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paidcontent.org - 12/2/2008
Sports Data Firm Stats Acquires SportVU, Provider of CNN's Hologram Tech
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Sports data provider Stats has acquired a rather buzzy company SportVU , a Tel Aviv, Israel based motion capture tech provider, for an undisclosed sum. The company, besides having sports clients, provided that famous CNN "hologram" technology that resulted in their reporters and other guests ...
stats.com - 12/2/2008
STATS - The Global Leader in sports data, statistics and information
— stats.com — STATS is your source for global sports information. With more than 25 years of experience in sophisticated... sports data collection, processing and distribution, STATS is the world's leading sports information, content and statistical analysis company. ... (more) STATS - The Global Leader in sports data, statistics and ...
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sportbusiness.com - 12/2/2008
STATS acquire SportVU
— sportbusiness.com — STATS LLC, acquired SportVU, a Tel Aviv based innovator in automated ID and motion capture technology. STATS... will integrate SportVU technology into its portfolio of sports content solutions, to offer dynamic in-game presentations, comprehensive stats, ... (more) STATS acquire SportVU
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CNN 'Hologram' Provider Gets Bought By News Corp. Sports JV
Silicon Alley Insider — Remember those bizarre "hologram" effects that Time Warner's (TWX) CNN used on Election night? They're now the property of a News Corp. (NWS) joint venture. Sports data company Stats, a joint venture of News Corp. and the AP, has acquired the "hologram" provider, Israel-based SportVU, SportBusiness reports. A Hebrew report cited by PaidContent's Rafat Ali supposedly pegs the deal in the "tens of millions of dollars" range. Ali explains the deal: "From a sports perspective, its technology collects positioning data of ...

Around the Web 12.02.08: Nokia's new phone and we can't get enough Britney
L.A. Times Tech Blog — ... -- The company that produced those wacky CNN election night holograms gets acquired by a sports data firm. Maybe they'll be able to beam Manny back to whatever planet he came from. PaidContent ...

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Sports Data Firm Stats Acquires SportVU, Provider of CNN's Hologram Technology — paidContent
Sports data provider Stats has acquired a rather buzzy company SportVU , a Tel Aviv, Israel-based motion-capture tech provider, for an undisclosed sum. The company, besides having sports clients, provided that famous CNN "hologram" technology that resulted in its reporters and other guests ...
CNN “Hologram” Tech Co. Gets Acquired for Sports Stats [NewTeeVee] — GigaOM Network
Don’t call it a hologram! At least not with our commenters in attendance. Israeli startup SportVU , which makes “automated ID and motion capture technology” and was behind CNN’s sorta cool, mostly weird “beaming in” of its correspondents during Election Night ...
CNN “Hologram” Tech Co. Gets Acquired for Sports Stats — NewTeeVee
Don’t call it a hologram! At least not with our commenters in attendance. Israeli startup SportVU , which makes “automated ID and motion capture technology” and was behind CNN’s sorta cool, mostly weird “beaming in” of its correspondents during Election Night ...