Carlsbad, CA:

The Social Media solution from Graphics Outfitters, TweetTick™ integrates social networking seamlessly into any television broadcast or stream. 

With a simplified Windows 7 interface and HD real-time renderer, TweetTick is easy to use for on-air display of popular social media feeds including Twitter, Facebook and Google+.

TweetTick is a state-of-the-art rack-mount system with 1080i/720p outputs, and local or remote user access over IP. Full featured, user-friendly software is included at no extra cost.

More and more viewers today tweet while watching live TV than ever before. Did you know the top 10 most popular network “social shows” had marked increases in gross ratings points? Join the social media revelation today with TweetTick!

The Phoenix Suns & the Golden State Warriors have just completed an NBA season using Graphics Outfitters Dueo 2 portable systems.  Bob Adlhoch, Broadcast Producer/Director for the Suns commented on Graphics Outfitters' service and support:

“I have rented a portable Duet from Graphics Outfitters for the past 4 seasons and couldn’t be happier.  Besides the machines being lightning fast and very reasonably priced, we save at least an hour each day in production time by not having to make a disk copy to the truck Duet.  We plug it in and it’s ready to go.  Not having to make a “copy list” during the day of pages or image files that need to be copied back at the end of the night saves time and ensures that if you had it one night, you’ll have it the next.

The customer service provided by Graphics Outfitters is second to none.  On the rare occasions we have needed technical support, GO staff was always available and able to talk our operators through the solutions.  As producers, we go to such great lengths to ensure the consistent quality of our broadcasts.  Traveling my own Duet from Graphics Outfitters has become a necessity for me and the Phoenix Suns.”

Along with national broadcasts and NBA TV, the Suns can be seen in their markets on Fox Sports Arizona and KUTP-TV Channel 45.

The Golden State Warriors finished the 2010-2011 season with considerable gains over last season, as well as a new logo, new ownership, and a new website.  Comcast SportNet Bay Area Warriors coverage included 81 live games and Comcast Digital Cable ON DEMAND.

Carlsbad, CA: Graphics Outfitters is excited to present Score OCR for Clock Cam character recognizing. This OCR program is able to translate a Clock Cam feed to serial numbers within a 1/10th of a second with little margin of error.

With Score OCR, you will no longer need to squeeze down a clock feed camera to show non-serial scoreboard feeds. This application is completely compatiable with a variety existing render engines and is the perfect solution for timing and scoring at the high school and college broadcasts. Video trucks and the TV industry have been looking for this solution for years, and Graphics Outfitters has the answer.

We have also created solutions to bring your scoring information and ship it anywhere. We have worked hard to bring it to existing interfaces and we have also created a way to send it as normal Daktronics Serial Feed as well. We want to bring Score OCR to your application rather than you having to change anything to bring Score OCR to you. 

We have already shipped several Score OCR packages and lots of beta testing is already in place and coming back with great results. We have integrated solutions that includes the system as well as stand-alone board and software packages. Contact us for more information. Check out our PDF to read a little more on our product.

New Orleans, LA:  Graphics Outfitters introduced it's latest product developments today at the Alliance Productions annual meeting in New Orleans with the addition of SketchHD.  SketchHD is a multi-format HD/SD switchable Telestration system that provides a simplified operator interface that is similar to the industry standard Codi Sketchpad™.

SketchHD is a touchscreen menu driven  telestration application providing rapid operator familiarization and workflow integration due to it's simplified user interface that operators of legacy analog systems are accustomed with.   SketchHD supports most common broadcast formats and frame rates in both 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios.  SketchHD provides both fill and key outputs, in association with preview w/overlay to the remote touchscreen/operator  location.

SketchHD is based on "open profiles" employing  Video I/O and industry standard hardware profiles.  This provides SketchHD the ability to run alternate applications as the remote production workflow requires by simply transferring software enabling devices.  These standard hardware profiles allows the SketchHD platform to run other application such as Chyron Lyric™ and Ventuz™ based FoxBox applications in case of remote on-site dedicated system hardware failures.   Thus providing piece of mind to Network Operators, Remote
Production Companies, and crew that on-site mission critical graphics systems can employ the SketchHD system for emergency backup situations.

Graphics Outfitters National Sales Manager Rich Foley commented "We are pleased with the performance and simplified user interface provided by SkechHD.  We want to thank those companies and individuals who collaborated with Graphics Outfitters on this endeavor to this unique multi-use platform".

Los Angeles / Hamburg: Fox Networks Operations & Engineering (NE&O) has selected the Ventuz Technology Group as their designated 3D software graphics rendering engine for their Next Generation FoxBox project. This is the software that drives all live sporting event clock and score graphics for Fox Sports Net (FSN) nationwide broadcasting of all major sports leagues and events.

