NTTSportic Co., Ltd.
[Yaita City, Tochigi Prefecture × NTTSportic] Two AI sports video solutions “STADIUM TUBE” that can automatically film sports matches have been installed at the “Yaita City Culture and Sports Complex” ~Live streaming of sports matches held in multi-functional halls and arenas~ ……
NTTSportic Co., Ltd. (Miyakojima Ward, Osaka City, President Masatoshi Nakamura, hereinafter referred to as NTTSportict) is a hub for Yaita City, Tochigi Prefecture (Mayor of Yaita Junichiro Saito, hereinafter referred to as Yaita City) as a base for community exchange and health promotion centered on culture and sports. One S3, the latest model of the AI sports video solution “STADIUM TUBE” provided by NTTSportict, will be installed in the “Multi-Function Hall” and “Arena” of the “Yaita City Culture and Sports Complex” which will open in April 2024. did.
This initiative will permanently install AI cameras at the two venues of the Yaita City Cultural and Sports Complex to broadcast live archives of sports tournaments and ceremonies held at the facility, as well as provide information to users of both facilities. The purpose is to improve convenience, service, competitiveness, and make effective use of facilities.
We have now launched a new service called “yAIcam” which will distribute videos taken with AI cameras. You can view match footage from the tournament on this website.
yAIcam
https://www.videoflow.io/channel/vfc-chp51myi741n
In the future, NTTSportic will use “yAIcam” to deliver sports matches held in Yaita City to more Yaita residents and sports fans nationwide, and create an environment where people can support local sports more than ever. We aim to do so.
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Yaita City aims to increase the number of people interacting with each other and expand the economic effect through sports, as well as to form a healthy local community by fostering an awareness of sports among citizens, and to promote various related activities such as tourism, food, and culture. We established a sports commission with the aim of increasing the potential of Yaita City by linking fields, and are focusing on attracting sports tournaments and training camps. Meanwhile, some soccer matches of the “Ichigo Ichie Tochigi National Athletic Meet” held at Ryokushin Stadium YAITA in Yaita City in 2022 will be streamed live on the AI sports video solution “STADIUM TUBE” provided by NTTSportict. did. This was the first live broadcast of a national polity competition using an AI camera, and archive
distribution was also carried out on the national polity channel, allowing many people to watch the match.
Taking advantage of this distribution, we will continue to broadcast various sports tournaments and games held in Yaita City, and in the future, we aim to attract tournaments and training camps through the distribution of games. One “STADIUM TUBE S3” will be installed in the “Multi-Function Hall” and “Arena” of the newly opened “Yaita City Culture and Sports Complex” in 2024.
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Comment from Masatoshi Nakamura, President and Representative Director of NTTSportic
We would like to congratulate you on the opening of the Yaita City Culture and Sports Complex, and thank you for introducing our AI sports video solution, STADIUM TUBE, to the facility.
Our company aims to “build local communities that bring excitement and smiles through sports.”
I would be very happy if the installation of this AI camera will help Yaita City’s urban development.
We look forward to many sports games and tournaments being held at this facility in the future, and we hope to create an advanced usage environment through the distribution of sports and cultural activities so that everyone in Yaita City who uses the facility will be happy. We will provide you with the following.
Business details
NTTSportic’s “STADIUM TUBE S3” is used to automatically film tournaments and games of sports such as basketball, volleyball, and handball held in the “Multifunction Hall” and “Arena” of the “Yaita City Cultural and Sports Complex” and distribute content.
In the future, we are also preparing to enable users of both facilities to use the STADIUM TUBE S3 to automatically film team practices and games.
NTTSportic will work to promote regional revitalization with the slogan “Regional Sports x ICT” through automatic shooting and distribution of sports using AI cameras.
About the viewing page [yAIcam]
In the future, we have launched a new service called yAIcam, which will distribute videos taken with AI cameras of sports matches and other events held at the Yaita City Cultural and Sports Complex. You can view match footage from the tournament on this website.
yAIcam
URL: https://www.videoflow.io/channel/vfc-chp51myi741n
About the naming and logo of [yAIcam]
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The name has two meanings: “YAITA, a town with AI” and “AI in the middle of YAITA” as the facility incorporates AI technology. The logo incorporates an arrow, which is also used in Yaita City’s city emblem, and imagines distribution from the Yaita City Culture and Sports Facility, which will be a facility that integrates future technology. The logo also expresses a sports-like sense of speed. [Yaita City Cultural Sports Complex]
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49-1 Suehirocho, Yaita City, Tochigi Prefecture
HP: https://www.city.yaita-ftr.jp
About the “STADIUM TUBE S3 model” installed at the Yaita City Cultural and Sports Complex
[Image 5: https://prtimes.jp/i/76870/202/resize/d76870-202-8e3d6c72e67651957d04-4.jpg&s3=76870-202-36b4a61b1b9163544b19d3ed39a58537-3900×2078.jpg] The core of the AI sports video solution “STADIUM TUBE” provided by NTTSportic is an unmanned camera developed by Pixellot Ltd.
(Headquarters: Israel), which is equipped with automatic shooting and editing functions using AI.
By installing it in stadiums and other competition facilities, the cost of filming can be reduced to about one-tenth. Currently, it supports shooting of 16 sports such as soccer, basketball, rugby, American football, volleyball, and ice hockey (*), and in “auto production” mode, the camera produces a natural camera that looks as if it were being shot by a real photographer. It will be a work. *The number of competitions that can be photographed varies depending on the model.
▼Click here for the actual shooting video
https://www.videoflow.io/channel/vfc-k-30qkair
In addition to regular AI shooting, a panoramic image of the entire pitch is also captured at the same time, so the captured footage can be directly fed into an existing coaching system, allowing team practice and player training without the hassle of file conversion. It can be used for feedback and analysis.
*The scoreboard will also be photographed with a special camera and automatically inserted into the viewing screen.
*You can freely switch between AI camera video and panoramic video for viewing. The S3 installed at the Yaita City Culture and Sports Complex is the latest model in the STADIUM TUBE series.
▼Click here for more information about STADIUM TUBE
URL: https://nttsportict.co.jp
[NTTSportic company profile]
Company name: NTTSportict Co., Ltd.
Address: 3rd floor, NTT West QUINT BRIDGE, 4-15-82 Higashinoda-cho, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka
Representative: Masatoshi Nakamura
Established: April 1, 2020
Company introduction video: https://youtu.be/XfGcp9Plqvo
Business overview – Video license acquisition and video distribution business for amateur sports etc. using AI cameras
・Advertisement, broadcasting rights, production and sales of video content ・Any business incidental or related to the above, etc.
More details about this release:
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