What Is VIZRT? Broadcast Graphics Explained

If you've watched an election night with live results appearing on a virtual set, a sports broadcast with stats flying across the screen, or a news channel with a rolling ticker along the bottom, you've almost certainly seen VIZRT in action. It's one of the most widely used real-time graphics platforms in broadcasting — and the technology behind a huge share of the graphics on television.

Here's a clear explanation of what VIZRT is and what it does.

VIZRT in a nutshell

VIZRT is a suite of tools for creating and playing out real-time broadcast graphics — everything from simple on-screen text to fully virtual studios. The key phrase is "real-time": the graphics are rendered live, on the fly, so they can react instantly to data, timing, and the flow of a live programme. That's what makes it possible to show up-to-the-second results, scores, and information on air.

The main parts of the VIZRT ecosystem

Viz Engine

The rendering heart of the system. Viz Engine is what actually generates and outputs the graphics in real time — the powerful engine behind everything you see on screen.

Real-time CG and data graphics

VIZRT excels at data-driven graphics — visuals that pull in live information (election results, sports stats, financial data) and update automatically. This is why it's a staple of news and sports broadcasting.

Augmented and virtual reality

VIZRT powers augmented reality and virtual studios — the technology that lets a presenter stand in a virtual set, or objects and data appear in the studio space as if they were really there.

Tickers, Videowall, and more

The ecosystem also covers rolling tickers and lower-thirds, driving studio Videowalls, and a range of other on-air elements — all managed as part of one graphics platform.

Mosart automation

Mosart is studio automation that ties it together — connecting graphics, video, and devices so a live production runs smoothly, often triggered directly from the newsroom rundown.

Why VIZRT needs specialists

VIZRT is powerful, but it's also deep and specialised. Getting the most from it — and keeping it reliable on air — takes genuine expertise across the engine, the graphics design, and the integration with newsroom and playout systems. It's not something a general IT team can pick up on the side.

That's where our VIZRT graphics & XR work comes in — designing, deploying, and supporting VIZRT infrastructure as part of a full broadcast IT practice that also covers newsroom and playout.