Land of Rising Sun Continues to Shine on Vizrt
Bergen, Norway, April 1, 2004 - Vizrt Ltd. (Frankfurt Prime Standard:
VIZ), the worlds leading real-time 3D graphics system for TV, reported
today significant expansion within the Japanese market for both
repeat sales and new customer business.
Vizrt continues to broaden its market share in Japan. Last quarter the
company closed more than ten deals in Japan, worth more than $US
400,000, including two new customers. Most of this revenue will be
part of Q1 2004 revenue. The repeat sales were to major TV networks
including NHK - the national public service broadcaster, TV Asahi,
Fuji TV, MBS, Techno Max.
The products bought by the Japanese networks are part of Vizrt's
broadcast graphics solutions: viz|trio (the company's new character
generator), viz|artist (a 3D graphics design tool), viz|virtual set for
virtual studios, and viz|arena (virtual sports graphics). The systems
sold are mostly for HDTV (High Definition TV), based on the
Panasonic platform, along with systems for Standard Definition
broadcast.
Japan has become a major market for Vizrt in the last couple of years,
as well as being the world leader for HDTV implementation. Vizrt was
able to provide an HDTV-ready, real-time 3D system from the earliest
days of HDTV in Japan, and it was this capability that enabled the
company to penetrate the Japanese market and build up a
formidable client base.
These recent results show that Vizrt has grown to become the
number one supplier of state-of-the-art broadcast graphics for the
expanding Japanese HDTV broadcast market. This development
places Vizrt in an excellent position for similar penetration wherever
HDTV is set to become the transmission standard for the future, such
as in the USA and Europe.
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About Vizrt:
Vizrt is a public company traded on the Frankfurt Prime Standard: VIZ,
ISIN: IL0010838154). Vizrt develops, markets and supports a
complete range of scalable, graphics-based software systems for the
real-time creation, management and delivery of rich visual content for
TV broadcast, public display, feature films and the Web. The company
specializes in visualization for all platforms. Products include
real-time on-air 3D systems, virtual studio systems and global 3D
map databases. The company's tools deliver improved workflow and
productivity with a consistent high quality on-air look. The company
has a strong reputation for user-friendly software, timesaving
template graphics linked to Vizrt's own asset management and
automation system. Vizrt systems are frequently used in News,
Sports, Financial, Weather and other programs where speed of
graphical rendering is paramount.
For further information please refer to www.vizrt.com
Press contacts:
Bjarne Berg
President CEO
+47 9055 7711
bberg@vizrt.com
Ofra Brown
CFO
+972 54 955225
ofra@vizrt.com
SCHWARZ Financial Communication
Frank Schwarz
+49 611 2058 095
Schwarz@schwarzfinancial.com