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Xray is powered by IMDB, which Amazon also owns right? Is there an entity they could buy to power such a service for sports?

wapz 10y ago
I've always believed each tv channel broadcasting games does the players report themselves (either in-house or contracted). Since the games are usually exclusive to a specific station, I can't imagine there's a big enough market for it to be a service.
ukyrgf 10y ago
X-ray shows the actors that are in that specific scene. Does IMDB have this information that they just don't show on their public site? That seems a lot more useful of a database than the few titles Prime offers it on.
- notyourwork 10y ago
  There is a premium account for IMDB. Perhaps it is part of the paid service?
- tootie 10y ago
  That feature is damn impressive. It's incredibly responsive and accurate.
jk563 10y ago
Opta[1] provide stats for many sports. For example, in football(UK), Opta provide feeds that include many stats on the game before, during, and after. These feeds can be quite extensive. I imagine most sports have similar services available, though the level of detail I'm unsure on. [1] http://www.optasports.com/ http://www.optasports.com/
- dangerfourpence 10y ago
  It's more likely that you would take the stats from Running Ball, who are the market leaders in 'in play' sporting statistics. These power all the betting sites live stats and all the Live Score type sites you see. http://www.rball.com/ http://www.rball.com/
  - jk563 10y ago
    Opta powered the BBC football and most other sports stats, at least while I was there a few years ago. Obviously, this might have changed now!
- PaulRobinson 10y ago
  Opta only provides "on the ball" data for soccer, I know that much, and will only provide it in 5 minute increments. There is much more accurate data available in Premier League games via ChyronHego, but they don't make that available real-time, and in fact the only people who get to see it are the clubs who are involved in the game. There is a big, big demand for better real-time tracking of open play sports such as Soccer. Discreate "round-based" play games (baseball, NFL, etc.) are much simpler in some respects.
  - jk563 10y ago
    Cool insight! I wonder if ChyronHego isn't available real-time due to not being able to provide it in real-time or just that there is not enough money on the table for them to do so. I'm pretty sure the Opta data is available on a much shorter timeframe than every five minutes, as a side note.
    - PaulRobinson 10y ago
      I'm thinking of the Opta F24 feeds, which IIRC are provided in-play every 300 seconds. I might be out of date on that though. The ChyronHego data is interesting. I've played with is as part of a hackney at Manchester City - a hack day my team won, actually - and it definitely has some value. I get the impression those guys are only really just getting started, but the value of the data is so immense, that they might need to remain cagey about access, no matter what.

wapz 10y ago

I've always believed each tv channel broadcasting games does the players report themselves (either in-house or contracted). Since the games are usually exclusive to a specific station, I can't imagine there's a big enough market for it to be a service.

ukyrgf 10y ago

X-ray shows the actors that are in that specific scene. Does IMDB have this information that they just don't show on their public site? That seems a lot more useful of a database than the few titles Prime offers it on.

notyourwork 10y ago
There is a premium account for IMDB. Perhaps it is part of the paid service?
tootie 10y ago
That feature is damn impressive. It's incredibly responsive and accurate.

jk563 10y ago

Opta[1] provide stats for many sports. For example, in football(UK), Opta provide feeds that include many stats on the game before, during, and after. These feeds can be quite extensive. I imagine most sports have similar services available, though the level of detail I'm unsure on. [1] http://www.optasports.com/ http://www.optasports.com/

dangerfourpence 10y ago
It's more likely that you would take the stats from Running Ball, who are the market leaders in 'in play' sporting statistics. These power all the betting sites live stats and all the Live Score type sites you see. http://www.rball.com/ http://www.rball.com/
- jk563 10y ago
  Opta powered the BBC football and most other sports stats, at least while I was there a few years ago. Obviously, this might have changed now!
PaulRobinson 10y ago
Opta only provides "on the ball" data for soccer, I know that much, and will only provide it in 5 minute increments. There is much more accurate data available in Premier League games via ChyronHego, but they don't make that available real-time, and in fact the only people who get to see it are the clubs who are involved in the game. There is a big, big demand for better real-time tracking of open play sports such as Soccer. Discreate "round-based" play games (baseball, NFL, etc.) are much simpler in some respects.
- jk563 10y ago
  Cool insight! I wonder if ChyronHego isn't available real-time due to not being able to provide it in real-time or just that there is not enough money on the table for them to do so. I'm pretty sure the Opta data is available on a much shorter timeframe than every five minutes, as a side note.
  - PaulRobinson 10y ago
    I'm thinking of the Opta F24 feeds, which IIRC are provided in-play every 300 seconds. I might be out of date on that though. The ChyronHego data is interesting. I've played with is as part of a hackney at Manchester City - a hack day my team won, actually - and it definitely has some value. I get the impression those guys are only really just getting started, but the value of the data is so immense, that they might need to remain cagey about access, no matter what.