UK – September, 2008 – Edit Technologies, the leading provider of end to end video tagging systems have announced a strategic partnership with OPTA Sportsdata, one of the leading sports information companies in Europe to combine OPTA’s data with Edit’s video tagging technologies to create a range of desktop and web based video applications for sporting businesses, content owners and other media operations in Europe and beyond.
Edit have been developing an end to end web portal product that allows the user to upload, tag, publish, view and share video that uses OPTA data to syncronise with Edit's video event technology to create fully tagged video files, instantly.
Once video has been automatically tagged, it can be searched, navigated and compiled at the touch of a button, giving the user an advanced video search and management library. “We are delighted to move our relationship with OPTA forward.” said Edit Managing Director Mark O’Connor. “The partnership will result in the release of a range of products into the European market place, which will revolutionise how sports media is managed and consumed, and create new markets for both companies.”
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Edit is a privately owned cutting edge video technology company, headquartered in
Liverpool, UK and supported by a portfolio of international patents around video
tagging and video navigation. Its end to end video tagging solutions are applicable
to any digital content on the web, mobile device or desktop and allows video to be
enriched by navigable icons, enabling customers to monetise their content, improve
production workflows and create revolutionary user experiences.