By Gary Anderson

January 23 - Infostrada Sports will continue to provide online video services for the UCI ©Infostrada SportsSports media firm Infostrada Sports has extended its deal with the International Cycling Federation (UCI) to provide tailor-made video archiving solutions for the governing body.

The UCI Download Centre was initially launched in May last year and the new deal will run for three-and-a-half years.

Infostrada Sports will continue to develop, design and maintain the service which is a web based video asset management system, allowing for the ingesting, digitalisation, storing and further distribution and publication of video material.

"We are delighted that we have signed an agreement with such an important International Federation," said Danny Menken, Infostrada Sports' chief executive.

"Over the last 15 years we have developed a significant results and common data platform for more than 300 sports, including all cycling disciplines.

"For Infostrada Sports it's an important next step to deliver, in addition to data, also tailor-made video archiving solutions to, among others, National Federations and National Olympic Committees.

"By providing our innovative archive solution, combined with the provision of cycling data from our world leading sports database, I am convinced that we can help further strengthen UCI's ambitions."

The UCI Download Centre provides archive footage of UCI events and races ©Infostrada SportsThe UCI Download Centre provides archive footage of UCI events and races
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The UCI Download Centre is capable of importing, exporting and transcoding of video footage which can be augmented with custom sports metadata, drawn from Infostrada Sports' database, and additional supporting files, according to the firm.

Video can be searched, browsed in low resolution and clipped into specific parts.

Selected video files can be distributed in different formats and the system also generates unique embeddable video players and automatic publication on YouTube.

"The new UCI Download Centre delivers a reliable, sophisticated, user friendly solution to distribute the current UCI race footage as well the archive material which is already digitised," said Tobias Friedrich, TV production and broadcast services co-ordinator at the UCI.

"It is easy to use for our takers and as well for our team working with the system on a daily basis.

"Since the Download Centre went online the UCI TV Department received positive feedback from all our partners world-wide and the multifunctional system has become an important tool to serve our clients."

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