Abstract: A system and a method of an automatic video production based on an off-the-shelf video camera are provided herein. The method may include receiving, from an off-the-shelf camera, a footage of video image frames containing a scene of a sport event, uploading the footage to a computing device, and processing, by the computing device, the footage to automatically generate a video production of the sport event based on at least a portion of the video frame images.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method of content-layer based compression of a video being broadcasted over a network. The method may include: receiving a video stream comprising a plurality of video stream frames; identifying in at least some of the plurality of video stream frames at least two content-layers of predefined content-layers to yield corresponding at least two content-layer streams, wherein each of the at least two content-layer streams is associated with one of the at least two content-layers; and compressing each of the at least two content-layer video streams according to predetermined parameters of the content-layer associated with the respective content-layer video stream and according to available resources of the network to yield corresponding at least two compressed content-layer streams.

Abstract: Generally, a system and method for an automatic detection of referee's decisions during a ball-game match are provided. The method may include receiving a plurality of images of a ball-game field generated during the ball-game match; determining, based on predetermined ball-game rules, a first subset of images of the plurality of images representing a first event that is suspected as a specified rule-based event; determining, based on the predetermine ball-game rules, a second subset of images of the plurality of images that represents a second event, wherein the second event is subsequent to the specified rule-based event according to the predetermined ball-game rules; and analyzing, based on the predetermined ball-game rules, the images of the second subset and further determining, based on the analysis thereof, a referee's decision concerning whether the first even is the specified rule-based event.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method of content-layer based compression of a video being broadcasted over a network. The method may include: receiving a video stream comprising a plurality of video stream frames; identifying in at least some of the plurality of video stream frames at least two content-layers of predefined content-layers to yield corresponding at least two content-layer streams, wherein each of the at least two content-layer streams is associated with one of the at least two content-layers; and compressing each of the at least two content-layer video streams according to predetermined parameters of the content-layer associated with the respective content-layer video stream and according to available resources of the network to yield corresponding at least two compressed content-layer streams.

Abstract: Generally, a system and method for an automatic detection of referee's decisions during a ball-game match are provided. The method may include receiving a plurality of images of a ball-game field generated during the ball-game match; determining, based on predetermined ball-game rules, a first subset of images of the plurality of images representing a first event that is suspected as a specified rule-based event; determining, based on the predetermine ball-game rules, a second subset of images of the plurality of images that represents a second event, wherein the second event is subsequent to the specified rule-based event according to the predetermined ball-game rules; and analyzing, based on the predetermined ball-game rules, the images of the second subset and further determining, based on the analysis thereof, a referee's decision concerning whether the first even is the specified rule-based event.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for automatically producing highlights videos from one or more video streams of a playing field. The video streams are captured from at least one camera, calibrated and raw inputs are obtained from audio, calibrated videos and actual event time. Features are then extracted from the calibrated raw inputs, segments are created, specific events are identified and highlights are determined and the highlights are outputted for consumption, considering diverse types of packages. Types of packages may be based on user preference. The calibrated video streams may be received and processed in real time, periodically.

Abstract: Generally, a method for fusing viewer-specific graphic content into video content being broadcasted to a plurality of viewer terminals are provided. The method may include the following steps: receiving a video content including a plurality of frames representing a scene; deriving a virtual camera model for a subset of frames of the video content; generating a foreground mask for each frame of the subset of frames of the video content; and substituting, in at least part of the frames of the subset of frames of the video content received on at least some of the plurality of viewer terminals, all pixels in the respective frames contained within a predefined content insertion region of a background surface in the scene, except for the pixels indicated by the respective frames' foreground masks, with pixels of viewer-specific graphic contents associated with the respective viewer terminals, using the respective frames' virtual camera models.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for automatically producing highlights videos from one or more video streams of a playing field. The video streams are captured from at least one camera, calibrated and raw inputs are obtained from audio, calibrated videos and actual event time. Features are then extracted from the calibrated raw inputs, segments are created, specific events are identified and high-lights are determined and the highlights are outputted for consumption, considering diverse types of packages. Types of packages may be based on user preference. The calibrated video streams may be received and processed in real time, periodically.

Abstract: Generally, a method for fusing viewer-specific graphic content into video content being broadcasted to a plurality of viewer terminals are provided. The method may include the following steps: receiving a video content including a plurality of frames representing a scene; deriving a virtual camera model for a subset of frames of the video content; generating a foreground mask for each frame of the subset of frames of the video content; and substituting, in at least part of the frames of the subset of frames of the video content received on at least some of the plurality of viewer terminals, all pixels in the respective frames contained within a predefined content insertion region of a background surface in the scene, except for the pixels indicated by the respective frames' foreground masks, with pixels of viewer-specific graphic contents associated with the respective viewer terminals, using the respective frames' virtual camera models.

Abstract: It is provided a method for producing a stream of desired image frames derived from a panoramic capturing of a scene by an array of video cameras. The production is conducted by a coordinated operation at a venue proximate to the scene and at a production suite located remotely from the venue. The method includes a venue server recording a stream of raw video images captured simultaneously by the video-cameras, and converting the stream of raw video images at a first data rate to a stream of panoramic views at a second data rate. The second data rate is less than one third of the first data rate. The method further includes transmitting the stream of panoramic views to a remote production suite, and there selecting a stream of desired frames including respective regions of interest. The method further includes transmitting data on the stream of desired frames to the venue server, and the venue server producing out of the recorded stream of raw video images, a stream of high resolution frames.

Abstract: It is provided a method for a computerized, server autonomously producing a TV show of a sports game in a scene. The method includes receiving from several video cameras a stream of video images of the scene for capturing a panoramic view of the scene, analyzing the stream of video images for allowing definition of several frame streams, determining location data of the frame streams accordingly, and rendering an active frame stream with images imaging a respective portion of the panoramic view of the scene. The method includes also transmitting for broadcasting a stream of image frames imaging the respective portion of the panoramic view. The step of analyzing the stream of video images includes identifying a playing object, tracking the playing, object and identifying players. The method also includes calibrating the cameras using points in the playing field.