Press release - February 09, 2018 |
France Télévisions, the exclusive broadcaster of the 2018 Winter Olympics in France, innovates by developing the first voice assistant dedicated to the Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang.
This service, boosted with artificial intelligence and called LiA, will provide access, in real-time and 24/7, to most of the competition's data.
Using a simple voice command "Ok Google, talk to France tv sport" on the Google Assistant on a modern smartphone (Natively on Android and using the downloadable application on iOS ) or on a smart speaker (compatible with the Google Assistant "Google Home"), you will get a schedule of the events, results - even intermediate -, medal rankings (by country, athlete, or discipline)* and even the weather or local time in South Korea!
Matthieu Lartot and Clémentine Sarlat demonstrate it in a video:
On a smartphone, this service will also allow you to watch videos published by France tv sport.
This service has been developed by the teams of the Digital Innovation Department of the public broadcaster, in collaboration with the French startups Cybronics (voice assistant) and JNG Conseil (data processing).
Laurent-Eric Le Lay, Sports Director for France Télévisions:
"This first for France Télévisions reinforces the creative and interactive dimension of our editorial offers. France tv sport continues to innovate to make its content accessible to all audiences."
Eric Scherer, Director of Innovation and Anticipation:
"This innovation allows France Televisions to improve the accessibility of its content while exploring new uses related to the development of voice interfaces, where artificial intelligence is becoming an important tool for improving the quality of speech services and the experience of telenauts".
*Examples of questions to ask (in French): "What are Martin Fourcade's results?" ; "What is the medal ranking for France?"; "What are today's planned events?"; "What time is it in PyeongChang?" Etc.
Press contact
Nathalie Peyrissac
Deputy Director in charge of communication for sports and digital products
+33 1 56 22 42 31
nathalie.peyrissac@francetv.fr
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