SportsTechX (2026)

07/08/2024

🎙 Last in our series on innovations in sports broadcasting, this week we have Carlos Ballesteros Hernández, Co-founder & CEO at Pendular.

Carlos discusses the journey of setting up the company and the problem they solve in the broadcasting space. Being a serial entrepreneur, Carlos has rich advice for others looking to enter this space; given his extensive experience in overcoming challenges while setting these companies up.

Pendular generates automated highlights and real-time clips from streaming feeds for clubs and broadcasters. Their technology eliminates the need for manual editing and saves costs for companies. Their turnaround time for generating highlights is just one to two minutes. They are now working with top sports entities like the Australian Open and are growing rapidly.

Takeaways:

✅ The future of sports content involves personalized and hyper-personalized content, and AI will play a crucial role in generating and analyzing content.
✅ Linear TV will not die, but the way people consume content is changing, and companies need to adapt to new consumption patterns.
✅ They started with a focus on vertical video content and have expanded to other formats.
✅ They are working on implementing AI capabilities to analyze entire games and personalize content.

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02/08/2024

🎙 Continuing our series on innovations in sports broadcasting, this week we have ⁠Andrew O'Neil ⁠, Head of Sport at ⁠Vizrt⁠.

In this episode, we discuss Andy's journey in the sports industry and the evolution of broadcast technology. Vizrt is a graphics company that deals with live production and graphics content for various industries, including sports. They focus on creating engaging and visually stunning graphics, virtual studios, and augmented reality to enhance the viewer experience. Andy highlights the importance of innovation in the broadcasting industry and the increasing use of sports data to provide more in-depth analysis and storytelling. He also mentions the growing trend of automation in sports production and the integration of AI technology.

Takeaways

✅ Vizrt is a graphics company that provides live production and graphics content for various industries, including sports.

✅ They focus on creating visually stunning graphics, virtual studios, and augmented reality to enhance the viewer experience.

✅ The use of sports data and visualization is becoming increasingly important in providing in-depth analysis and storytelling.

✅ Automation and AI technology are driving innovation in the broadcasting industry, improving production workflows and enhancing the viewer experience.

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30/07/2024

🎙 Continuing our series on innovations in sports broadcasting, this week we have Anna-Carin Månsson, CEO and Manni Svensson, Executive Chairman of 1080 Motion.

Mani and Anna, discuss the origin story of their company and the problem they solve. They provide an overview of their product, which is an electric cable machine that allows for controlled load and speed in training. They highlight their focus on elite athletes and their success in working with Olympic track and field teams, NHL teams, and professional soccer teams. They also discuss the evolution of the market readiness for their product and their plans for the future, including expanding into the rehabilitation market. They emphasize the importance of hiring the right people and the challenges of delivering hardware products.

1080 is the leader in robotic technology solutions for neuromuscular testing and training in sports and rehabilitation. The intelligence in their solutions resides in the software and algorithms designed to test, analyze, and train physical performance. As a pioneer in pushing the boundaries in performance, their development efforts are always focused on bringing professional users the best and most efficient ways of helping athletes and patients excel in their game.

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19/07/2024

🎙 Continuing our series on innovations in sports broadcasting, this week we have Lawrence Platt, Managing Director of Tour Sports at Hawk-Eye Innovations Ltd.

Lawrence talks about what exactly is Hawk- Eye, what they do at Hawk-Eye Innovations, their in house innovations, the purpose and use cases of these grand technologies, different technological needs in sports today, various success stories and how they achieved them. We also talk about what the near future in sports tech looks like plus a lot more in detail.

Recognised as a global leader in the live sports arena, pioneering change across Broadcast Production, Officiating and Performance through cutting-edge technology. Hawk-Eye delivers best-in-class technology to rights holders, officials, broadcasters, and more across the full video and data value-chain, constantly supporting the growth of sport through technology- from the field to the fan.

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10/07/2024

🎙 Focusing on innovations in sports broadcasting, this week we have Amos Varon, Chief Revenue Officer at Videocites

Amos talks about his extensive journey to Videocites, problems solved by them, how their product has helped the world’s largest sports leagues and teams, their anti piracy measures, how the product evolved to what it is today, some exciting innovations in sports broadcasting and much more.

