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Vizrt, short for Visualization in Real-Time or Visual Artist, is a Norwegian company that creates content production, management and distribution tools for the digital media industry. Its products include applications that create real-time 3D graphics and maps, visualized sports analysis, media asset management and single workflow solutions for the digital broadcast industry. Vizrt has a customer base in more than 100 countries and some 600 employees distributed at 40 offices worldwide. Flagship products include the tools Viz Pilot and Viz One, aimed at news organizations and digital broadcasters. Intended users include journalists whose traditional role as a pure news-gatherer is extended to control the flow of their story from a single point. Vizrt products connect to newsroom control system like iNews, ENPS, Dalet, aQ Broadcast, Octopus, Annova Systems. Typical tasks that staff at a digital broadcaster or production house would perform with Vizrt tools include editing templates for graphics, locating and editing archived video content, building playlists for on-air use as well as distributing online content and the maintenance of official social media sites. The company typically provides entire deliveries that comprise software, hardware, consulting, installation and support. Its head office is situated in Bergen, Norway. Vizrt customers are typically broadcasters and publishing houses. These include: Network Ten, Television New Zealand, CNEB NEWS, Aljazeera, CNN, CBS, Fox, BBC, BSkyB, Sky Italia, Mediaset, ITN, N24, ZDF, Star TV, Network 18, SVT, TV Today, CCTV, NHK, antena3, GMA, Todo Noticias, 24 horas Chile, TVN.cl, ProSiebenSat.1 and Rede Bandeirantes de Rádio e Televisão. Other customers include the New York and London Stock Exchanges. Vizrt is a privately owned company by Nordic Capital Fund VIII. ==History== TV 2 Norway needed a solution for creating graphics in the newsroom for journalists. A spin-off company called Pilot Broadcast Systems AS was established in 1997 where the first template-based graphics system was created. In 1999, Norway-based Pilot Broadcast Systems AS merged with the Austrian company, Peak Software Technologies GmbH (founded by Christian Huber, Karl-Heinz Klotz and Hubert Oehm), to form Peak Broadcast Systems. Peak Software was a developer of software for real-time 3D graphics and animation, virtual sets and playback control systems. The business fusion Peak Broadcast Systems, could now offer software for real-time 3D graphics creation and virtual sets, together with playout control. The following year marked the formation of Vizrt when Peak Broadcast Systems merged with RT-SET (Real Time Synthesized Entertainment Technology) Ltd, an Israeli virtual studio system developer. RT-SET, founded in 1994, utilized flight simulation technology originally developed for the Israeli Air Force, transforming it to a virtual set and on-air graphics systems that could benefit the television broadcast industry. In 1999, RT-SET had an initial public offering on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, raising $48 million. The combined company continued to be listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (under ticker symbol VIZ), until 2009 when it delisted its shares. In 2005, the company acquired London-based Curious Software, developers of 2D and 3D animated maps for broadcast television, corporate presentations and online applications. The same year Vizrt listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange Later in 2005, Vizrt acquired 19 percent of Adactus AS, a Norwegian company specializing in the transportation of content to mobile phone platforms. Together, Vizrt and Adactus developed Viz 3G, a graphics motor for mobile telephones and other mobile devices. Based on Vizrt’s Viz Engine renderer and Adactus’ MPEG-21 standards-based multimedia delivery platform, it was the first integration of a graphics engine for mobile phone video viewing applications. Vizrt acquired the rest of the shares in the company in 2010. In 2006, Vizrt acquired Ardendo, a digital asset management company serving the television broadcast industry, based in Sweden.〔(acquired Ardendo )〕 In 2008, Vizrt acquired Escenic, a Norwegian developer of content management software for digital media publishing.〔(2008 )〕 Escenic technologies are used by many news media websites, including ''The Globe and Mail'', (Online ), ''The Telegraph'' and (Online ). In October 2010, Vizrt (formalized its strategic collaboration ) with (Hi-Tech Ltd. ), a developer of 2D to stereoscopic 3D video conversion software. Stergen develops 2D to 3D video conversion technologies for the TV sports market. In November 2010, Vizrt (entered into a terms sheet ) with Swiss company (AG ), a global leader in the field of virtual sports enhancements. Vizrt fully acquired LiberoVision in 2012. Liberovision was then rebranded to Viz Libero. The CEP of LiberoVision, Stephan Würmlin Stadler, was appointed EVP Sports, managing Vizrt's sports production tools. On November 13, 2013, Vizrt announced plans to sell its online production tools,〔(sell its online production tools )〕 formerly Escenic, to CCI of Denmark. As of January 7, 2014, Vizrt has (completed sale ) of 75.5 percent of Escenic's outstanding share capital. On the same day, November 13, 2013, Vizrt announced intentions to acquire Mosart Medialab from TV 2 Norway.〔(acquire Mosart Medialab )〕 The acquisition brought the Mosart control room automation system into the Vizrt product line. The systewm was renamed Viz Mosart and facilitated the creation of the Viz Opus control room in a box system. On 10 November 2014, the Company entered into a merger agreement with Nordic Capital. The Merger was approved by an extraordinary general meeting of the Company on 18 December 2014. On 19 March 2015, it was announced that all pre-closing conditions set out in the Merger Agreement had been fulfilled, and the Merger was subsequently consummated on 19 March 2015. The acquisition removed Vizrt from the Oslo stock exchange. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vizrt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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