NEW YORK AND SEATTLE – Today, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), a company of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), has announced that it has entered into an agreement with the National Hockey League (NHL) to become the official, artificial Cloud Provider of NHL® Intelligence and Machine Learning Infrastructures.
By leveraging the breadth and depth of AWS services, the NHL will be able to automate video processing and cloud content delivery and leverage its Puck and Player Tracking (PPT) system, which runs on the infrastructure of the AWS cloud, to better capture the details. game for your fans, teams and multimedia partners. The NHL will also create a business video platform on AWS to add video, data, and related applications to a central repository that will make it easier to search and retrieve archive video images, giving broadcasters instant access to NHL for syndication and licensing. the creation and delivery of new analysis, predictions, and highlights of video games to enhance mobile, online, and streaming experiences.
The NHL will work with the Amazon Machine Learning Solutions Lab to apply AWS ‘deep portfolio of machine learning services to game video and official NHL data, including data from the new Puck and Player Tracking (PPT) system NHL and Hockey Information & Tracking NHL System (HITS) real-time statistics: to develop and share advanced game metrics and analysis that will deepen fans in the game. In addition, the NHL intends to use AWS Elemental Media Services to develop and manage a cloud-based HD and 4K video content delivery system that will provide a complete view of the game to officials, coaches, players and fans of the NHL. Powered by AWS, the system will encode, process, store, and stream game images from a number of new camera angles to provide continuous video channels that capture plays and events outside the field of view of traditional broadcast cameras. In addition, take advantage of AWS analytics services, including Amazon Kinesis (the AWS service for easily collecting, processing, and analyzing real-time video and data streams) and machine learning services, such as Amazon SageMaker ( the AWS service that allows data scientists and developers to be created, train and deploy machine learning models quickly), the NHL will be able to audit its information channels to broadcast partners in real time. This capability will allow the NHL to create an intelligent monitoring system that automatically detects and solves potential power issues, providing fans with a seamless gaming experience across display platforms.
“AWS’s state-of-the-art technology and services will provide us with capabilities to deliver analysis and statistics that highlight the speed and ability of our game to foster fan engagement,” the NHL commissioner said. Gary Bettman. “AWS is unmatched in the portfolio of cloud services it offers, including computer vision and machine learning, and we intend to leverage them to deliver advanced analytics to our teams, employees and multimedia partners faster than ever before. We are thrilled to have AWS join the NHL family of technology partners as we continue to focus on innovating and building the most advanced technology solutions in sports. ”
“AWS works with the world’s most recognized sports leagues to better understand and innovate their data through our broad portfolio of machine learning services,” he said. Andy Jassy, CEO of AWS. “With this agreement, AWS will provide our industry-leading cloud technology to the NHL, becoming a key partner in providing NHL performance analysis and collaborating to improve the way people experience hockey, providing more engaging content and broader knowledge to fans, and the depth of services, our proven experience in sports analytics and our relentless focus on innovation, give the NHL the opportunity to provide a perspective and a layer of participation from fans completely new to the game of hockey “.
The NHL will present its new analytics using AWS services and technology over the next season. For more information, visit www.aws.amazon.com/sports.