Videocites is an award winning, venture-backed, global AI-powered technology company that has addressed a blindspot that has been left unsolved for too long - the inability to know the true reach and impact of one’s video content across owned, affiliate, and organic social channels.

Videocites video-AI technology allows IP owners and distributors to protect, grow, and monetize one’s content in ways previously unimaginable- from instantaneously preventing piracy and illegal uploads to more scalably identifying and engaging new audiences and products.

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03/07/2024

🎙 Kicking off our next theme on innovations in sports broadcasting with- Rob Koenen, Co-Founder & CBO at Tiledmedia

Rob talks about his journey to Tiledmedia, what they do and who they help, some success stories in broadcasting, evolution of broadcasting, innovations in broadcasting tech to look out for plus much more.

Tiledmedia is the global leader in flexible and affordable streaming solutions for the highest quality VR and the most interactive multiview experiences. Through its advanced software products and cloud services, distributors of high resolution content can reach the maximum number of viewers, with an infinite amount of streams. Tiledmedia’s products integrate seamlessly with your delivery chain: production, delivery and apps.

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26/06/2024

🎙 To conclude our Indian Sports Tech Series with a bang, this week we have- ⁠Megha Gambhir⁠, Founder & CEO at ⁠Stupa Sports Analytics⁠

Megha talks about her journey into sports entrepreneurship after a career break. How they found the need for actionable insights & analytics in Indian racket sports and started Stupa. We discuss how the Indian Sports Tech Ecosystem is growing, how that’s encouraging more startups, what the future holds for this industry and much more.

Stupa is a global sports technology company, driven by love for table tennis, badminton, padel and pickleball. Their core services include digitized event management systems for sport federations, performance analytics for athletes, OTT for fans and live streaming for betting and media houses. Through their AI enabled video solutions used by national federations and broadcasters, they enhance the viewing experience for fans across the world.

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19/06/2024

🎙 Continuing our sports tech series in India, this week on the show we have- Rahat Kulshreshtha, Co-Founder at Quidich Innovation Labs

First company in the world to provide broadcast grade AR on a drone.

Rahat talks about their journey of founding Quidich Innovation Labs, their experience of working with giants like BCCI and IPL, all their innovations in broadcast and how it’s implemented, future of Sports Tech in India and what new technology/innovations are in store for Quidich.

Quidich Innovation Labs is the leading Sports Broadcast & Filming Solutions company in India. They deliver breathtaking products powered by remote-controlled camera systems. They provide special camera services integrated with augmented reality and real-time player tracking. Recently, the company also successfully deployed its proprietary real-time optical player-tracking solution, Quidich Tracker (QT).

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05/06/2024

“𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.”

🎙 This week for our series in India, the SportsTech ALLSTARS Podcast presents- Akshat Prakash, CTO at CAMB.AI.

Akshat talks about his journey to starting this innovative company. We discuss how camb.ai enables the world to communicate in any preferred language, including huge sports leagues like Australian Open and MLS. We also touch upon all the challenges faced in reaching these milestones. Akshat provides a very holistic and wholesome approach to entrepreneurship in sports and how the mamba mentality has helped with the same.

Language should never be a barrier to great ideas. At Camb.ai, they’re building language models that are enabling the largest enterprises in the world to reach global audiences, with a major focus on live sports. Their proprietary models MARS & BOLI have been used by sports leagues, filmmakers and creators in every language.

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30/05/2024

🎙 Continuing our series in India, the SportsTech ALLSTARS Podcast presents- Siddharth Raman, CEO at

Asia’s first sports-focused data, technology and content solutions provider with over 20 years of experience for 250+ global clients.

Siddharth talks about his background and how he became the CEO at Sportz Interactive. We discuss the growth and success stories of SI, having led the game in India for 20 years now. We also talk about the evolution of the sports industry in India and its trajectory ahead. A lot to learn here about navigating this complex sports landscape in the country.

Sportz Interactive’s ambition is to empower sports orgs to maximise fan affinity and commercialisation. They believe that fans lie at the heart of the sporting ecosystem and thus build engaging experiences for them through their end-to-end solutions suite encompassing data APIs, websites, mobile applications, gamifications, original content, video production and more.

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