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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Turner Sports to provide viewer options during Final Four broadcasts
The NCAA’s Final Four is one of the most watched sporting events of the year, and for that matter talked about as fans and non fans start early by entering pools of all sorts to predict the winner of the month long tournament.. As the teams get eliminated and it charges down to the finals fans become polarized as to who they want to win based on teams' reputations, pool results and a host of Read More>>
Facebook seeks to expands sports reach with Sportstream relationship
Facebook is working to make vague sporting references a thing of the past. OK not all of them but its recent partnership with Sportstream should help shed some light on many of the references that can be found in peoples’ posts. The relationship will enable Facebook to better compete against rivals such as Twitter where there is a huge amount of sports chatter, something that Facebook would Read More>>
MLB, NFL team up to battle Aereo
Live-TV startup Aereo has been taking on television broadcasters and winning but now faces an assault by two of America’s largest sports leagues, the NFL and MLB as they seek to prevent it from showing their broadcasts. The two leagues are seeking to piggyback with an amicus brief to a petition filed by broadcasters that asks the United States Supreme Court to rule on the legality of Aereo’s Read More>>
Friday Grab Bag: MLB + MTV, Braves on the move
The Braves are leaving Atlanta, in all but name, to move to nearby Cobb County and a brand new stadium, one that the bill will primarily be paid for by taxpayers in a county that has budget problems. The Atlantic does a nice job pointing out how Atlanta may get even more and that most of the jobs that are created by the new park will be low-paying jobs that cost a lot to create. I think the Read More>>
Under Armour joins sports-community race with $150M MapMyFitness buy
Today's news that sports apparel giant Under Armour has bought sports community concern MapMyFitness for $150 million is just more proof that the big brands will be driving the bus in the race between sports social networks. MapMyFitness, one of the more popular activity stat-recording and sharing site businesses, better known through its MapMyRun and MapMyRide services, will now have a Read More>>
NFL analytic app for fans, IronRank, comes to Android
There has been a huge upsurge in using advanced statistical analysis in all aspects of pro sports, with baseball leading the way, but football is rapidly catching up. IronRank has developed an app that allows fans to take advantage of the current generation of analysis. The company has developed a method of ranking players and teams based on the standard Elo rating system and then takes the Read More>>
StubHub increases reach with NBC Sports deal
Secondary ticket marketer StubHub has just entered into an exclusive multi-year agreement with NBC Sports Digital to become the official ticket provider for all of the NBC Sports Digital properties. The deal will give StubHub an integrated partnership with 12 NBC websites. Among the sites that will now be partners will be NBCSports.com, NBC Sports Talk Blogs, Rotoworld.com as well as a number Read More>>
Team stadium apps vs. Twitter: Which one will win?
Will team stadium apps be able to hold off the challenge from independent apps like Twitter? This matchup came to mind Sunday when the Mobile Sports Report team convened for a get-together at Candlestick Park, the on-the-way-out home of the San Francisco 49ers. Since Candlestick is going to be all blowed up after this season, it's probably not fair to single out the Niners' app and network for Read More>>
