Abstract: A video comparison apparatus for sports coverage comprises a video input arranged in operation to receive video frames of captured video footage from a video camera having a fixed viewpoint of a scene, the video frames being associated with respective times referenced to a universal clock, a control input arranged in operation to receive event data indicating that an event has occurred, the event being associated with a time referenced to the universal clock, a video processor, and a video compositor; and the video processor is operable to select two or more instances of video footage associated with universal times responsive to the universal times of two or more instances of the event, and the video compositor is operable to superpose onto successive video frames of one instance of selected video footage at least a first part of a corresponding video frame from each of the one or more other selected instances of video footage.

Abstract: A video cueing system for a sporting event comprises receiving means operable to receive a universal clock signal, receiving means operable to receive telemetry data for one or more participants in the sporting event, processing means operable to estimate the location of the or each participant along a predetermined route based upon their respective telemetry data, detection means operable to detect, with reference to the universal clock signal, the respective time at which the or each participant reaches a predetermined location along the route, as estimated from their respective telemetry data, and video requesting means operable to request, for video streams associated with one or more participants, a position of a plurality of respective video frames having a timing referenced to the universal clock signal that corresponds to a detected respective time at which the or each participant reached the predetermined location.