Automated Sports Highlight Generation
For sports broadcasters with 1000+ hours of live content. Auto-generate highlights in minutes. 95% key moment detection, 10x faster production.
Sports broadcasters, streaming platforms, and sports media companies who need to produce highlight content rapidly across multiple games and sports
Manual highlight editing takes hours per game. Broadcast teams cannot create highlights for all games, and social clips miss key moments due to time pressure
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Why Mixpeek
95% key moment detection accuracy, 10x faster highlight production, and automatic generation of social clips during live games
Overview
Sports fans want highlights immediately. This use case shows how Mixpeek enables real-time highlight generation that keeps pace with live action.
Challenges This Solves
Production Speed
Highlights needed within minutes of game end
Impact: Slow production loses audience to competitors
Volume Coverage
Dozens of simultaneous games across leagues
Impact: Cannot staff editors for every game
Social Timeliness
Social clips needed during live game
Impact: Viral moments missed if not clipped immediately
Context Understanding
Key moments depend on game situation
Impact: Generic AI misses situational importance
Implementation Steps
Mixpeek analyzes live sports footage to detect key moments (scores, celebrations, replays), understand game context, and automatically generate highlight packages
Process Live Feed
Analyze game footage in real-time
import { Mixpeek } from 'mixpeek';const client = new Mixpeek({ apiKey: process.env.MIXPEEK_API_KEY });// Process live sports feedawait client.streams.connect({stream_id: 'nfl-week12-game1',source_url: 'rtmp://broadcast/live/game1',extractors: ['action-recognition', // Plays, celebrations'score-detection', // Scoreboard OCR'audio-analysis', // Crowd reaction, commentary'replay-detection', // Broadcast replays'player-identification' // Jersey numbers, faces],settings: {sport: 'american_football',latency_mode: 'real_time',key_moment_threshold: 0.75}});
Detect Key Moments
Identify highlight-worthy events
// Real-time key moment detectionclient.streams.onKeyMoment('nfl-week12-game1', async (moment) => {console.log(`Key moment detected: ${moment.type}`);// Moment types: touchdown, interception, big_play,// celebration, replay, injury_timeout, challengeconst clip = {start_time: moment.timestamp - 5, // 5s beforeend_time: moment.timestamp + 10, // 10s aftertype: moment.type,importance: moment.score,context: {quarter: moment.game_context.quarter,time_remaining: moment.game_context.clock,score: moment.game_context.score,situation: moment.game_context.down_distance},players: moment.detected_players};await saveKeyMoment(clip);});
Generate Highlight Packages
Assemble highlights automatically
// Generate highlight reel from key momentsasync function generateHighlights(gameId: string, format: {duration: '2min' | '5min' | '10min';style: 'broadcast' | 'social' | 'extended';}) {const moments = await client.collections.list({collection_id: gameId,filters: { is_key_moment: true },sort: { importance: 'desc' }});const highlights = await client.highlights.generate({moments: moments,format: format,rules: [{ include: 'all_scores', priority: 'high' },{ include: 'turnovers', priority: 'high' },{ include: 'big_plays', priority: 'medium', yard_threshold: 20 },{ include: 'celebrations', priority: 'low', max: 3 },{ exclude: 'injury_replays' }],transitions: 'broadcast_style',add_graphics: true});return {video_url: highlights.url,duration: highlights.duration,moments_included: highlights.moment_count,thumbnail_url: highlights.best_frame};}
Generate Social Clips
Create shareable clips in real-time
// Auto-generate social clips during gameasync function generateSocialClip(moment: KeyMoment) {const clip = await client.highlights.createSocialClip({moment: moment,formats: [{ platform: 'twitter', aspect: '16:9', duration: 30 },{ platform: 'instagram', aspect: '1:1', duration: 60 },{ platform: 'tiktok', aspect: '9:16', duration: 60 }],add_elements: {team_logos: true,score_overlay: true,player_name: true,hashtags: ['NFL', moment.team_hashtag]}});// Auto-publish or queue for reviewif (moment.importance > 0.9) {await publishToSocial(clip); // High confidence auto-publish} else {await queueForReview(clip);}return clip;}
Feature Extractors Used
Retriever Stages Used
Expected Outcomes
95% accuracy detecting highlight-worthy moments
Key Moment Detection
10x faster highlight package creation
Production Speed
100% of games receive highlights vs 30% previously
Coverage
Social clips posted within 60 seconds of live action
Social Timeliness
70% reduction in highlight production costs
Production Cost
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