ABC Sports Calls On Chyron Graphics Systems for 'Monday Night Football'.

Business Editors/Interactive & Multimedia Writers

MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2000

The 2000 season of NFL "Monday Night Football" on ABC now features players from Chyron Graphics, a subsidiary of Chyron Corporation (NYSE: CHY), in the on-air graphics suite.

Both their new Chyron Duet(R) video platform and Chyron Lyric(R) creation and playback graphics package have been integral to a fresh look for the weekly, high-profile sporting event.

"The Chyron systems have upgraded the look of the show dramatically, from top to bottom," says Drew Esocoff, Director of "Monday Night Football". "The Duet video graphics engine, coupled with Lyric software, has established a more contemporary, elegant feel that stands out from the traditional sports show."

In the pressure-packed live conditions, the MNF crew has come to appreciate the Duet's powerful capabilities, which have enabled innovations like interviews that appear on-screen with the action in simple-to-execute "video regions". "We can feed the video into the Duet, size it, then marry it to a text graphic and feed it back as a key signal to create a nice, tidy package," Esocoff says. "The text and video become one graphic to us, which simplifies things and frees us up considerably."

A fully open-system platform, Duet merges Chyron components with Windows NT(R) for high reliability, performance and compatibility. Additionally, the Chyron video graphics engine (VGE), an object-oriented 2D/3D graphics processing system, will bring ABC Sports a host of creative options.

Lyric is the Windows NT software application that is at the heart of Chyron's Duet video platform. In combination with Duet, Lyric has established a new standard in affordable 2D graphics and real-time 3D animation for broadcast-quality applications. The just-released Lyric 2.0 includes a number of valuable new features, including Internal Clip Player, Video Regions, Flipbook, and Type On/Slow Reveal.

With Chyron systems now on the team, "Monday Night Football" looks better than ever, increasing on-air graphics efficiency so its director can keep his eyes on the game. "Duet and Lyric are very user-friendly systems, capable of high-concept graphics and animation that can be done relatively quickly,"

Drew Esocoff concludes. "The looks for 'Monday Night Football' are constantly improving, and Chyron's been a big part of making that happen."

Chyron Corporation through its Chyron Graphics and Pro-Bel divisions has established itself as the worldwide leader in the innovation and development of integrated broadcast graphic systems and distribution systems, including products that meet the demands of digital and high-definition television.

Chyron Graphics division provides a broad range of leading-edge hardware and software products, including paint and animation systems, character generators and digital graphics systems, along with stillstore and clipstore packages. Pro-Bel manufactures products and systems for broadcast routing, distribution, transmission and automation.

The company is also very involved in new media products for internet-related markets.

For more information about Chyron products and services, please visit the Company website at http://www.chyron.com or contact Chyron Corporation, 5 Hub Drive, Melville, NY 11747. TEL: [phone]; FAX [phone]; EMAIL: [e-mail].

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