TELEVISION
Weather forecasts on television have top-ranking as well with public broadcasters as with private channels. The audiences need to be supplied with the comprehensive and essential weather information, which is most relevant for their geographic area and specific needs.
The increasing interest in the global climate requires to also cover distant weather phenomena. The graphics for illustrating the weather development need to be visually appealing, animated, clearly arranged, easy to understand, and of the highest quality.
Their production needs to be reliable, secure, and efficient. Depending on the profile of the television channel, spectacular 3D-effects are required. The timeliness of the visualisations in relation to the latest weather information always needs to be assured.
The IT solutions of the company ask meet these requirements since over a dozen years. Television stations rely on them worldwide in their daily broadcast operations. Modern techniques such as high definition television, big screens in real studios, virtual studios from different vendors, as well as non-linear real-time effects are naturally integrated into these solutions from ask.