MLB TO PREMIER PIXELLOT’S BREAKTHROUGH MULTI ANGLE LIVE PRODUCTION

Pixellot’s World-first AI-Automated Multi-Camera Live Production Brings Professional Coverage to MLB Fans, Coaches, and Scouts.

New York, NY, Tel Aviv, Israel, July 7, 2021. MLB (Major League Baseball) Pixellot, the world’s leading provider of AI-Automated™ video and analytics solutions for sports, announced today an agreement to film, produce and broadcast games from the newly created Draft League and the legendary Appalachian League.

As part of the agreement, MLB will install Pixellot systems at 17 venues. Pixellot’s end-to-end solution will enable the capture, production, and live-streaming of all games and practices. The new multi-camera system fully automates the entire game production without the need for a single camera operator, director, or producer. Utilizing artificial intelligence, Pixellot’s technology is able to automatically detect the game state, switch camera angles, zoom in on the ball, track the players and provide a professional production. Fans will have access to live and on-demand content while coaches and scouts will be able to get breakdowns, analytics, and player highlights using the integrated VidSwap analytics and video coaching platform. 

The MLB Draft League is the first league in the country focused on top prospects who are eligible to be drafted by MLB Clubs, while the historic Appalachian League functions as a collegiate summer league and part of the Major League Baseball and USA Baseball Prospect Development Pipeline (“PDP”).

“We are excited to partner with Pixellot for the first seasons of the new Appalachian and MLB Draft Leagues.” Said John D’Angelo, Vice President and Head of Amateur and Medical at Major League Baseball.“This partnership will provide the highest quality video coverage for families and fans in local and regional markets, while also showcasing players’ talents more broadly through state-of-the-art automated production technology. Pixellot will help us capture all the action for local communities, scouts, and baseball fans everywhere.”

“We are thrilled to know that our newest technological breakthrough – fully automated multi-angle live production – will serve the future stars of Major League Baseball,” said Pixellot President of North America, David Shapiro. “Baseball is a complex game to film and as a result, is usually expensive to produce. Pixellot’s new multi-angle solution will use AI to switch between cameras and create for the first time ever, a TV-like viewing experience without any operators. We believe that the new solution will help democratize baseball and softball coverage at a level never experienced before, bringing excitement, value, and joy to fans, coaches, and scouts.”

Pixellot’s vast experience in providing cost-efficient professional coverage for women’s, lower leagues, youth, and amateur sports has made it the solution of choice for thousands of teams and leagues around the world. Its award-winning, AI-automated technology is installed in thousands of venues that stream over 80,000 games per month. 

To watch live streaming coverage of the MLB Draft League and Appalachian League, visit:

appyleague.com/streaming

http://mlbdraftleague.com/streaming

For more information, visit https://www.pixellot.tv/ and https://www.mlb.com/

About Pixellot

Pixellot pioneered the concept of automated sports production solutions as an affordable alternative to traditional video capture, production, and distribution systems for professional and semi-professional sports events. Founded in 2013, Pixellot’s AI-Automated technology solutions streamline the video and analytics creation workflow by fully automating live sports capture, production, and distribution. 15,000 Pixellot systems are deployed by broadcasters, production companies, clubs, federations, universities, high schools, sports portals, and coaching solution providers around the globe. To date, Pixellot has produced over a million live games from 57 countries across the globe.

Media contact: Yossi Tarablus | AVP Global Marketing | +972.522.890.297 | Yossit@pixellot.tv