NEW YORK & SEATTLE – Today, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), a company of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced that it has entered into an agreement with the National Hockey League (NHL) to become the Official Cloud, Artificial. NHL® Intelligence and Machine Learning Infrastructure Provider.
Utilizing the breadth and depth of AWS services, the NHL can automate video processing and delivery of content in the cloud and leverage its Puck and Player Tracking (PPT) system, which operates on AWS cloud infrastructure, to capture details better. game for its fans, teams and media partners. The NHL will also build an enterprise video platform on AWS to gather video, data and related applications in one central repository that facilitates search and archiving of videos, provides broadcasters with instant access to NHL content for syndication and licensing, and facilitates. creating and delivering new analytics, predictions and in-game video highlights to enhance mobile, online and broadcast experiences.
The NHL will partner with the Amazon Machine Learning Solutions Lab to apply AWS’s deep portfolio of machine learning services to videos and official NHL data – including data from the NHL’s new Puck and Player Tracking (PPT) system and from the NHL’s Hockey Information & Tracking. System (HITS) real-time statistics – to develop and share advanced game analysis and statistics that take fans deeper into the game. In addition, the NHL intends to use AWS Elemental Media Services to develop and manage a cloud-based HD and 4K video delivery system that will provide a complete picture of the game to NHL officials, coaches, players and supporters. Powered by AWS, the system will encode, process, store and broadcast game footage from a range of new camera angles to deliver continuous video input that captures plays and events outside the field of view of traditional broadcast cameras. In addition, using AWS analytics services, including Amazon Kinesis (AWS service to easily collect, process and analyze video and data streams in real time) and machine learning services such as Amazon SageMaker (AWS service providing data scientists and developers in enable to build, quickly train and use the machine learning models), the NHL will be able to audit its feeds to broadcast partners in real time. This feature will enable the NHL to create a smart monitoring system that detects and automatically solves potential feeding problems, giving fans a seamless gaming experience across different platforms.
“AWS ‘latest technology and services give us the ability to deliver analytics and insights that highlight the speed and skill of our game to bring deeper engagement to the fans,” said NHL commissioner. Gary Bettman. “AWS is unmatched in the cloud services portfolio it provides, including computer vision and machine learning, and we plan to leverage it across the board to provide faster analysis than ever before to our teams, officials and media partners. is pleased that AWS is joining the NHL’s family of blue-disc technology partners as we continue our focus on innovation and building the most advanced technology solutions in sports. ‘
“AWS works with the world’s most renowned sports leagues to better understand and innovate their data by leveraging our deep portfolio of machine learning services,” he said. Andy Jassy, CEO of AWS. “With this agreement, AWS will provide our leading cloud technology to the NHL, become a fundamental partner in delivering NHL performance analysis, and work together to improve the way people experience hockey through more engaging content and greater insights to fans. AWS’s breadth and depth of services, our proven experience in sports analysis, and our relentless focus on innovation, give the NHL the ability to give a whole new perspective and a low level of fans to the game of hockey.
The NHL will launch its new analytics using AWS services and technology during the coming season. For more information, please visit www.aws.amazon.com/sports.