An automatically aligned camera, which provided the images for the live broadcast of a football match in Scotland, frustrated the audience and presenter on the last day of the match when it kept panning from the ball to the referee, whose bald head apparently confused the algorithms. The whole thing happened in the second division game of Inverness Caledonian Thistle against Ayr United, which was played largely without spectators due to the corona pandemic. Video clips show how the camera repeatedly loses sight of the game and instead targets the linesman, whose head was mistaken for the game device in the backlight.

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The love of the camera for the linesman As the operator of the Scottish Championship explains, in view of the restrictions in the ongoing pandemic, cameras from the manufacturer Pixellot were installed in all stadiums of the second division. Pixellot itself promotes its products as a way for sports clubs to record broadcasts of their games at a fraction of the usual cost. In Scottish football, the unmanned devices with “ball tracking technology” deliver a video with FullHD resolution, which is also commented on. Holders of a season ticket get access to the videos, others can activate it for a fee.

In the case of the game between Inverness and Ayr the – missing – hairstyle of the linesman was apparently a problem for the camera, but also the lighting conditions. In the backlight of the low Scottish sun, the camera panned repeatedly to the linesman in front of the camera, for example when the ball was shot out of bounds. By the time she found him again, important game situations such as corners were over, viewers on Facebook complain. While fans complain that the offer is not worth the price, Pixellot has already responded to the criticism and assured them that they are already working on improvements. The game itself ended in a 1: 1 draw.

A viewer has cut the “highlights” together.

(mho)