A
system communicates a representation of a scene, which includes a plurality of objects disposed on a plane, to one or more
client devices. The representation is generated from one or more video images of the scene captured by a
video camera. The
system comprises an
image processing apparatus operable to receive the video images of the scene which includes a view of the objects on the plane, to process the captured video images so as to extract one or more image features from each object, to compare the one or more image features with
sample image features from a predetermined set of possible example objects which the video images may contain, to identify the objects from the comparison of the image features with the predetermined image features of the possible example objects, and to generate object path data for each object which identifies the respective object; and provides a position of the identified object on a
three dimensional model of the plane in the video images with respect to time. The
image processing apparatus is further operable to calculate a projection matrix for projecting the position of each of the objects according to the object path data from the plane in the
video image into the
three dimensional model of the plane. A distribution
server is operable to receive the object path data and the projection matrix generated by the
image processing apparatus for distribution of the object path data and the projection matrix to one or more
client devices. The
system is arranged to generate a representation of an event, such as a sporting event, which provides a substantial data in an amount of information which must be communicated to represent the event. As such, the system can be used to communicate the representation of the event, via a bandwidth limited communications network, such as
the internet, from the
server to one or more
client devices in real time. Furthermore, the system can be used to view one or more of the objects within the video images by extracting the objects from the video images.