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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Fanatic App Tells Out of Town Fans Where to Go
Have you ever traveled to a distant city and been forced to miss watching your favorite team play because you did not want to watch the game in a sports bar filled with hostile fans? Well Fanatic has developed an app that helps like minded fans find each other and enjoy a game together. The company is actually delivering its second iteration of the app, it first hit the market with a version Read More>>
ESPN introduces Major Revamp to WatchESPN App
WatchESPN, the mobile app for iPads, iPhones and iPod touch from the sports broadcasting giant has be upgraded with a host of new and enhanced features as the company provide mobile access to a number of its channels including to ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3 and ESPN Goal Line/Buzzer Beater. Among the additions is access to ESPN3 for college students and military personnel via on-campus (.edu) and Read More>>
Friday Grab Bag: Tablet Rumors Galore
With Apple, Samsung and others either preparing new tablets Amazon is also preparing a new set of releases. As it does so it needs to rid itself of older inventory and so has cut the prices on existing models with the current generation Kindle Fire HD now starting at $159. Samsung Smartwatch due next month? With the changing of the leaves that herald the coming of fall, also so do the Read More>>
Sportsmanias.com Gains Funding: Rolls Out New Team-Focused App
Sports news aggregator startup Sportsmanias has raised $1 million in venture funding as it seeks to expand its reach by providing a new team-focused sports app that will enable users to track hard news about their favorite teams by focusing on news and reports from team beat writers. The recent $1 million investment has come from Mas Equity Partners, which is led by founder Jorge Mas, who also Read More>>
CBS Sports App Finally Supports Video, Tablets
CBS Sports has updated its app (v.6.0) and brings much needed new features including tablet support as well as live video which will be added to its existing sports scores, stats and other information that it had previously supplied. The old version of CBS Sports’ app could be viewed as a sort of dinosaur, apparently designed at a time when its developers believed that all a user needed on a Read More>>
Viewers flock to on-air and digital PGA Championship broadcasts
The Turner Sports decision to present an aggressive online presence for the PGA Championship as well as strong over the air coverage resulted in strong results as the event sees big growth in viewership in both areas. The over the air broadcast of the 2013 PGA Championship from the Oak Hill Country Club East Course in Pittsford, N.Y., shown on TNT received the network’s highest rating for the Read More>>
ESPN FC on TV Launched Last Night with International Focus
For soccer fans there is a new show called ESPN FC that caters to your needs on ESPN covering a wide array of international leagues and teams including Spain’s La Liga, Major League Soccer, Barclays Premier League and a number of such as the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team. The programming looks to be an interesting mix of both what is expected such as breaking news, studio analysis and Read More>>
Fox News: Stadiums Are Getting Wi-Fi! Who Knew?
Amazing! What will those crazy Silicon Valley people think of next! The good news is, the reporter actually gets most of the facts straight on this report. But the tee-up studio host makes it sound like Wi-Fi is something new. In fact, our survey of more than 50 top stadiums found that 33 percent of stadiums already have Wi-Fi to all parts of the stadium -- so it's not something that's just Read More>>
