LFP, Mediapro renew ChyronHego TRACAB contract

Spain’s Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP) and Mediapro have renewed their agreement with ChyronHego, extending their TRACAB player tracking contract for a term of four years through the end of the 2017-18 football season. Via continued partnership, the TRACAB 4.0 systems will continue to capture real-time digital sports data across all 42 clubs in La Liga 1 and 2.

“We are delighted that Spain’s LFP has chosen TRACAB as the league’s official player tracking solution for four more years,” said Johan Apel, president and chief executive officer at ChyronHego. “TRACAB and Mediacoach ― the leading video motion analysis tool ― provide a very powerful solution for providing accurate real-time data and video for top leagues such as LFP, the media and fans worldwide.”

ChyronHego’s TRACAB Player Tracking System has been used in thousands of sporting events to date including soccer, tennis, rugby, cricket, basketball, American football and baseball. The technology is deployed in top leagues all over the world including Spain’s La Liga, the English Premier League, Germany’s Bundesliga, and the Dutch Eredivisie.

With advanced patented image-processing technology, TRACAB delivers true three-dimensional player and object tracking in real-time. TRACAB data can be streamed through a wide range of visualization platforms including broadcast graphics systems, online and mobile platforms.