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French Rugby Federation Selects Moments Lab as Content Indexing Platform
By
Moments Lab Content Team
March 4, 2020
Founded in 1919, The French Rugby Federation (Fédération Française de Rugby, FFR) is a delegated institution of the Ministry of Sports. As an entity which oversees the administration of French rugby in the national territory, the FFR is composed of more than 265 000 licensed members (as of December 2021). Furthermore, it is deemed one of the most significant and influential sports federations in France.
To date, the FFR is associated with 2,023 clubs, 13 regional leagues, and 102 departmental committees.
With a steep increase in french rugby development, (notably an uptick in the number of licensed players after the 2007 Rugby World Cup) the nationally beloved sport has seen immense profitability and popularity both domestically and internationally over the past several years.
Such gains stem directly from match attendance and media coverage, both of which are crucial success factors for the federation.
With the sports world’s ever-growing focus on fast and efficient media organization, diffusion and sharing, the French Rugby Federation's Digital and Information Systems Department decided to build off of its pre-existing digital strategy.
That is to say, the team wanted to spearhead the centralization and simplified sharing of the federation’s associated global media assets, keeping partners and sponsors top-of-mind.
Consequently, the FFR had the following requirements for working with their media:
This component was crucial in addressing the needs of the marketing and communication teams. At the same time, partners and sponsors would be able to access content as needed, quickly and efficiently.
The team needed the ability to automatically centralize, archive and index streams- ideally on one single platform for easy access and simplified usage.
This would allow the team to manage fresh content with speed and care- before, during and after the match. In turn, this would enhance its value.
The team was looking for a solution that would both measure and archive incoming media automatically, as they would be working with large amounts of content.
More specifically, the French Rugby Federation needed instantaneity- as stakeholders would work with fresh global media, in real-time.
Finding the one is no easy task! But the federation was motivated and ready to put in the time and effort required to find the perfect match.
As a result, the federation’s Digital Transformation Department began an intensive content indexing platform benchmark research initiative aimed at finding the best Media Asset Management (MAM) platform on the market. Throughout their search, they had 3 MAM-related components top-of-mind:
Ultimately, these elements would be the deciding factors for the French Rugby Federation’s final decision, each one further explained below:
After learning about Moments Lab (ex Newsbridge) via a research conducted in October 2018, the FFR realized that there were no other comparable solutions on the market that offered instant media sharing- which was one of their top priorities among stakeholders.
Additionally, they needed smart content organization- having global media organized immediately upon upload via AI-based technology, with the objective of centralizing and decluttering mass amounts of content. The FFR was looking for a platform that was able to take on that element of complexity, in real-time, with high quality output.
The desire for simple, clean design was extremely important for the federation, as it lends way for better ease-of-use. When envisioning the ideal content indexing platform- there would be multiple stakeholders using it for various purposes. The team was looking for a platform that was easy to understand and use- without hours of staff training.
The FFR was looking for a sustainable solution- one that would be ever-evolving based on their specific, future-focused needs and strategy. With a more permanent option in mind, the team wanted to avoid tools that would require continuous update and maintenance. A focus on top-notch and ever-evolving technology was a deciding factor.
In January 2019 the French Rugby Federation officially partnered with Moments Lab.
The team was interested in the company's AI powered indexing technology composed of facial recognition, smart label detection, content organization and cognitive research. This solution proved to meet the Federation’s specific and multi-layered needs.
After working with Moments Lab, the new content indexing platform solution was simple and completely personalized, including:
Applied instantly on all transmitted content or content in the process of being transmitted, including: player recognition, labels (backgrounds, objects, context), and speech elements (speech-to-text/translation).
This also included an intelligent AI-leveraged thesaurus which was trained to recognize everyone from XV France, teams and management.
With the ability to index and instantly archive incoming media.
Able to centralize and organize incoming media in real-time, all accessible via a simple search bar.
In short, Moments Lab's content indexing platform successfully addressed the federation’s initial request for a high-quality centralization of media post-events with near-live publishing available.
To date, the FFR has aggregated the following:
Now that’s what we call a try!
Moments Lab (ex Newsbridge) is a cloud media hub platform for live & archived content.
Powered by Multimodal Indexing AI and a data driven indexing approach, Moments Lab provides unprecedented access to content by automatically detecting faces, objects, logos, written texts, audio transcripts and semantic context.
Whether it be for managing and accessing live recordings, clipping highlights, future friendly archiving, content retrieval or content showcasing and monetization - the solution allows for smart & efficient media asset management.
Today our platform is used by worldwide TV Channels, Press Agencies, Sports Rights Holders, Production Houses, Journalists, Editors and Archivists to boost their production workflow and media ROI.
