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Sounds like a clever marketing scheme from Opta.
by vages 7y ago
Sounds like a clever marketing scheme from Opta.
- scarejunba 7y agoSure, but you can't fake winning.
- actuator 7y agoI doubt it is. Opta is probably what most publications and broadcasters use as well. I don't think there is anyone else who collects stats that deep across so many leagues. Sometimes even I am surprised the details of those stats, like passes by an individual player, distance covered etc.
- thom 7y agoIt's actually a pretty crowded market at this point (I work at a competitor but have worked professionally with their data). The distance-covered sort of stats come from tracking data (usually derived optically from multiple cameras, giving locations of every player and the ball at 20hz or so), which Opta didn't offer directly until their merger with STATS.
- actuator 7y agoWow, I did not know this. They have special cameras in the grounds or this is just them having access to raw feed from all regular broadcasting cameras. I would love to read up on how this is recorded, processed and kept if you have any source.
- thom 7y agoMost of the big providers require special cameras in the stadium (some up to 16). Some can do this from video feeds (even broadcast quality, which obviously misses some info). You can read about one of the leading providers here: https://chyronhego.com/products/sports-tracking/tracab-optical-tracking/ https://chyronhego.com/products/sports-tracking/tracab-optic...
- 9HZZRfNlpR 7y agoYou have fee access to it through numerous websites, not complete but very throughout numbers. He is calling out opta directly, not sure what kind of interface they offer unless he is reading their xml feeds directly.