Extreme E partners with Al Kamel Systems for broadcast support

Al Kamel Systems will assist with TV graphics, timekeeping, and more… Extreme E has partnered with Al Kamel Systems for time keeping, TV graphic services and data information related to broadcast. Ahead of the launch of the environmentally focused electric racing series, the organisation has joined with Al Kamel Systems to assist its broadcast. The […]

Podcast: BT Sport and EE on BT Sport’s new Match Day Experience

Jamie Hindhaugh, COO at BT Sport and Sam Kemp at EE join Broadcast Sport editor Jake Bickerton to talk about BT Sport’s innovative Match Day Experience features. Last month BT Sport rolled out the Match Day Experience on its app – a collection of complementary tools that enhance live matches with a series of immersive […]

Sports graphics giant AE Live (formerly Alston Elliot) acquires APAC-based Ignite

The acquisition strengthens the company’s presence in Australasia and South East Asia. AE Live (Formerly AE Graphics, and prior to that Alston Elliot) has acquired APAC-based live sports graphics specialist Ignite (formerly Namadgi Systems). Ignite will now be integrated into the AE Live group. The move extends AE’s footprint in the APAC region, increasing its […]

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. […]

Sports graphics platform Piero upgraded to offer greater insight

Piero uses image recognition and state-of-the-art graphic overlays to augment sports content. Ross has updated its sports graphics analysis platform Piero with a series of feature enhancements – including a new ‘Down and Distance’ feature for American Football (pictured above) – and additional support for 4K UHD and HDR workflows. The new features in the […]

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 […]

European Handball Federation refreshes on-screen graphics

The work on the graphics refresh began in April and spans a range of EHF tournaments. Design agency Jump has been commissioned by the European Handball Federation (EHF) to design and produce all the on-screen graphics for the EHF Champions League, EHF European League and the EHF European Handball Championships and qualifiers for both the […]

Stats Perform creates a series of real-time insights for Premier League

Stats Perform is providing a series of new metrics and insights into Premier League games this season. The data has been made possible using player and ball tracking data from the Premier League’s tracking provider, Second Spectrum. This uses ‘computer vision’ to automatically identify and provide the precise coordinates of each player and the ball […]

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.

F1 and AWS create six real-time stats providing insight during races

The six on-screen graphics utilise Machine Learning to analyse real-time data gathered from F1 cars. Formula One is adding six real-time racing stats to its 2020 season. The on-screen graphics have been created using a range of Amazon Web Services (AWS) services, including machine learning. The first of the stats – Car Performance Scores – […]

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 […]

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 […]

Will Carling Six Nations blog #4: Drawing the battle lines with ruck insights

Will Carling’s fourth exclusive blog for Broadcast Sport, covering the new on-screen graphics unveiled for the Six Nations tournament. This week, Carling discusses the analysis of rucks and turnovers. We’re now over the half way mark in the 2020 Guinness Six Nations Championship, and the action is really starting to heat up. While Italy took […]

Will Carling Six Nations blog #3: Big hits, big Insights

Will Carling’s third exclusive blog for Broadcast Sport, covering the new on-screen graphics unveiled for the Six Nations tournament. This week Carling discusses the analysis of dominant tackles. The second weekend of matches was certainly one to remember, set against the backdrop of dramatic gale force winds and heavy rain caused by Storm Ciara. Scotland […]

Will Carling blog: Six Nations graphics (Visits to 22) explained

Will Carling explains how the Visits to 22 graphic provided added insight during England’s opening game of the 2020 Guinness Six Nations The 2020 Guinness Six Nations has arrived. The opening weekend offered up three huge clashes among the finest teams that Northern Hemisphere rugby has to offer. The pick of the fixtures for me […]

VIDEO: Virtual Studios and sports graphics

A detailed discussion with practical examples of top-end virtual studio setups from the Broadcast Sport Tech Innovation Forum 2019 The virtual studios and sports graphics panel discussion from the Broadcast Sport Tech Innovation Forum 2019 held at BT Sport studio on 14 November 2019. To find out more about the annual event, head over to http://broadcasttech.co.uk/sports-tech-innovation/ […]

League of Legends Pro League finals unveil AR world’s first

The opening ceremony for the esports finals features a real-time AR gaming character being interviewed and joining a dance troupe on-stage Real-time facial animation and live ray tracing was used for the first time during the live broadcast of Riot Games’ League of Legends Pro League (LPL) regional finals. The broadcast saw an AR computer […]