History
Hot Spot uses technology developed in the military for tank and jet fighter tracking. The technology was founded by French scientist Nicholas Bion, before being worked upon by many companies in Paris and being bought and adopted by the Australian Nine Network.
The technology was adapted for television by BBG Sports, the Australian company responsible for the Snickometer, in conjunction with Sky Sports.
The technology was first used during the first Test match of the 2006-07 Ashes at The Gabba, on 23 November 2006.
The ICC announced that Hot Spot images would be available for use as part of its ongoing technology trial during the second and third Tests (March 2009) in South Africa. The system was be available to the third umpire in the event of a player referral.
For the 2012 season BBG Sport introduced a new generation of HOT Spot using the very high performance SLX-Hawk thermal imaging cameras provided by UK based SELEX Galileo. These cameras provided sharper images with improved sensitivity and much less motion blur than earlier HOT Spot technologies. As a result, the latest HOT Spot system is able to detect much finer edge nicks than in previous seasons, essentially ending all earlier doubts about the capability of the technology. Following the success of this updated HOT Spot system, BBG Sport and SELEX Galileo signed an exclusivity agreement for the supply of SLX-Hawk cameras for HOT Spot in cricket and other sports.
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