Sky puts facial recognition tech to the test

In May of this year, recognising the “real enhancement” and technical benefits of deploying machine learning (ML) based facial recognition technology, Sky set out to enhance its coverage of the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

“We wanted to make a statement around innovation and what we could achieve,” Hugh Westbrook, Senior Product Owner for Sky News and Sky Sports, told delegates during a session on OTT viewing experiences.

“Crucially there was exciting technology we could use together in a way that hadn’t been done before and that enabled it to come to market quickly.”

The artificial intelligence (AI) and ML techniques were..