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 […]
At first glance, ESPN would appear to be as popular and far-reaching than any other cable sports network. The surprising truth is that the ESPN network reached its peak viewership of 99 million in 2013. Nowadays the cable giant is facing a losing battle with digital media in a drastically diminishing cable broadcasting market. Their […]
The past few years have witnessed the burgeoning of eSports from a low-key gathering of video game enthusiasts into a commercial product with incredible popularity. In 2016 alone, eSports has found victories in the form of an eSports vertical on the ESPN website and the imminent broadcasting of eSports on Facebook. Alas, eSports skeptics still exist in […]
Intel has teamed up with the X Games again for the Austin games this coming June, to stream real-time data from each athlete’s performance. They did similar work at the X Games Aspen to create game changing analysis for the fans, coaches and athletes. At the Aspen games, Intel attached a small device called, an Intel […]
ESPN recently announced that they will be enhancing the personalization of their online advertising, as they officially introduced Live Connect during the networks’ Upfront presentation, for potential advertisers. The Wall Street Journal profiled how Live Connect allows advertisers to deliver banner ads that are designed to resonate with the interests of individual sports fans, on ESPN.com. The […]
