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 […]
Sky Sports, the leading sports television broadcaster in the UK and Ireland, has been making a concerted effort over the last few months to capture the next generation of sports audience. In March, Sky became the first major sports broadcaster to create an in-house virtual reality production unit. Now, Sky is taking on the world […]
While many had different expectations of the 2015 U.S. Open, this year’s tournament is undergoing some technological upgrades. This will be the second year of Fox’s 12 year deal in covering the U.S. Open and after the loads of criticism thrown at them last year, they are ready to prove themselves. One of the first changes […]
New technology from startup ventures is transforming the sports industry. The mission of our Startup Profile Series is to introduce startup companies in the sports technology space to a broader audience and allow founders of new ventures to tell their story. This particular article is profiling one of the five startups in the second Stadia […]
With the opening ceremony less than two months away, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is inching closer and closer to a launch of their official Olympic Channel—a digital, over-the-top (OTT) network. The new Olympic Channel just announced agreements with 27 International Sports Federations (IFs), some of the big ones being the International Basketball Federation, the […]
