aid: hawkeye
name: Hawk-Eye Innovations
description: >-
  Hawk-Eye Innovations is a Basingstoke, UK-headquartered sports technology
  company and part of the Sony Group, specializing in precision optical
  tracking, electronic officiating, video replay, and performance analytics
  across 25+ professional sports in 100+ countries. Founded in 2001 by Paul
  Hawkins and acquired by Sony in 2011, Hawk-Eye operates alongside Pulselive
  and Beyond Sports within Sony's sports division. The company is the standard
  for ball-tracking in tennis (Electronic Line Calling, now used in place of
  human line judges at the major tours), goal-line technology and
  semi-automated offside in football (Premier League, FIFA), video replay in
  cricket (DRS), NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, rugby, and PGA Tour shot-tracking. Core
  product platforms include SMART Replay, SMART Track, SMART Insight, HawkAR,
  iHawk, HawkREPLAY, HawkNEST, HawkVISION, SkeleTRACK, Electronic Line Calling,
  Goal Line Technology, Semi-Automated Offside Technology, and VAR systems.
  Revenue comes from long-term contracts with leagues, federations, and
  broadcasters; there is no public developer API, SDK, or open-source
  release for Hawk-Eye products. All integrations are bespoke and
  delivered through Sony Sports Business / Hawk-Eye operations teams.
type: Index
position: Provider
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Sports Technology
  - Ball Tracking
  - Optical Tracking
  - Officiating
  - Electronic Line Calling
  - Goal Line Technology
  - Semi-Automated Offside
  - Video Replay
  - VAR
  - Broadcast Graphics
  - Sports Analytics
  - Performance Analytics
  - Computer Vision
  - SkeleTRACK
  - Tennis
  - Football
  - Cricket
  - Baseball
  - Basketball
  - American Football
  - Rugby
  - Ice Hockey
  - Golf
  - Sony
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hawkeye/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis: []
common:
  - type: DomainSecurity
    url: security/hawkeye-domain-security.yml
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.hawkeyeinnovations.com
  - type: About
    url: https://www.hawkeyeinnovations.com/our-story
  - type: Products
    url: https://www.hawkeyeinnovations.com/products
  - type: Sports
    url: https://www.hawkeyeinnovations.com/sports
  - type: News
    url: https://www.hawkeyeinnovations.com/news
  - type: Contact
    url: https://www.hawkeyeinnovations.com/contact
  - type: Careers
    url: https://careers.hawkeyeinnovations.com
  - type: Parent
    url: https://www.sony.com
  - type: SonySportsBusiness
    url: https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/sports/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/hawkeyeinnovations
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hawk-eye-innovations-ltd
  - type: Twitter
    url: https://twitter.com/HawkEyeInnov
  - type: YouTube
    url: https://www.youtube.com/@HawkEyeInnovationsLtd
  - url: https://www.hawkeyeinnovations.com/news
    type: Blog
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com