trio play list or Viz|Content Pilot play list. Viz|Media Sequencer is a BG application that schedules messages between many clients (Viz|Trio, Viz|Content Pilot, etc...) and Viz|Engines. Viz|Virtual Studio is used to connect multiple cameras to the computer - send the pan/tilt/zoom/focus and XYZ locations per frame, and Hocus Pocus - you can composite a virtual environment with live action over blue screen.

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[edit] International representation

Countries where vizrt has offices:

Norway
Israel
Austria
Sweden
UK
USA
Japan
Hong Kong
China
Uruguay
Australia
Germany
France
Spain
Switzerland
UAE
Taiwan
Thailand
Romania
Singapore

[edit] Mergers and acquisitions

1999: Pilot Broadcast Systems AS and Peak Software Technologies GmbH are merging to form one company, Peak Broadcast Systems on September 29, 1999
2000: vizrt is formed by the merger of RT-SET with Peak Broadcast Systems on July 4, 2000

2005: Vizrt acquired Curious Software at the 1'st of June 2005 - The makers of Curious World Maps (CWM) and Curious Map Animator. CWM is a GIS application that generate high quality map rendering (stills and clips) as well as output high resolution terrain mesh in a variety of formats (VRML, OBJ...)

2005: Vizrt to Acquire 19% of Adactus Ltd. on the September 13, 2005

2006: Vizrt acquired Ardendo at the 26'th of April 2006 - Ardendo is a software company focusing on complete Media Asset Management solutions for the Broadcast Industry.

The company is traded publicly at Frankfurt Stock Exchange and at Oslo Stock Exchange. Its headquarter offices are in Bergen, Norway.

[edit] Customers

The BBC, CBS, CNN, ITN, NHK, Sky News and SVT are among the many well respected television news networks that as of 2007 use Vizrt's software^[1] ^[2].