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STAIDIUM U.S. and CALUVA Partner to Level the Playing Field in Sports Recruiting

EQS-News: SPORTTOTAL AG / Key word(s): Alliance STAIDIUM U.S. and CALUVA Partner to Level the Playing Field in Sports Recruiting 18.03.2024 / 09:00 CET/CEST The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. STAIDIUM U.S. and CALUVA Partner to Level the Playing Field in Sports Recruiting The CALUVA athlete discovery platform will integrate STAIDIUM’s AI-powered streaming technology to showcase up-and-coming athletes from around the world to coaches and scouts.

DALLAS, 18 March 2024 – STAIDIUM U.S., a leader in using artificial intelligence (AI) to deliver automated sports streaming, has announced a partnership with CALUVA, a UK-based athlete discovery platform, that aims to level the playing field in sports recruiting. 

The partnership calls for STAIDIUM to install its fully-automated, AI-powered cameras in 20 venues across Europe, starting with hockey, basketball, and volleyball arenas in Istanbul, Turkey. These cameras will capture footage of more than 20,000 youth and junior league athletes, many of whom will be looking to showcase their abilities to collegiate and professional coaches and scouts. The content will live primarily in the CALUVA app, which will leverage STAIDIUM technology to deliver comprehensive player profiles with edited highlights and state-of-the-art performance analytics. This will help coaches and scouts more easily discover and assess potential recruits, especially ones from remote locations where in-person scouting is more challenging. 

"STAIDIUM’s unrivaled reputation as a leader in AI-powered sports streaming beautifully complements CALUVA's mission to revolutionize talent discovery and empower young athletes on a global scale," said Ferhat Tözünler, founder of CALUVA Tech Limited. "Together, we have the opportunity to redefine talent discovery and open doors for athletes from diverse backgrounds and remote communities."

CALUVA also plans to use STAIDIUM cameras to broadcast live coverage from these venues. Using AI, these cameras will follow the action on each rink or court, capture and stream video in real-time – all without any manual oversight. This will enable subscribers – spanning coaches, scouts, and fans – to follow the action in real time, no matter where in the world they’re watching from.