New technology from startup ventures is transforming the sports industry. The mission of this series is to introduce startup companies in the sports technology space to a broader audience and allow Founders of promising new ventures to tell their story. This particular startup took part in the Hype Global Sport Innovation Competition In Rio De Janeiro on August 24th, 2016.
Company name: Talent Streamer (Pty) Ltd
Founder(s): Renier P. du Plessis
Headquarters: Johannesburg – South Africa
1. What is your elevator pitch?
Targeting millions of stadiums, sport clubs, schools, colleges and even golf courses, the future standard for online entertainment and sport venues will see few sport events not televised, no matter how small the venue.
2. Problem & Solution
In the near future sport venues across the globe will monetize their events beyond spectator numbers and limitations in brick and mortar capacity, by simply streaming their events to the masses that have access to the Internet. Anyone will be able to tune into a televised event at even the smallest sport venue somewhere in the world, using a smartphone, tablet or smart TV. For example parents won’t ever miss a child’s soccer game or school play and even dad’s golf game can be watched weeks, months and even years later. The social impact of automated broadcasting for sport venues will be huge.
Meet the company that is building that future NOW.
Today, cameras are airborne, wearable, mobile, inexpensive and more importantly programmable to work in isolation or in choreographed workgroups to capture sports event without cameramen, outside broadcasting units or expensive field production equipment. Talent Streamer is a world first dedicated platform for streaming sport content using unmanned camera systems.
3. Market – your target market and the overall market
According to the World Sports Encyclopedia there are over 8,000 human activities classified as sport including mind games. We focus mainly on high spectator sports and venues big or small that wish to extend attendance and followers to online sport fans.
4. Business Model – how do you make money?
We manufacture and lease our IOT camera systems to venues and offer a dedicated broadcasting channel that allow venues to monetize their sport content online. Just like satellites forever changed broadcasting, Talent Streamer is setting a new standard with unprecedented audience reach, content shelf life and stickiness for sport venues, their sponsors and advertisers.
5. Management Team – with titles
Hoosain Karjieker – CFO
Andrew Flinders – CEO
Renier P. du Plessis – CTO
6. What else do you want the audience to know about your venture?
We were voted as one of the Top 50 Innovations in the world of sport by the Rio 2016 Olympic games – Hype Foundation. Our first patented camera system captures probably one of the more challenging televised sports in the high net worth industry of Golf. Footage is streamed directly from the golf course to the Internet and is viewable within seconds after the shot has been played. In addition to automating the broadcasting of amateur golf, this camera system is capable of the forensic identification of achievements such as a hole-in-one and nearest to the pin in multi location challenges. Watch over 2500 golfers in action at www.talentstreamer.net