Vizrt Gives Worldwide Broadcasters On-Demand Access to DigitalGlobe High-Resolution Earth Imagery
December 12 2011 - 8:30AM
Marketwired
DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of
high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today announced that Vizrt
(VIZ: NO) has launched a new online service enabling designers to
quickly find, preview, and add DigitalGlobe imagery into their
broadcast graphics packages using Vizrt's Viz World production
software. The subscription-based service, titled "DigitalGlobe
Online," is available now.
"We are approaching a point where having access to high-quality
satellite and aerial imagery in newscasting isn't a nice-to-have,
it's a must-have," said Håvard Myklebust, executive vice president
of marketing. "Using Viz World, design teams can now integrate the
highest quality, most up-to-date DigitalGlobe images for use in
their interactive, touch-screen graphics packages. Unlike other
solutions, this can include fresh imagery from high-risk regions
where it is either too difficult or too dangerous for journalists
to access on the ground."
Using the familiar and intuitive Viz World interface,
subscribers can quickly search the DigitalGlobe archive to find and
preview the imagery that best suits their needs. They can then
immediately begin using the imagery to create high-accuracy maps of
a region, adding dynamic touchscreen-based drawing tools and
controls that give on-air talent the freedom to move, resize,
highlight, and animate areas of the map.
In addition to using archived imagery, subscribers will also be
able to use newly captured imagery of crisis events taking place
worldwide. This allows production teams to consistently monitor
high-risk events as they unfold, then quickly begin using images
from before, during and after the crisis to maximize newscast
impact and accuracy.
"Providing on-demand access to our imagery through Viz World
gives broadcasters one more critical tool for transforming good
shows into must-see events," said Andrea Bersan, international vice
president at DigitalGlobe. "With direct access to the largest, most
consistently updated repository of high-resolution imagery
available today, production teams can be confident they are using
the latest imagery available, with worldwide coverage and maximum
accuracy."
About DigitalGlobe DigitalGlobe is a
leading global provider of commercial high-resolution earth imagery
products and services. Sourced from our own advanced satellite
constellation, our imagery solutions support a wide variety of uses
within defense and intelligence, civil agencies, mapping and
analysis, environmental monitoring, oil and gas exploration,
infrastructure management, Internet portals and navigation
technology. With our collection sources and comprehensive
ImageLibrary (containing more than one billion square kilometers of
earth imagery and imagery products) we offer a range of on- and
off-line products and services designed to enable customers to
easily access and integrate our imagery into their business
operations and applications. For more information, visit
www.digitalglobe.com.
About Vizrt Vizrt creates leading-edge
content production tools for the digital media industry -- from
award-winning 3D graphics & maps through integrated video
workflow solutions and online publishing tools. Vizrt's product
suite is used by the world's leading broadcasters, publishing
houses and telecom operators, including: CNN, CBS, Fox, BBC, Sky,
ITN, ZDF, SVT, Star TV, Network 18, TV Today, CCTV, NHK, The Globe
and Mail, The Telegraph, Welt Online, Etisalat and Telia
Sonera.
DigitalGlobe is a registered trademark of DigitalGlobe.
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