NTT East Saitama and NTT Sports have introduced the baseball-specific AI camera “STADIUM TUBE DoublePlay”, a fixed PTZ camera, and the next-generation multi-angle live streaming service “STADIUM TUBE Touch” to UD Trucks Ageo Stadium owned by Ageo City, Saitama Prefecture.

This will allow amateur games held at the stadium to be viewed in a realistic, full-scale live streaming.

Specifically, the AI ​​camera and PTZ camera installed in the stadium will be combined to automatically film baseball games, and by utilizing the next-generation multi-angle live streaming service, baseball games will be live streamed by switching between multiple angles with intuitive operations.
Replay footage, subtitles, and scoreboards can be easily inserted, so even those without specialized knowledge can create professional baseball broadcasts.

The footage can be used to improve the competitiveness of participating organizations and teams, and citizens and baseball fans who cannot go to the venue can watch the game from their smartphones or tablets.

“UD Trucks Ageo AI Camera Installation Commemorative Ceremony” was held on the 6th (Sun).

Toru Kitajima, head of the Ageo City Urban Development Department, said, “Ageo City has declared itself an Ageo City Sports and Health City, and places importance on playing, watching, and supporting sports, including health management. This initiative is in line with that declaration. We will operate it on a trial basis for the next year, and then we will consider how to proceed with the project while observing the situation.”

ライブ配信（Live Streaming）

次世代型マルチアングルライブ配信サービスの画面（Next-generation multi-angle live streaming service）

STADIUM TUBE DoublePlay is provided by NTT Sport. It is an AI camera that can automatically shoot multi-angle footage specialized for baseball. By using AI to automatically switch between the two cameras installed in the stadium, full-scale baseball broadcasting is possible without any staff present.

STADIUM TUBE Touch is provided by NTT Sport and Asahi Television Broadcasting Corporation. It is a next-generation multi-angle live streaming service that allows users to easily broadcast full-scale games without a cameraman by operating a tablet device.

The operation is simple, and tournament organizers can do it on the spot, for example.

NTT Sport President Masatoshi Nakamura commented, “This is the second example of STADIUM TUBE Touch, following the introduction at Stadium Kyoto. We would like to expand it further from now on.”

UD Trucks Ageo Stadium hosts more than 150 games a year, and is used by a wide range of age groups, from children to working adults, and the scale of the tournaments is large. However, there were few games broadcast and streamed in the past, so citizens had to go to the stadium to watch the games.

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