From Stats to Stories: ICARO Transforms Data into the Best of Sports News, Stats and Media
NEW YORK – January 4, 2024 – ICARO™ Media Group, Inc., a Technology Media for Telecom (TMT) sector company, has announced the launch of its new AI-generated Game Recap product on the TIM News portal, operated jointly between TIM Brasil and ICARO.
Created especially for Sports content creators and fans, ICARO’s AI-powered Game Recap toolset creates articles based on minute-by-minute statistics and social media for professional sporting events. Articles include embeddable content and media related to the game, including a primary image automatically generated from venue images and team logos.
ICARO’s Game Recap feature is an example of completely original content created from both structured and unstructured data. The interpretation of social media feedback in particular provides a model with information that allows creation of more engaging content that goes beyond simple statistical information. Content can be generated for numerous sports and leagues in a multitude of languages, including professional soccer and NBA matches.
“ICARO goes beyond simple stats,” explained Alex Zivkovic, ICARO’s Chief AI Officer. “It delves deep into data and fan sentiment, extracting key insights and weaving them into informative, engaging narratives for sports fans.”
Game Recaps are part of the ICARO News Studio workflow, allowing seamless review, editing and publishing of game recaps on engagement portals such as TIM News.
“We’re extremely excited to announce that ICARO Titan Generative AI now provides Sports News, Stats, and Game and Athlete Media Content, the latest in our collection of AI products and services,” stated Paul Feller, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ICARO Media Group. “We believe that the future of sports content lies in embracing the power of both AI and human expertise. ICARO provides Generative AI and works with sportswriters, providing them with the most accurate editorial content combined with video and images to enhance their capabilities and jointly push the boundaries of best-in-class media content and distribution.”
In addition to the Game Recap sporting event summaries, ICARO’s generative media products include brand-safe articles and AI-powered publishing tools that streamline operations and enhance content creation. Offered in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian, these features reduce costs and complexity while boosting content quality and output. ICARO’s AI products are in a multi-phase rollout, with Brazil in Phase 1, Colombia and North America in Phase 2, and Europe, the Middle East and Africa in Phase 3. This staggered launch ensures targeted implementation and regional focus.
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About ICARO™
ICARO™ empowers Global Telecoms, Media Companies and Broadcast Networks, with over 240M subscribers under contract in LATAM, North America and Europe. ICARO™ creates personalized content offerings and digital experiences for their customers. Through both its SaaS platform and AI-powered direct-to-consumer products, ICARO provides media companies and global telcos the ability to grow revenues, build audience, and access turnkey solutions to stay competitive in an evolving media and technology marketplace. The ICARO platform features include access to a premium content library in several languages, international content distribution solutions, advanced geofencing controls, e-commerce integrations, advertising integrations, multimedia management and curation tools, metadata enhancement and optimization, channels and playlists, and video management and hosting. ICARO’s platforms support multi-language digital content to a growing list of publishers, telco partners and media groups. ICARO is headquartered in New York, with international offices located in Boca Raton, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Rome, São Paulo, and Toronto. For more information, please visit www.icaromediagroup.com.
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