Ventuz Technology Group is now part of NE&O´s multi-phase initiative to upgrade their portable and fixed remote on-air graphic systems to real-time 3D. Upon completion of the roll-out to FSN´s regional networks, which includes over a dozen regional offices throughout the country, production clients will benefit from enhanced visual graphics and seamless workflow for displaying informational content.

By choosing VENTUZ to power the new FoxBox on-air graphics system, NE&O once again proves they are an early adopter, not following the mainstream. The main reason for selecting VENTUZ was based on their continued need to develop solutions on open and scalable platforms. VENTUZ provides the ability to offer the newest technology as well as their unique open platform concept and simple licensing. VENTUZ´s licensing model doesn´t contain any add-ons or extra modules that need to be purchased separately. This allows customers such as Fox to provide full-featured solutions for a variety of broadcast environments.

"The VENTUZ software solution not only enables us to implement cutting edge technology in record-breaking time of less then 2 months, it also ensures that we build our customized 3D graphics applications on a real-time software based graphics engine that´s open and flexible for our needs." says Steve Simonian, Vice President Software for FOX NE&O and Project Manager for the FoxBox project.  

"VENTUZ allows us to deploy cost effective solutions as well as react faster to changing demands of live broadcasts. For example, the VENTUZ software allows us to easily integrate 3D models from other graphics applications which are extremely helpful for streamlining the overall production workflow. Also, with VENTUZ, we are able to quickly develop any type of on-screen graphic we require, for any type of sport or live event."

Carlsbad, CA: Graphics Outfitters today announced that Mobile Production Services, a mobile television production company based in Columbus, OH, has installed Graphics Outfitters SDX Standard Definition graphics platform in its new MU4, a 53-foot expandable SD production center.

Mobile Production Serivces produces hundreds of live sports events each year, including broadcasts for Fox Sports Network, CBS College Sports, ESPN and other local and regional sporting and non-sporting events.

SDX is Graphics Outfitters flagship Standard Definition Broadcast Graphics computing platform which can be configured in multiple configurations allowing a single platform to be reused for multiple software applications within the production workflow.  This flexibility increases ROI, and decreases the physical space requirements within the confines of the remote production environment.  Possible applications include playout of Broadcast Graphics, Timing and Scoring, and Telestration.

Graphics Outfitters National Sales Manager Richard Foley commented. "We appreciate the confidence and working relationship afforded between Graphics Outfiters and  Mobile Production Serivces.  Mobile Production Services has a reputation in the industry of providing cost-effetive high-quality event production services, and we welcome the opportunity to integrate our fault tolerant Graphics Hardware into their remote production workflow"

Graphics Outfitters is a technology independent developer, designer, and integrator of diverse technolgies and methodologies for "real-time" resolution independent broadcast and presentation display technologies.  Graphics Outfitters also provides graphics display rental systems, as well as complete turn-key design, and playout solutions to the broadcast and event marketplace.  We are a customer centric solutions provider employing best-of-class technology integrators, designers, and management.  For more information  graphicsoutfitters.com

Carlsbad, CA: Graphics Outfitters has today announced that Crosscreek Television, a nationwide provider of outsourced teleproduction services critical to the delivery of live sports and entertainment events, has installed Graphics Outfitters  HDX2,  HD/SD-switchable computing platform on it's new flagship Voyage 9HD (V9HD) High Definition Production Truck.  

The HDX2 system allows Crosscreek to provide graphics creation and playout services employing third party applications.  The HDX2 systems provide flexible hardware profiles to enable compliance with multiple third-party applications, and hybird configurations. Graphics Outfitters also provides internally generated graphics applications that enhance the production workflow experience in demanding remote environments.

John Peers, Crosscreek Television Productions  Vice-President of Engineering opined, "We selected the HDX2 HyperX2™ compliant system from Graphics Outfitters for V9HD with confidence, due to their outstanding service record with Crosscreek. Graphics Outfitters understands the demanding time constraints of our industry, and history has shown their ability to provide rapid responses to our technical queries and replacement parts requirements."

Richard Foley, Graphics Outfitters National Sales manager added "We are proud to be associated with Crosscreek TV, we have a long time-tested working relationship with the management, employees, and friends of this great organization. God Bless them all."

Graphics Outfitters is a technology independent developer, designer, and integrator of diverse technolgies and methodologies for "real-time" resolution independent broadcast and presentation display technologies.  Graphics Outfitters also provides graphics display rental systems, as well as complete turn-key design, and playout solutions to the broadcast and event marketplace.  We are a customer centric solutions provider employing best-of-class technology inhibitors, designers, and management.  For more information about Graphics Outfitters products and services, please visit the company website at graphicsoutfitters.com