Chyron Partners with Haivision to Deliver End-to-End Cloud-Based Live Sports Production
Haivision StreamHub and Chyron LIVE Provide Broadcasters with a Comprehensive Solution for Real-Time Encoding, Vision Mixing, Graphics, Replay, Decoding, and Distribution for Decentralized Production.
MELVILLE, N.Y. — November 21, 2024 — Chyron, a global leader in broadcast graphics and cloud-native production solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Haivision Systems Inc. (“Haivision”) (TSX: HAI), the world leader in live video contribution over any network. By integrating Haivision’s StreamHub receiver and decoder capabilities with the Chyron LIVE platform, the partnership empowers broadcasters and streamers with an expanded toolkit for producing dynamic, high-quality live content with ease, even from remote and decentralized production environments. This solution caters specifically to the needs of sports broadcasters, where speed, precision, and adaptability are essential to deliver real-time storytelling to fans across diverse viewing platforms.
The integration brings together two industry-leading technologies to meet the growing demand for scalable, cloud-driven production workflows. Chyron LIVE can now leverage Haivision’s award-winning StreamHub to receive, transcode, and distribute high-quality video feeds in real time, creating a streamlined complete production workflow that extends from field cameras to audience screens. Haivision StreamHub supports a full range of IP streaming protocols, including SRT, RTMP, NDI, and ST 2110, giving production teams the flexibility to seamlessly incorporate video feeds from various IP sources while maintaining broadcast-grade quality across the entire production pipeline.
“The integration of Haivision StreamHub and Chyron LIVE enables broadcasters to do more with less, while still meeting the high standards of live sports production,” said Kristy Weir, Chyron LIVE Product Manager. “We’re excited to partner with Haivision to bring our users an intuitive, scalable solution that not only enables them to manage real-time streams but also helps them deliver top-tier broadcasts that captivate audiences, no matter where they’re tuning in from.”
StreamHub is available for on-premise installation or cloud deployment via AWS, Azure, and other leading platforms, offering the agility to support a wide range of production environments. Chyron LIVE is accessible as a cloud native production environment on AWS Cloud. With StreamHub and Chyron LIVE, production teams can dynamically adjust capacity based on event-specific needs. With a range of licensing options, including pay-as-you-go cloud access, StreamHub and Chyron LIVE together offer a cost-effective solution ideal for live sports, news, and event-driven production.
Haivision Cloud Contribution
Haivision StreamHub offers a complete set of production management tools including a user-friendly web interface to monitor video sources, route feeds, and control field units in real time, with added functionality for remote PTZ (pan-tilt-zoom) camera control and multiviewer displays. Additionally, StreamHub’s built-in intercom and video return features enable teams to communicate seamlessly, ensuring a high degree of coordination across all levels of production.
Haivision’s StreamHub allows production teams to manage a wide variety of IP inputs as well as direct connectivity with Haivision’s award-winning Pro Series bonded cellular transmitters and the MoJoPro application for broadcast contribution from mobile devices.
Chyron Cloud Native Content Production
Chyron LIVE® offers a robust platform to cut and mix live sources, adjust audio levels across all feeds, fulfill and play broadcast-quality graphics templates, create unlimited multimedia playlists and produce live replays with telestration. LIVE’s interface is easy-to-operate via complete touchscreen control, traditional computer mouse-and-click, or even from external control devices.
Since its initial award-winning release in 2022, Chyron LIVE has undergone rapid development, introducing a host of user-centric enhancements. Key features developed in response to user feedback include multiviewers that may be customized for each user, WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication) protocol for seamless capture of a commentator’s local device audio, commentator audio mix-minus, automatic “stinger” transitions to replays and clips, and a dedicated match pad for simplified production of soccer or world football matches.
Chyron and Haivision: A Perfect Partnership for Live Production
Through this collaboration, Chyron and Haivision offer a seamless, reliable, and powerful solution for live production that leverages the strengths of both companies. The flexibility to deploy in any environment—whether on-premise or cloud-based—and to accommodate any production setup makes this combined solution well-suited to the rapidly evolving world of sports broadcasting. With Chyron’s intuitive graphics and live production workflows, and Haivision’s proven streaming technology, the integrated Chyron LIVE and StreamHub platform stands as a robust option for broadcasters striving to push the limits of remote production.
“Our collaboration with Chyron brings Haivision’s cutting-edge broadcast contribution technology into a trusted platform that broadcasters around the world rely on,” said Peter Maag, Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President Strategic Partnerships. “This integration gives production teams the power to capture every detail, wherever the action unfolds, and share it with fans in new, engaging ways.”
