to what it is today—a significant portion of live sports entertainment. The III's success provided the impetus for the Chiron IV, which was a modernized and reduced-package-size Chiron II suitable for mobile use. It quickly replaced the Chiron IIIs as the dominant sports graphics system. In 1989, Chyron released the iNFiNiT!, with the related Max!, and Maxine! coming later in the 90s. Chyron grew into the leading hardware manufacturer and software designer of 2D and 3D broadcast character generators in North America. As generic reference "Lower third" television graphics created by character generators are sometimes generically called chyrons (a form of genericized trademark) regardless of who made them. References External links "First-Hand: Inventing the Vidifont: the first electronics graphics machine used in television production" (2008) 1966 establishments in New York (state) American companies established in 1966 Companies based in Suffolk County, New York Electronics companies established in 1966 Electronics companies of the United States Mass media companies established in 1966 Television technology Video equipment manufacturers