Regular readers of SVG Europe will be well aware of how innovative technology companies working in sports broadcasting can be, but MIXaiR from Salsa Sound looks likely to set a new bar for live audio and the craft of sound mixing. When the pandemic caused football games to be played in silent stadiums Salsa Sound […] More
The pandemic may have caused the OBS (Olympic Broadcasting Services) team to pause its efforts but it didn’t pause a focus on innovation as the Tokyo Olympics will long be remembered as the launching point of some major technological efforts. Top industry trends like UHD, HDR, spatial audio, cloud services, AI, and 5G will all […] More
OneFootball will be using WSC Sports’ artificial intelligence (AI)-driven sports video technology to enhance its short-form video content across its various platforms. WSC Sports’ AI and automation tools will enable OneFootball to develop personalised, localised and unique content for its 85 million monthly active users while scaling video content creation and optimising time and […] More
IQ Video Solutions (IQ-VS), a brand of Mobile Viewpoint, has launched IQ Club, the latest in a series of AI-driven platforms for automating the live streaming of sports and for populating sports analysis platforms without the need of camera people. Artificial intelligence is gaining adoption in the sports world, and is viewed by many as […] More
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has signed a deal with Egoli Media that will see AI-enabled technology used to manage its sporting archive, a move that the governing body hopes will allow it to better utilise and monetise its content. The partnership will see Egoli Media use proprietary AI software to digitise and automatically log, […] More
Dutch professional football club Alkmaar Zaanstreek, better known as AZ Alkmaar or simply AZ, has selected an AI-driven camera studio for creating its own TV productions situated within its AFAS stadium. AZ opted for a vPilot system that allows them to create professional studio productions without the need for camera operators or an onsite director […] More
By Paul Every, VP media products, Stats Perform While much of 2020 has been unpredictable, innovation in the sports broadcast industry has remained a constant. In fact, it seems the pandemic has forced innovation at an even faster velocity than many would have foreseen back in January. Remote production and cloud-based workflows are an area […] More
By Michel Bais, managing director, Mobile Viewpoint Artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to be adopted across the broadcast arena as a new initiative to enable productions and operational processes that were previously cost prohibitive or expensive. It is not positioned to replace jobs, but to enable productions that were previously just not possible. But can […] More
The Dutch developer and manufacturer of live streaming technology solutions Mobile Viewpoint has announced the launch of an artificial intelligence (AI) division, IQ Video Solutions, plus two new AI products. IQ Video Solutions will house Mobile Viewpoint’s existing AI products – IQ-vPilot, a live camera studio solution, and IQ-Sports Producer, an automated live sports production […] More
Okko Sport, the Russian subscription-based sports broadcaster, has inked a deal with WSC Sports that will see the two companies work together to develop innovative solutions that they hope will disrupt the OTT and sports fan experiences in the Russian market. Okko Sport, the official Russian broadcaster of the English Premier League, Major League Soccer […] More
