From Highlights to ROI: Annotating Sponsor Moments
Sports highlights don’t just drive views — they can prove sponsorship ROI. This post shows how auto-tagging the exact seconds when a goal and a sponsor logo share the frame turns highlights into commercial evidence. Editors receive ready-made, brand-sorted clips with Screen Time baked in for instant social; commercial teams get standardized KPIs — vSOV, Exposure Score (area × position × clarity), and Cost per Exposure Second (CPeS)—to price, defend, and optimize deals. We outline a pragmatic path: assemble fast with ready vision APIs (logo recognition, OCR, anonymization), then tailor models for your venues to cut costs and lift accuracy. The result is faster distribution, cleaner make-goods, and board-level proof that turns highlights into revenue.
Cost per Exposure Second: Pricing the Pixel
As boards and CFOs demand ever-greater accountability for sponsorship spend, Cost per Exposure Second (CPeS) is emerging as the new gold standard for pricing on-screen brand visibility. Instead of relying on guesswork or outdated impression models, leading rights holders now merge advanced computer vision, real-time analytics, and dynamic rate cards to price every second of exposure — down to the pixel. This approach unlocks full transparency, enables flexible sponsorship tiers, and builds trust with both brands and investors. In this post, we break down the math, the technology, and the roadmap required to operationalize CPeS before next season — turning every moment on screen into a measurable, board-ready asset.
Calculating Exposure Score: Size Meets Clarity
In today’s high-stakes world of sports and entertainment sponsorship, not all on-screen logos are created equal. As global spend on brand exposure nears $190 billion, the old metrics — raw “seconds on screen” or impression counts — no longer satisfy the boardroom. Forward-looking executives are demanding a new standard: Exposure Score. This AI-powered metric weights not just how long a logo appears, but how large, where, and how clearly. The result? A precise, auditable KPI that transforms fleeting pixels into bottom-line value, helping CEOs, CFOs, and CMOs maximize every sponsorship dollar, justify negotiations, and outpace the competition. Discover how next-generation algorithms are redefining sponsorship ROI — and why those who adopt early will lead the next decade of brand visibility.