Chyron Graphics and Video Design Software Team Up to Debut a New Real-Time Graphic Design for ROBTv.

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LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2001

Booth L12300, NAB-- The Duet video platform from Chyron Graphics, a division of Chyron Corporation (NYSE: CHY), is an integral element in the redesign for Canada's only all-business specialty channel, Report on Business TV (ROBTv). The new on-air presentation now incorporates real-time display of stock tickers and full-page graphs and charts, as part of a major renovation by ROBTv geared towards meeting the needs of the Canadian professional financial community.

Chyron partnered with Video Design Software (VDS), a leading developer of broadcast automation software, to create the powerful new application. "The system developed for ROBTv is a benchmark with its high level of automation and accuracy in a real-time graphics environment," says Phil Carmichael, Graphics Product Manager for Chyron Graphics. "The Duet(R), combined with the strength of VDS' applications, demonstrated the power, efficiency and flexibility that is making it an ideal solution for a growing number of broadcast environments."

Employing the Windows(R) NT operating system for an unmatched combination of reliability, performance and compatibility, Duet allowed Chyron and VDS to create a presentation specifically tailored to the needs of ROBTv viewers. The custom-designed suite of graphic applications interfaces with the financial information data feed and the ROBTv broadcast systems. Real-time Toronto Stock Exchange trade information is displayed as an upper crawl and real-time NYSE and delayed NASDAQ trade information as a lower crawl. "Hot" displays of financial data are also automatically generated, including current stock prices, changes, trade volume and other market information from the Toronto Stock Exchange, Dow, NYSE, NASDAQ and other indices.

VDS specified and installed Chyron Duet video graphics systems for ROBTv's operation. One Duet is generating the two ticker crawls as well as the VDS HotBugs displays on the side of the screen. The VDS Graphics Engine Application operates on that Duet in conjunction with second VDS server application, which retrieves and parses the financial data.

A second Duet, combined with VDS' HotBoard product, enables ROBTv's engineers to automatically display a full-page graphic of real-time data of various stock and company information coming in through the data feed. The system marks the first time ROBTv viewers will have a visual representation of real-time data in a full-screen format, with the ability to view comparisons of multiple companies' data.

Chyron Duet and VDS software also power another automated suite of applications to chart and graph a company's intraday, weekly, monthly and annual financial data in real-time.

Report on Business Television is received by close to 3.5 million Canadian households through cable, direct-to-home satellite and wireless services. The network's estimated weekly reach is 4.3 million.

Chyron Corporation (NYSE:CHY) is a world leader in the development and delivery of products and services in the media casting market -- an area which delivers media to consumers that includes high definition TV, standard definition TV, interactive TV or any form of broadband. The Company provides broadcast graphics, high bandwidth and multi media signals, streaming media technology and content management. Chyron is the only global company with 30 years of expertise and technology to provide the services and solutions for streaming media, interactive television, enabling the highest quality experience to be delivered to consumers.

Chyron Corporation's existing customer base is comprised of nearly all television stations and TV networks throughout Europe and North America. With offices in the U.K., France, Hong Kong and U.S., and a client list that includes the world's leading broadcasters, Chyron has been providing the owners of content with value-added products and services for over 30 years. More information on Chyron can be found at www.chyron.com.

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].

Video Design Software, with its Graphics and Interactive Divisions and its partner company, Video Design Systems, are the leading developers of custom software and systems for the automated control of broadcast television systems with an emphasis on graphics-related operations and video-to-computer networks. With offices in New York and Toronto, VDS has developed software products for custom applications, as well as for commercial resale to multiple customers for elections, stock market and financial interfaces, sports and racing statistics and data, cable and broadcast channel database interfaces, graphics localization and Web interfaces.

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