On May 8^th and 9^th, our CEO Lars Lauritzsen and Director of Business Development, Janice Gundersen attended Vizrt Days in Bergen, Norway.

The media event had several great speaker presentations, customer case studies, the latest developments from Vizrt, and panel debates. Media professionals discussed the latest industry trends and developments in the broadcast world.

Janice Gundersen and Allan Giacomelli from CBC presented on the topic of Social TV, discussing how to create a unified social and two screen experience on-air. The audience got an insight into how the never.no framework works with Vizrt graphics systems to enable interactive Social TV experiences, in particular CBC’s successful social campaign for their ‘Power and Politics’ broadcast.

Janice presenting at Vizrt Days 2012

Allan Giacomelli of CBC discusses real-time second screen experiences

Images courtesy of Vizrt.

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The 2012 TV of Tomorrow Show is being held in San Francisco on June 12^th and 13^th. The event attracts the “who’s who” of the interactive TV industry, as well as expert speakers and panelists.

Never.no’s VP of North America, Kelly Moulton, will be running an interactive session on Social TV and second screen companion apps.

Come see us during the event!

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Never.no will once again be exhibiting at the IBC Show in September. The IBC show is held in Amsterdam annually, and brings media industry professionals from across the world.

At the never.no booth we will be providing interactive demos for a hands-on experience of Social TV workflow. Visitors can discover how the never.no Interactivity Suite can help them enable Social TV and Synchronized Companion Apps.

Visit us at IBC from September 7^th – 11^th at IBC.

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The 2012 NAB Show went off with a bang, bringing record numbers of attendees eager to see the latest developments in broadcast technology. The same can be said for the never.no booth where visitor numbers more than tripled from last year!

Visitors at the never.no booth

Our attendees received first-hand knowledge and examples of how they can incorporate Social TV and second screen apps into their broadcast. Interactive demos gave visitors a comprehensive view of how the Interactivity Suite workflow could work for them.

We launched our latest Social TV product, Prompter, during the NAB show. Prompter is the world’s first app designed to give presenters, anchors, hosts, or anyone else who works on camera, the ability to use social media and interactive content on-air. For more information visit www.never.no/prompter

never.no companion app framework

never.no press coverage during the event included an article by Lost Remote on the launch of Prompter and a video interview by Vizrt.

We hosted a Social TV party at our booth which provided an opportunity for Social TV geeks and industry pros to mingle and discuss the latest trends and developments.

Social TV Party

The never.no team would like to welcome the great new contacts we made at NAB, and look forward to being in contact with you.

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We would like to welcome Prompter, the newest addition to our Social TV product family.

Prompter is the world’s first app designed to give presenters, anchors, hosts, or anyone else who works on camera, the ability to use social media and interactive content on-air.

“Presenters are the heart of live TV, and it’s certainly not an easy job, nor one that easily lends itself to multitasking,” said never.no Director of Marketing, James A. Neufeld. “Prompter was created to give these professionals an incredibly simple way to reach their audience that was previously either challenging or not possible at all.”

Prompter gives on-air talent a way to view real-time social media comments from their viewers and fans, and incorporate that input into their programs. Incoming comments are pushed directly into Prompter on a presenter’s iPad, and because Prompter is powered by the never.no Interactivity Suite, feeds and comments are filtered (automatically or manually) so that only the best content makes it to the presenter. Presenters can also use Prompter to view real-time polls with input from their viewers.

Prompter’s gesture-based navigation and simplistic interface make it easy to use, eliminating the possibility of confusion or added complexity for the on-air presenters.

“If presenters are the heart of live TV, social media is the pulse, and it is incredibly important for broadcasters to be in touch with their audience,” Neufeld continued. “Prompter helps facilities meet that critical need by putting the viewers directly in touch with local hosts and national presenters alike.”

Prompter made it’s debut during the 2012 NAB Show in Las Vegas.

For more information visit www.never.no/prompter

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Never.no’s Director of Marketing, James A. Neufeld, gives a presentation of never.no during the 2012 NAB Show.

Take a look at our interactive Social TV framework and how it’s integrated with Vizrt in the broadcast graphics environment.

NAB 2012 – Presentation of Never.no from Vizrt

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The Broadcast Asia Event attracts experts and professionals to experience and discuss technological developments in the broadcasting, film and audio industries.

Never.no will be exhibiting at the event in Singapore.

James Neufeld, Director of Marketing at never.no, will be speaking and producing a Social TV Panel.

Visit us at the event from 19th-22nd June.

For more information visit http://www.broadcast-asia.com

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Companies Join Forces to Offer Unprecedented Integrated Social TV and Graphics Infrastructure

never.no announces it has signed a preferred partnership agreement with Vizrt, the leading provider of real-time 3D graphics and asset management tools for the broadcast industry. Under the agreement, both companies will promote and support each other’s products, which together give customers a unique, best-in-class solution for interacting with audiences in real-time via Facebook, Twitter, and second-screen apps, and then displaying the results of those interactions.

“Vizrt is the world leader in real-time 3D graphics, and never.no is the world leader in social TV solutions. Together we bring to the market an unmatched end-to-end solution to connect the audience directly to the action on TV,” said never.no CEO Lars Lauritzsen. “To date, our two companies have already pioneered many industry firsts, such as the Tour de France companion app. This partnership is a sign of greater things to come, and of each company’s commitment to providing the best solution for social TV.”

The partnership gives never.no access to a growing network of broadcasters that use Vizrt products, while Vizrt gains a way to provide the best social TV solutions to its graphics customers.

“Both companies have a well-established international footprint, and by being able to integrate each other’s products, we can offer broadcasters an unprecedented social TV and graphics infrastructure,” said Vizrt CTO Petter Ole Jakobsen. “Television producers using the combined system can reach out to their audiences via social media or companion apps triggered by actions originating from within the Vizrt tools. This means complex workflows become streamlined, and fewer operators are required. And simple elements like polls and voting results can now be displayed on live TV with beautiful real-time graphics.”

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