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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Nvidia Delivers Complete Low Cost Tablet Platform
Nvidia has joined Microsoft, Google, Amazon and a host of others this week as it became the latest company to break from its traditional role in the hi-tech industry and deliver a hardware product designed for the consumer and business market, in this case a 7-inch tablet. The company teased the market months ago with a brief demo of the product, and discussed its plans for a low cost platform Read More>>
Big DAS Deals: AT&T Bringing DAS to Pac-12, Extenet Scores with AEG
Though no specific stadium installation plans have yet been made public, two big DAS deals were announced in the past week, with AT&T on track to bring DAS deployments to the Pac-12 conference, while ExteNet scored an exclusive DAS deal with entertainment giant AEG. I don't have confirmation but I do believe that AT&T's agreement to be the exclusive wireless sponsor for the Pac-12 is the first Read More>>
Despite Macintosh Issues, NBC Records Record Audiences for Sunday Night Football Online Streams
Even though Macintosh users are now second-class citizens when it comes to watching NFL games online, NBC this season has still racked up record numbers of online streams of live action, according to NBC. The NFL's season opening game, carried by NBC on Thursday Sept. 5, accounted for more than 20 million minutes of online streaming, making it the biggest-ever online sports event that wasn't a Read More>>
MLBAM adds Ticket functions to At the Ballpark App
Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) continues to push the envelope in providing fan friendly apps that do everything from allow you to listen to games on the road, seat upgrades to ordering food at select ballparks and has now expanded its At the Ballpark app to allow access to tickets. MLBAM has developed the feature with Tickets.com to create MyTickets Mobile, a feature that will Read More>>
SideDraft App Designed for Peer-to-Peer NFL Fantasy Betting
So you have won your NFL Fantasy League for 2 years running and are now looking for greater fields for your talent? Then you might give a new mobile app, SideDraft, a try and see how you do with the cash prizes as the goal at the end of the rainbow. The app, slated to be released Sept. 17 by Blue Ox Entertainment, is a departure from traditional fantasy football programs in that a player's Read More>>
Sunday Sermon: More Support and Execution Needed for Mobile Sports Apps
So far this NFL season, we've had two weeks and two big failures on the mobile football-viewing application front. For the opener there was the (still unexplained) meltdown of Verizon Wireless' NFL Mobile app, a snafu that probably caused millions to miss live coverage that they had paid for on their phones. This weekend, we're still not sure of the extent of the problem (or whether it was Read More>>
Sunday Night Football Online — Not Available to Mac Users?
We're still trying to contact NBC Sports for an explanation, but for some reason we aren't able to watch Sunday Night Football online using either one of the two Macs we have here at MSR headquarters. It may very well be that we haven't downloaded the appropriate crappy extra plugins needed, since NBC online stuff is terrible for asking you to add junk to your computer that you don't want. And Read More>>
Friday Grab Bag: NBA STATS, Pac-12 & U-verse
The NBA has expanded a limited partnership with STATS to full time and will be installing motion tracking cameras in every arena this season. This will enable teams to amass a huge amount of data that can be used for in-game decisions as well as for other uses. First used in 2009 for the NBA Finals, and now used by 15 teams, it allows for the analysis of player movement and a team can see how Read More>>
