Today there are an estimated 2.7 billion gamers across the globe. Mobile gamers, console gamers, streamers, the list goes on and on, and their number continues to rise as gaming and esports become mor...
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How digital finger printing technology is helping the esports world improve media value
Thirty to fifty percent of viewed video content in sports can go untraced. How do views go untraced? Fans and non-affiliates recycle and reuse videos created by teams, leagues and organisations, by re...
Avoiding Injury, Improving Performance: Zone7 Is Empowering Sports Medical Teams
Injuries have plagued the sports world for decades.
How technology is helping decision makers better prepare for sporting events
Every year at the US Open there is a man or woman in charge of pushing a button. Sounds like a menial job, but the push of this button has a monetary and operational effect that can alter the tourname...
How technology is helping transform theory to tangible results in sports
Why do people reach for their mobile phones first thing in the morning? Nir Eyal, a best-selling author and specialist in behavioural design, addresses this phenomenon in his book, “Hooked: How to Bui...
Small team, impactful innovation: Q&A with Minute.ly’s VP Product Management
I recently caught up with Sagy Bar, VP Product Management at Minute.ly, a start-up that Infront took a stake in 2019. Sagy began his career as a software developer working for Mercury Interactive (lat...
Virtual atmosphere: NexGen tool for rights holders
As European football returns to the fray, rights holders and broadcasters are hunting for ways to compensate for muted atmosphere and revenue losses due to the absence of fans. State-of-the-art virtua...
The Effects of Covid-19: Quick Innovation With an Unknown Expiration Date
Covid-19 caught us off-guard, forcing the world as a whole, and the sports world specifically, to stop dead in its tracks and recalibrate.
From piracy to personalised content - AI unlocks value
Tackling content piracy might seem like a daunting and costly task. How can rights holders keep up with the never-ending swarm of unauthorised content online?
Monetisation opportunities for rights holders from anti-piracy AI tech
It is no secret that piracy poses a severe threat to the health of the sports broadcast world. Unfortunately, a fully robust way of tracking and tackling pirated video assets online has proven elusive...