Press Association Sport & VidiGo team up for sports graphics
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London (U.K) / Amsterdam, March 11th, 2010 - Press Association Sport, a leading sports information provider, and VidiGo, known for its revolutionary broadcast software products, have signed a partnership for the global distribution of Press Association Sports's content in combination with VidiGo Graphics.
The deal makes VidiGo Graphics the preferred broadcast graphics engine to power Press Association Sport's broadcast solutions and sports data. This software product is a unique solution that renders real-time Adobe Flash content including key and fill. Thanks to Boxer Systems, VidiGo's UK dealer, this broadcast graphic engine is now up and running at Press Association Sport.
Neil Chambers, Head of Broadcast Services at Press Association Sport said: "VidiGo Graphics is currently the world's only proven soultion that enables Adobe Flash to be used as graphical overlay in the broadcast industry. We have tested this software product thoroughly over the past two months and whilst traditional broadcast graphic systems are complex and relatively expensive, VidiGo's innovative set-up makes its extremely easy to create and control SD and HD broadcast graphics."
"And for is this partnership is a great deal. VidiGo launched VidiGo Graphics at IBC 2009 and we knew that this solutions would change the industry. The power of Flash and the authoring environments of Adobe are so stron that the idea of using this in the broadcast industry is actually so logical. The partnership with Press Association Sport shows that major players in the industry believe in our innovation", said Reinout Lempers, CCO of VidiGo.
Neil Chambers added: "The ease of use - not only for creating graphics but also for operating them - is amazing and will help to change the existing market, opening a lot of new opportunities along the way."
About Press Association Sport
Press Association Sport is a leading sports information provider, delivering content to a wide range of global customers across all media platforms and in different languages. Customers include newspapers, magazines, TV and Radio stations, websites, telecommunications companies and the betting industry. With its reputation for speed, accuracy and integrity Press Association Sport is also the data partner of choice for many sport federations and governing bodies.
Press Association Sport is based in the UK and has offices and representatives in Johannesburg, Melbourne, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Singapore, Hong Kong and Mumbai. Press Association Sport is owned by PA Group. Other PA Group companies include the Press Association, the national news agency of the UK and Ireland. For more information please visit www.pressassociation.com/sport.
About Boxer Systems
Boxer Systems has been working for almost 20 years in the Broadcast and Post-Production arenas supplying equipment and integrated systems to a range of industry leading clients based in the UK. For more information about us please browse the website or give us a call on 01582 466100.
About VidiGo
VidiGo is the world's leading developer of innovative and smart software for creating and managing broadcast quality TV content. VidiGo's products provide all components a television station needs - from ingest and asset management to live TV production and play-out. VidiGo's solutions are designed so that everyone - from the creative designer and technician to the producer - can plan, design and produce TV easily, quickly and cost-effectively. For more information please visit www.vidigo.tv or go here on our site.