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NPFL Matches To Be Stream Live At Low Cost
Basil Kobbani, chairman, Propel Sports Africa and broadcast partner for the Nigerian Professional Football League, NPFL, has stated that AI cameras deployed in 10 stadia across the country for live streaming of matches from the country’s elite league features same technology used to broadcast the best leagues in the world in England, Spain and Italy.
He also added that with the new camera technology, match viewing will not only be more accessible, but also cheaper, with lots of analytics for coaches and sports marketing potentials.
Kobbani made the disclosure in Ilorin on Friday during the installation of live streaming equipment at the Kwara State Stadium.
“We have these technology installed in NBA in the US, we have it in Serie A, Italy, La Liga, Spain with Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United, they all have this technology,” explained Kobbani.
As learnt, the technology has, as it’s features cameras from Pixalot, a South African company.
Each of the facilities has four lenses that cover both ends of the field, while the other two covers the pitch.
It provides opportunities for commentaries. NPFL provided spaces for two commentators in English and local languages or pidgin.
Propel is also planning to have two more cameras behind the goal posts and a roving camera, too, because the cameras installations in the 10 stadia would be mounted facing just one side.
Unlike the manually manipulated cameras, the AI enhanced gadget for the NPFL league is designed to follow the ball wherever it goes.
Matches from the venues are also uploaded in the cloud where people outside the country could have access to them.
Adding further, the Propel Sports chief enumerated potentially big sports marketing potentials that come with the package.
“You are going to see NPFL on highlight packages, like on TikTok, Instagram, Twitter; these will show all of Nigerian football across the world.
“You have 10 cameras in the stadium and eight to ten matches will be streamed live and that will give you the opportunity to showcase NPFL across the world.
Hon Dike who spoke with sports journalists shortly after the flag off the 2024 edition of Chairman’s Football Unity Tournament at Botem Tai in Tai LGA, said the tournament is an annual event to promote peace and unity in Tai as well identify budding talents in the area for global competition.
The opening ceremony of the tournament was more like a carnival was witnessed by huge crowd including prominent indigenes of Ogoni Kingdom, sports lovers and people from all works of life.
The LGA boss revealed that special sports committee will be setup in the area to work out modalities to strengthen sports development in Tai.
He advised the participants in the tournament from various wards in the LGA to play the game by the rules and conduct themselves in a peaceful and orderly manner and use the opportunity to showcase their talents.
Hon Dike further disclosed that his administration will also give priority attention to skills development among the youth to enhance their human capacity and promote enterprise development in the area.
Earlier in his address the Chairman of Tai LGA Football Council, Elder Wisdom Gorgor said the annual football competition has been a unifying factor in Tai LGA that need to be sustained to forge more unity and development in the area.
He urged the participants to see the competition as an opportunity to embrace football as a full career and earn sustainable livelihood.
Elder Gorgor who commended the Chairman of Tai LGA, Hon Dike for his visionary leadership and tremendous development achievements recorded in the LGA under his administration, appealled to the Chairman to build a Mini Sports Stadium in the area to promote sporting activities.
The training was held at the Sani Abacha Stadium Indoor Basketball Court in Kano last Saturday.
According to the Vice President and Head of NBA Nigeria, Gbemisola Abudu, the event was part of the league’s commitment to growing broader basketball ecosystem in Nigeria and making the game more accessible across the country.
“Our first Jr. NBA clinic in Kano speaks to our commitment to growing the game in Nigeria and creating more opportunities for boys and girls to learn and play the game,” Abudu said.
“Nigeria has a rich basketball history and abundance of talent, which is evident every time you watch an NBA game. We look forward to continuing to engage with basketball stakeholders, business leaders and members of the community to further the game’s reach and impact on young people around the country,” she added.
The 2024 basketball initiative clinics of NBA Nigeria also included the league’s inaugural Jr. NBA elite camp for 150 boys and age-16 girls held at the American International School in Lagos in July.
Others include the NBA’s building of 1,000 courts in Africa over the next decade, Nigeria’s Festival Coins and Salubata named the top two winning businesses at NBA Africa Triple-Double Accelerator’s inaugural Demo Day in New York City held last September, and the third edition of “NBA Meets Art,” a curated installation celebrating basketball through the lens of Nigerian art and culture as part of West Africa’s premier art fair Art X Lagos, held in November.
Central to this vision is the federation’s investment in capacity building, evident in the just-concluded one-week Level 1 Badminton World Federation (BWF) Coaching Course, which marked a significant milestone for Nigerian badminton.
Held in Abuja, the course brought together 13 young coaches from across Nigeria. The last time such a course was held in the country was in 2017, making this a historic and transformative step.
The training was facilitated by the Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA) in partnership with the Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN) and conducted by Dr. Ahmed Radah, the BCA Development Manager.
Radah, impressed by the talent he witnessed, praised Nigeria’s potential.
“Nigeria is blessed with immense talent and a strong badminton tradition. I believe this country has what it takes to dominate on the global stage,” he remarked.
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