Israel-based Pixellot and Atlanta-based PlayOn! Sports are set to bring automated live and on-demand coverage of non-televised high school sports to audiences around the country. Through their new partnership, PlayOn!, one of the nation’s leading high school sports media firms, and Pixellot, a top provider of automated sports-focused production solutions, hope to provide high schools an […]
In the past, high costs have kept automated production systems from taking off. Seastar Labs, a specialist in advanced video processing technology, and TNO, a Netherlands-based research organization, are teaming up to develop a fully automated production system for sports broadcasting that isn’t quite so costly. The production system will combine Virtual Director, TNO’s autonomous […]
The Walt Disney Company recently announced they will be enhancing their basketball and soccer television coverage by improving their automated camera technology. Computer engineers are helping automated cameras learn from human camera operators to help create a smoother, and more mistake-free broadcast. Disney Research, the research lab branch of the company, published a paper about their imitation learning program that will help improve television broadcasts. With the […]
