MAS Case Study
Live broadcast for game analysts: The new "Match Analysis Stream", Sportec Solutions takes remote game analysis to a new level
Since the first match day of the 2025/26 season, match analysts at Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga clubs have had access to a new service from the DFL: the "Match Analysis Stream." The solution, developed by Sportec Solutions, now provides the signals from five camera angles relevant for match analysis as a stream outside the stadiums, which significantly simplifies remote analysis and greatly improves its quality.
The five cameras described offer the following perspectives: the main camera, known as the "lead camera," whose image forms the basis of the television broadcast; the "program camera" for changing perspectives, replays, slow motion, etc.; the scouting feed camera, which always has all twenty field players in view; and the two high behind goal cameras.
The transmission is carried out using the SRT transport protocol, which is characterized by high robustness against interference and very low latency. The abbreviation SRT stands for "Secure Reliable Transport." The transport protocol is designed to reliably transport video signals over unstable connections, such as the Internet. The latency—the transmission time from the camera to the display on the end device—depends on external factors such as the end user's Internet connection. In practice that value is around one to two seconds.
The video material from the five streams will be available for export no later than 15 minutes after the official end of the game. Users have three options for this: In addition to the Match Analysis Hub, which has been available for some time, an export website has now been set up where specific parts of a game can be selected for download. The third option is an API interface for directly importing the video material into the respective club's analysis software. It is also possible to grant manufacturers of popular analysis software solutions direct access to the API interface in the future, so that video streams can be received directly from the software.
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