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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 being "beamed into" the studios from remote locations. From a sports perspective, its technology collects positioning data of the ball and participants within the playing field in real time, and then churns them to compile information and develop ...
CNN 'Hologram' Provider Gets Bought By News Corp. Sports JV
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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 ...
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 being "beamed into" the studios from remote locations. Sportswise, its technology collects positioning data of the ball and participants within the playing field in real time, and then churns them to compile information and develop illustrations and ...
