Multinational tech company Lenovo said that it is going to deploy a man-made intelligence (AI)-powered infrastructure platform for the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2026, geared toward significantly reducing latency in Web Protocol Television (IPTV) video distribution.
In a press release released Thursday, Lenovo said the platform is designed to support ultra-low-latency IPTV delivery alongside traditional cable and satellite broadcast, intelligent content delivery, and mission-critical decision-making across the event ecosystem and operations.
Lenovo said servers can be deployed on the International Broadcast Center in Dallas, Texas, to offer computing power for ingesting, processing, and distributing live match content across FIFA venues.
The corporate said the platform will help reduce IPTV latency to under five seconds, enabling near real-time access to live match motion.
Lenovo added that its ThinkSystem SR635 V3 servers will manage large volumes of live video data from stadiums across North America and support FIFA’s IPTV workflow by ingesting, processing, and distributing match content through multiple channels to greater than 1,000 screens across official FIFA venues.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup will happen from June 11 to July 19, 2026, to be jointly hosted by Canada, Mexico, and america. — Edg Adrian A. Eva