CBS provided DTV viewers across the country with a 1080i HDTV feed, but graphics for the Open were created on standard definition FX Deko II systems and upconverted in the production truck before going to air in HD.

The United States Golf Association has tapped Pinnacle Systems for its broadcast graphics, to prepare for the U.S. Open that kicked off June 16. The Deko system will deliver the graphics for the USGA world feed and event coverage on NBC, ESPN, ESPN Sport Center, TV Asahi, BSkyB and Channel Nine Australia. ESPN and

The Pinnacle Deko 3000 delivered the new graphical look for the 2005 Miss Universe competition, telecast live on NBC on May 30. "Live production is about being quick--Pinnacle Deko is quickest to air and lets us make adjustments on the fly, even at air time," said Rachel Frimer, vice president of production, Miss

NBC Olympics has expanded its use of Pinnacle's broadcast graphics tools for the summer games by purchasing seven more Deko character generators and two more Thunder servers from the Mountain View, Calif.-based company. This is the fourth consecutive Olympics that NBC has used Pinnacle's networked workflow for live gra

Pinnacle provided its Deko 3000HD real-time graphics systems for live on-air graphics for HD and SD broadcasts of the recent Academy Awards. With Deko, users can modify a single graphic and automatically apply those changes to all related graphics. Also, Deko performs graphics creation and manipulation in native H