The Australian Open's animated tennis livestreams are making a splash. U.S. leagues have used similar technology to put ...

The Australian Open don’t own all of their broadcasting rights (fairly common), so they’re live-streaming a Wii Tennis-like ...

Clips of Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev as Wii avatars have been circulating social media - as the Australian Open has ...

The Australian Open is getting in on the newest trend in the sports world by re-creating tennis matches in video-game form.

The Australian Open might look a little different this year if you’re livestreaming it on YouTube. That’s because the ...

Even in this world, the whole concept is a blast—fingers (and fully rendered clothes, unfortunately) be damned. You can see it for yourself on the Australian Open’s YouTube channel, with matches ...

Per reporter Bastien Fachan, there’s a good reason: “The Australian Open don’t own all of their broadcasting rights (fairly common), so they’re live-streaming a Wii Tennis-like version of ...

Screengrab of Australian Open TV stream showing the players as Wii Tennis characters. If you have stumbled upon the live streaming of Australian Open matches on YouTube, you may have noticed that ...

The Australian Open is getting in on the newest trend in ... Players are represented by characters that look like something out of a Wii game — not exactly perfect portrayals of Coco Gauff ...

Like many sporting events, the Australian Open doesn't actually have the broadcasting rights to post content during or after matches. It's a weird concept considering they're the ones hosting the ...

The Australian Open uses AI to create Wii-style animations of matches broadcasted on YouTube. Sensors relay match data to AI, generating animations with a 2-minute delay to bypass rights issues.

With the animated livestreams, the Australian Open can air its games on YouTube without conflicting with the broadcasting agreements it sold to networks and streaming services around the world ...