NHL sets example for FIFA with video technology
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Two moments in World Cup history are guaranteed to start arguments between soccer fans -- Geoff Hurst's winning goal for England in 1966 and Diego Maradona's "Hand of God" strike for Argentina 20 years later.
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The English Premier League is considering playing some matches overseas, BBC Sport can reveal.
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FIFA is adopting a new world soccer ranking system. It&#039;s easy to see why.
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ANAHEIM, California  - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman conceded the league faces big challenges in gaining the major network television exposure it covets in the United States but that new technology will help attract new fans.
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As F.B.I. officials, the news media and fans pore over video footage of games refereed by Tim Donaghy, a game between the Bulls and the Warriors in February could attract attention.
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The idea is to put the ball in the net, not just keep it out. Ukraine figured that out a lot quicker than Switzerland in the shootout Monday night. And the World Cup newcomers are headed to the quarterfinals because of it.
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(InfoWorld) - Fans of American football who are too busy to watch every game may enjoy the latest edition ofÂ Cyberlink's MagicSports software. Version 4.0 adds football to a growing list of sports for which the software can analyze and compile highlight reels, alongside soccer, baseball, and Sumo wrestling. MagicSports will watch a three-and-a-half-hour football game for you, clip the most exciting moments, and compile a 20-minute video you can watch and share with friends. The auto-editing program can even trim the final video to as short as three to five minutes. And the software is just in time. National Football League regular season games started last week. MagicSports uses several techniques to analyze a game, then ranks highlights according to importance. A four-star classification is a must-see highlight, and will be added instantly to the final video. The game scoreboard is a major indicator for the software, because point changes and other information from the board can be cross referenced with crowd noise and movement on the field near the end zones. A scoreboard change to first and 10 from a prior view of third and 15 without the ball changing hands, for example, tells the software that a team made a big play to gain a first down. Or a sudden change such as first and 10 for one team to first and 10 for the other team, along with crowd noise, might tell the software an interception was made or a fumble recovered. Similar techniques are used in soccer. Activity near the goal, crowd noise, referee whistles, scoreboard changes and game stoppages all indicate to the software that a highlight clip might need adding to the final video. MagicSports 4.0 is available now online from Cyberlink's Web site. It costs $49.95 and runs on PCs with an Intel Pentium 4, 2.6GHz microprocessor, or better, and 256MB of RAM. Cyberlink continuously tweaks and improves the software, and it is constantly working to include more sports. Tennis is already under development, and might be included in the next version, engineers at the company say. Â
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Take a peek at some of the moves the pros are making.
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FIFAâs decision to end its short-lived rotation system among the regional confederations to host the World Cup means increased competition for the United Statesâ 2018 bid.
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The company makes another move to compete against video on demand.
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A start-up wants sports enthusiasts and others to capture video by wearing its tiny video camera.
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The Premier league is set to test Hawk-eye technology in football with a view to remove doubts over goal-line decisions, the chief of the company that makes the product has said.
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Ziff Davis - World Champion Boston Red Sox employ video cataloguing of every pitch in every game using specialized software.
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If you've been able to catch an NHL game on TV this season - and we understand if you haven't - you may have seen the ads.
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Only soccer has drawn a larger global TV audience among single-sport events than this year's rugby World Cup has
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The NHLPA invited the league to the meeting in a letter sent Thursday to commissioner Gary Bettman. &quot;The letter also confirms that the NHLPA is working on a new proposal which it believes should provide the
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The AnyPlay will play videos on its 8.5-inch screen and record up to 60 hours of video, including cable broadcasts.