Production Enhancement

Overview

The ability to analyze or illustrate a live television event in real-time is a key component in the entertainment experience that modern television audiences expect today.

Since the late 60's, the Hego Group have continuously developed leading-edge solutions for live TV graphics creation. From our heritage in delivering solutions for live sports graphics applications, our portfolio has grown to include everything from advanced news graphics systems, to cutting edge real-time 3D stereoscopic graphics and virtual graphics solutions.

The unique combination of focused hardware engineers and skilled software developers has given Hego the ability to consistently deliver the best possible solutions for our broadcast customers. Many of these solutions are offered today as well-proven products, highly appreciated by broadcasters all over the world with over 100 installations in 15 countries.

Virtual Graphics Enhancements

Virtual graphics enhancements such as virtual lines in Athletics, distances to beat in Ski jumping, and football enhancements like distance to goal and defenders in free kick situations are some of the enhancements that Hego delivers, either as a service, or as ready-to-use products. Combined with our graphics vans or flight-pack solutions, we are ready to travel the world delivering our services.

Sports Production Enhancement Products

Hego has a strong family of modular and intuitive products that empower TV presenters and producers to provide the added dimension of analysis to their shows that viewers have come to expect.

Our commentator analysis tool Paint, which offers a powerful solution for all your telestration needs. It features all common tools such as freehand drawing, arrows, highlighting and marking tools, but also some unique features such as built-in chroma-keying, image-based tracking, multi-channel disc recorder, and sport specific tools like built in offside analysis. It all comes with an easy to use touch screen user interface, making the Paint the no1 choice for telestration and a powerful tool for presenters to enrich the viewing experience.

In addition, Hego also provides the industry's fastest and most accurate automated game analysis and graphics tools with Virtual Placement which can dynamically display off-side line replays instantly, as well as live distances and even player and ball tracking using advanced image processing techniques. This product is based upon a common technology framework that makes it extremely easy to adapt to many other sport.

Finally, Virtual Placement enables virtual 3D objects to be placed seamlessly and realistically into the field of play or a live studio environment to again enhance the overall production and provide a more enriching experience for the TV audience.

Hego Group Production Services

With production teams all over Europe as well as North and South America, the Hego Group is always ready to take on a production enhancement assignment on a service basis. We have complete solutions for in production enhancements for both studio production and all major sports events.

Hego is one of very few companies in the world that has the comprehensive knowledge and experience in offering turn-key solutions, including complete timing and results services, information management and TV graphics services for sports events such as cross-country skiing, biathlon, athletics, skating, and motorsports.

Our history includes delivering critical services for major broadcasters and numerous high profile sporting events such as the Olympic Games, F1, as well as World and European Championships in almost every major sport.

With the Hego Group involved in thousands of live events each year, this gives us the extensive knowledge, experience and confidence in our staff and solutions to deliver whatever, wherever and whenever required.

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