Stats Perform to provide Women’s Tennis Association with data-driven insights

The partnership will dramatically enhance the live insight available across broadcast, second screen and betting experiences. Stats Perform is to work with the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) as its official data partner. It will deliver multiple feeds to broadcasters and digital platforms, including an exclusive umpire-derived data feed for an expanded number of WTA matches. […]

Stats Perform and NativeWaves enhance second screen viewing experience

The companies have teamed up to create a highly personalised second screen platform that broadcasters can roll out to sports fans. Stats Perform has partnered with low-latency streaming specialist NativeWaves to launch an enhanced ‘second screen’ viewing experience for mobile devices. The platform makes it possible for sports fans to create a personalised viewer experience, […]

BLOG: Will Carling talks stats for the 2020 Guinness Six Nations championship

The best things come to those who wait. We’ve been waiting a long time for this; the finale of the 2020 Guinness Six Nations Championship. And it didn’t disappoint. In a final round of fixtures that could have seen England, France, Scotland or Ireland emerge victorious, it offered a nail-biting finish to a competition that […]

Jonty Whitehead named president of Sport Buff

The appointment comes at a time of growth for the real-time fan engagement company. Real-time fan engagement specialist Sport Buff has appointed former head of sport for beIN Media, Jonty Whitehead as president of the company. Whitehead, who previously also held production roles at Fox Sports and Sky Sports, will lead Sport Buff’s adoption across […]

COMMENT: Infosys on The Virtual Future of Tennis at Roland-Garros

Navin Rammohan, vice president, Infosys on the new graphics-based real-time insights the company brought to Roland-Garros this year Empowerment is not just about bringing you closer to a sport, but making you feel like you are one with the game. When this happens, an experience goes from being something that you use to something that […]

AI-driven insights unveiled for Roland-Garros app and website

Tennis fans are being offered in-depth analysis of live games, created by Artificial Intelligence (AI). The Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT) has added some AI-powered analytics to the Roland-Garros tournament, which are available through the Roland-Garros app and in the Infosys Match Centre on RolandGarros.com. The insights, created by AI specialist Infosys, “enhance the tournament […]

NFL unveils new on-screen graphics, providing insight driven by AI/ML

The six new insights will be unveiled during the Houston Texans v Kansas City Chiefs match today (10 September). The National Football League (NFL) is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to add six on-screen graphics, providing additional insight to the game. These will be debuted during the season kickoff game between the Houston Texans […]

VIDEO: LaLiga unveils 3D graphics enhancements for 2020/21 season

New graphics provide real-time insight into set-pieces. LaLiga is rolling out a series of on-screen graphics offering insight into the game, based on real-time and predictive data. These are being applied to scenarios including set-pieces. To find out more, watch the short film below.

Promethean TV creates Sports Stats Overlays for mobile streams

The overlays offer insights, sponsored messages and real-time information during a game. Promethean TV has created a Sports Stats Overlay to enable broadcasters to add real-time statistics and information about a game or league to mobile streams. The data includes live scores, league table updates, team line-ups, individual player statistics, head-to-head statistics, polls, sponsored messages […]

Bundesliga unveils ‘Average Positions’ and ‘Expected Goals’ stats

Stats created using machine learning, through a partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Bundesliga has been working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to create two new on-screen stats, providing new insight into games. The new ‘Bundesliga Match Facts’ stats are Average Positions and Expected Goals (xGoals). They are created from real-time analysis of data from […]

ESL tech project creates real-time replays for esports

Partnership to innovate with live data visualisation in esports completes its first project. ESL has announced the first project to be completed from its partnership with Berlin-based Bayes Esports Solutions, which began in 2019. The partnership aims to create new innovations in live data visualisations in esports, with the first project – CARP – enabling […]

Tech Talks podcast: Duncan Alexander on the power of football stats during the pandemic

Episode #3 of the new Broadcast Tech Talks podcast is with Stats Perform/OptaJoe football statistician, broadcaster and author Duncan Alexander In this eight-minute interview – the third in the new Broadcast Tech Talks podcast series – Stats Perform chief data editor Duncan Alexander provides some fascinating insight into how historic football data consistently unearths new […]

Will Carling blog #6: The odds of placekicking

Will Carling continues his exclusive blog series for Broadcast Sport during a Six Nations tournament now abruptly halted by coronavirus. This week he looks at the insight provided by the new kick predictor on-screen graphics. To say the Guinness Six Nations Championship has been a little unusual this year is an understatement. While the last […]

Will Carling blog #5: Power Game

Will Carling’s fifth exclusive blog for Broadcast Sport, covering the new on-screen graphics unveiled for the Six Nations tournament. This week, Carling discusses the power game, showing where a team is dominant, where a team is lacking, and potentially where the match is being won or lost. The Guinness Six Nations Championship always delivers an […]