Editing Hawk-Eye (section)

==History==
Hawk-Eye was developed in 2000 by engineers at [[Roke Manor Research Limited]], then a [[Siemens]] subsidiary in [[Romsey]], England. Paul Hawkins and David Sherry submitted a United Kingdom patent application for the technology, but this was subsequently withdrawn.<ref name="espacenet">[https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=WO&NR=0141884A1&KC=A1&FT=D&ND=3&date=20010614&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EP VIDEO PROCESSOR SYSTEMS FOR BALL TRACKING IN BALL GAMES] esp@cenet Patent document, 14 June 2001</ref> All of the technology and intellectual property was spun off into a separated company, Hawk-Eye Innovations Ltd, based in [[Winchester, Hampshire]]. This was initially established as a joint venture between Roke Manor Research and [[Tinopolis#Operations|Sunset + Vine]].<ref name=TinoplisInterim2006>{{cite web |title=Tinpolis PLC Interim Results, 14 June 2006 |url=https://www.investegate.co.uk/tinopolis-plc--tin-/rns/interim-results/200606140700435384E/ |access-date=15 October 2022 |archive-date=15 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015155904/https://www.investegate.co.uk/tinopolis-plc--tin-/rns/interim-results/200606140700435384E/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the time, Sunset + Vine produced the [[Channel 4]] television cricket coverage where Hawk-Eye was first used.

On 14 June 2006 a group of investors—led by the [[Wisden Group]] and that included [[Mark Getty]], a member of the wealthy American family and business dynasty—bought the company for £4.4m.<ref name="TinoplisInterim2006" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Wisden buys Hawk-Eye |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jun/14/broadcasting.cricket |access-date=15 October 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=14 June 2006}}</ref> The acquisition was intended to strengthen Wisden's presence in cricket and allow it to enter tennis and other international sports, with Hawk-Eye working on implementing a system for basketball. According to Hawk-Eye's website, the system produces much more data than that shown on television.

Put up for sale in September 2010, it was sold as a complete entity to Japanese electronic giant [[Sony]] in March 2011 in a deal that valued the company at £15m-£20m.<ref name=BBC12670063>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12670063|title=Hawk-Eye ball-tracking firm bought by Sony|publisher=BBC News|date=7 March 2011|access-date=7 March 2011}}</ref><ref name="about">Website company: [http://www.hawkeyeinnovations.co.uk/page/about-hawk-eye About Hawk Eye] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509160917/http://hawkeyeinnovations.co.uk/page/about-hawk-eye |date=9 May 2013 }}, visited 25 May 2012</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=On the ball: Sony pounces on Hawk Eye wizardry |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-100-tech/hardware-profile/article/on-the-ball-sony-pounces-on-hawk-eye-wizardry-d6txt7r8xhq |access-date=15 October 2022 |work=The Times |date=6 March 2011}}</ref>