Tedial presents at IBC the advantages of artificial intelligence applied to the production of live sports

In Amsterdam, Tedial is demonstrating the sophisticated speech-to-text technology of SmartLive, the new automatic self-logging tool for live sports and event production, as well as the possibilities of using IMF with its Hyper IMF solution and additional cloud support for Evolution aStorm for content management and distribution.

Every day the advantages of using artificial intelligence become more evident. However, rarely has live sports production found such an effective ally to streamline all relative workflows, both for broadcasters and for the clubs and leagues themselves.

In IBC 2018, Tedial exhibits for the first time in Europe its cutting-edge solution for live sports and a great revolution in sports production, SmartLive.

The solution, which ccombines artificial intelligence with an innovative metadata engine para que el back office y los archivos estén más cerca que nunca de la realidad, incluye ahora la Speechmatics completamente integrada, la capacidad de conversión de voz a texto y una nueva herramienta de auto-registro.

SmartLive se perfila como una complete solution de Tedial para eventos y deportes en directo para el registro remoto, la compatibilidad con PAM y la narración automática de historias, incluyendo una serie de herramientas de registro automático que crean automáticamente toda la información de registro para cada evento utilizando la inteligencia artificial.

La propuesta de Tedial permite analizar las pistas de comentarios e insertar los registros correspondientes en los registros de eventos y puede proporcionar reconocimiento de vídeo de la acción y los reproductores.

Esto es particularmente relevante para los deportes menos populares donde las fuentes de datos pueden no estar disponibles y cuando el registro manual de eventos no es rentable.

SmartLive está ahora totalmente integrado con la tecnología de reconocimiento de voz Speechmatics, que permite la integración de voz a texto mediante la anotación de la meda entrante.

Esto proporciona dos nuevos flujos de trabajo. Utilizando un feed en vivo, SmartLive puede crear automáticamente un blog de eventos, which allows the operator to search for any comments made during the match. This blog is stored in the library with attachment locators automatically created by Speechmatics.

The second workflow allows the operator to import a file or drop it into a watch folder and manually generate speech into text from the commentary track.

SmartLive leverages AI tools and provides 100% compatibility with existing PAM systems. Using a unique metadata engine, SmartLive automates media recording, clip creation and distribution, including social media releases.

One of his greats advantages over other proposals on the market es que permite hacer clippings de highlight automáticos tanto para redes sociales como para broadcasters en alta calidad ya que este software accede directamente a los servidores de directo.

Entrega y gestión bajo IMF

En lo que a entrega y gestión de contenidos se refiere a plataforma no lineales, la industria ha adoptado el Interoperable Master Format (IMF) desarrollado por la SMPTE como estándar. Aunque inicialmente la exigencia de entregar material compatible con IMF apenas se limitaba a Hollywood, cada día son mas las empresas en Europa que adoptan el estándar como una garantía de agilizar la entrega de contenidos.

En este terreno, Tedial ha conseguido adelantarse con su solución Hyper IMF, and End-to-end MAM that supports IMF formats for ingest, archive and delivery, and which now also includes the iAutomatic leader insertion, which incorporates all the necessary elements for each platform (for example, bars/clock...).

Hyper IMF also now includes automatic localization based on the delivery profile, allowing you to automatically add all credits and text insertions for each required language.

At IBC 2018, Tedial is also showing new features for your IMF Markup Tool, an easy-to-use editor that addresses the versioning requirements typically needed for your distribution. Designed for rapid validation and repair of IMF packages, this intuitive tool works independently of expensive third-party systems, making it an extremely cost-effective and easy-to-operate solution for users.

At the same time, Version Factory, now supports 60 additional new platforms that minimize the challenge of delivering multiple content to non-linear platforms; each one with a different flavor and format. Using Version Factory and Hyper IMF, Tedial can easily support existing and new platforms, delivering content in the correct format with audio tracks and subtitles in the correct language, as well as any additional components required (artwork/trailers…).

Evolution aStorm

High-resolution media files are constantly increasing, leading to the critical need for a efficient storage management.

At IBC 2018, Tedial exhibited Evolution aStorm, the hybrid content management solution de la compañía, preparada para el futuro. Ahora soporta el almacenamiento en nube de Google Cloud y AWS Glacier, cambia el paradigma de almacenamiento del enfoque tradicional HSM (multitier vertical) a un entorno de almacenamiento basado en objetos reales (multi-site, horizontal).

aStorm gestiona de forma transparente varios niveles de almacenamiento entre departamentos y ubicaciones. Altamente escalable y fiable, Evolution aSTORM permite a los broadcasters adaptar y optimizar sus inversiones para hacer frente a los cambios tecnológicos o cuando los costes relacionados con el almacenamiento disminuyen.

Esther Mesas, CSO/CMO of Tedial, has assured that the new functions introduced for SmartLive, Hyper IMF and Evolution aStorm provide content broadcasters and content owners with sophisticated and future-proof technology.

Access to the IBC 2018 SPECIAL in Panorama

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