Alliance Atlantis Turns to Chyron's DUET HyperX HD/SD to Add Power to Their Production; DUET(R) HyperX(R) HD/SD Selected for Real-Time Character Generation/Animation.

MELVILLE, N.Y. -- Alliance Atlantis Communications, Inc., a specialty broadcaster in the Canadian market and a distributor of major productions worldwide, has purchased a Chyron Duet(R) HyperX(R) HD/SD system to provide their productions with real-time character generation and animation. Duet HyperX HD/SD is the flagship product in Chyron's Duet Family of character generators, Duet HyperX HD/SD features up to two software-switchable HD/SD channels, one or both of which may integrate a compressed HD/SD clip player and powerful 3D creation and animation capabilities. This dual-channel capability is of particular interest to Alliance Atlantis.

"Alliance Atlantis works with many special cable-type channels in Canada akin to stateside channels such as TBS and HBO," says Shawn Kelly, Director of Studio Operations for Alliance Atlantis. "We were looking for a way to streamline our character generation capabilities for channels, including HGTV and Food Network Canada, and, after considerable research, the new HyperX was the hands-down choice. This system is software switchable between HD and SD, and works in real time, a capacity other systems claim, but we found, don't deliver. We are extremely happy with the HyperX."

Breakthrough engineering, coupled with Chyron's award-winning Lyric(R) CG and graphics application make the high-performance Duet HyperX the definitive choice for the most demanding studio and mobile live broadcast and production operations.

"Lyric CG has allowed us to build our question pages for that game show way in advance," Kelly states. "We have approximately 4,000 questions and Lyric CG has allowed us to build all those pages off line while we were doing the show on line. We are able to send graphics back and forth quite easily. We are very happy with the HyperX and happy with Chyron and the level of support that they give us. The next move for us is to go into HD production and broadcast and, with the HyperX, we are ready to roll."

About Chyron:

With unwavering clarity of vision, Chyron continues to define and dominate the world of broadcast graphics. Winner of numerous awards, including two Emmys, Chyron has proven itself as the undisputed leader in the industry. For more information about Chyron products and services, please visit the company web sites at www.chyron.com and www.chytv.com (OTC BB: CYRO).