FLAGSHIP SERIES: STADIUM TECH REPORTS
Introducing: The Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey!
To all stadium, arena, ballpark, race track, concert-hall, convention-center, airport, casino and other large public venue owners, operators and administrators and deployers of connectivity technology: We need you! That is, we need you to take our Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey, a vehicle designed to find out "where we're at, and where we're going" when it comes to connectivity technology and the business Read More>>
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Can 120 Sports find a niche in sports streaming video market?
Without any examples of what they will do, it's hard to guess where the new sports streaming video concern 120 Sports will fit in. But with content partners that include Sports Illustrated, Major League Baseball, the NHL, NBA, NASCAR and major colleges, it's a good bet sports fans will find something to watch among the two-minute clips that give the site its "120" moniker. Our pal Todd Spangler Read More>>
Could pCell score a big win in stadium wireless?
With a pretty impressive scheduled media blitz a new company called Artemis Networks hit the scene today with a technology that if it works as advertised, could bring a welcome revolution to stadium wireless networking. Fronted by entrepreneur Steve Perlman, perhaps best know for his development of things like QuickTime and WebTV, Artemis claims to have solved one of the most vexing problems Read More>>
NBC sets online Olympic viewing record
NBC made a great deal of noise prior to the current Winter Olympics in Sochi talking about how easy it was going to be to watch events live via digital platforms as long as you subscribed to one of its broadcast partners cable or satellite package. Then after the events started to occur a news blackout apparently went into effect, the network touted its broadcast viewership numbers, which Read More>>
Stadium Tech Report: Orlando Magic will use Wi-Fi to improve connections with fans
Here's how fast things have moved in the world of sports fans using mobile devices: When the Orlando Magic's Amway Center opened in 2010, it was considered a state of the art facility, with sustainable design and lots of creature comforts like bigger seats and 42-foot high main video screens on its center scoreboard. But for the new smartphones fans were starting to bring to games, there was no Read More>>
NBC’s own Twitter feed ‘spoils’ its live online video stream during Sochi super-G
Even though American skiers Andrew Weibrecht and Bode Miller were fast enough to win medals in the super-G Sunday in Russia, it was Twitter outpacing NBC to the finish line during the broadcaster's live streaming coverage from the Sochi Olympics. If you were up late in the U.S. watching the live online coverage via NBC's Live Extra service, you could also see a window with "experts" Twitter Read More>>
MLB finishes first two ballpark iBeacon installations for LA Dodgers, San Diego Padres
Major League Baseball Advanced Media has installed the micro-location technology called iBeacon that is found in Apple’s iOS operating system in the first two ballparks as part of project that expects to land the capabilities in a total of 20 sites this season. The first two parks are Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles and Petco Park in San Diego. The parks are filled with small iBeacon beacons Read More>>
Friday Grab Bag: O Canada’s Olympic beer fridge
Everybody has that one friend that always manages to drink most of the beer in your fridge and never seems to bring any to replace it. It looks like the Olympics have that problem but at least one nation has come up with an innovative way to keep the beer available only for those who have a right to it. In the Team Canada athletes compound the only way you can get the beer fridges to open is to Read More>>
Broadcast and digital video combine for huge NBA All-Star weekend
Starting tonight there will be four days and nights filled with a variety of activities related to the NBA All-Star game that will be played on Monday night including features and broadcasts on live television, NBA.com and NBA Mobile. While the actual game and some of the key events will only be available via broadcast television there are a number of features that will be available for the Read More>>
