The Australian Open’s animated tennis players: A YouTube sensation and the future of sports media
A YouTube stream of the Australian Open has gone viral for its glitches, but it's also a sign of the future of sports media.
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How to watch Australian Open 2025 in animated version: Free live stream details for cartoon characters
Like last year, fans have the option of watching select matches in an animated form. MORE: Australian Open LIVE: Schedule, results, scores, updates for 2025 grand slam tennis tournament The ...
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The future of tennis? We watched Tien upset Medvedev on the Australian Open’s AO Animated livestream to find out
Produced in-house by Tennis Australia, video game-like recreations of live matches featuring digital player avatars have been taking over the internet.
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The Australian Open’s cartoon tennis players: AO Animated, YouTube and the future of sports media
Since AO Animated is created by the ELC tracking data and not the broadcast feed from television cameras, it can stream live alongside the real match, creating a free-to-air tennis broadcast just ...