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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AT&T Deploys ‘Mobile DAS’ to Answer Big-Event Needs
July 11, 2013 By Paul Kapustka
For many sporting events these days, it's a challenge to bring the mobile connectivity fans want and need when onsite. It's an especially challenging task at outdoor events like golf tournaments, where infrastructure may be limited and large numbers of fans may be congregated in hard-to-reach areas, like near tees and greens. At the recent Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial PGA Tour stop in Read More>>

NASCAR Names Hewlett-Packard a Technology Partner
July 11, 2013 By Paul Kapustka
Hewlett-Packard has expanded its relationship with NASCAR, originally formed last year, which will partner the two in devising ways that HP technology can enhance and advance the sport of auto racing with a focus on both engaging fans more closely and bring advertisers to specific segments of the fan base. The move is part of a growing movement among sports teams and leagues to partner up with Read More>>

San Jose Sharks’ Partnership with SAP brings Hi-Tech to Arena
July 10, 2013 By Paul Kapustka
The San Jose Sharks parent company Sharks Sports & Entertainment Inc., the City of San Jose and SAP International have joined together to use existing and emerging technologies to both enhance the experience for fans but to also for internal use and working on player performance. The five year relationship also calls for a new official name for the Shark Tank, which will now go by the moniker Read More>>

Lenovo’s 7-inch A1000 Here-Can it Challenge the Nexus 7?
July 9, 2013 By Paul Kapustka
Being King of the Hill means that everybody is always trying to knock you off and the latest to challenge the Nexus 7, one of the most popular 7-inch tablets is Lenovo with its A1000, a 7-inch tablet that it originally introduced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. In many ways this has been a very slow rollout and in others a very swift one. The company quietly made the tablet available Read More>>

Sunday Sermon: Get your Seat to SEAT 2013
July 7, 2013 By Paul Kapustka
What are you doing the first week of August? If you are in the business of sports stadium or large-arena technology, you should be planning to attend the SEAT 2013 conference Aug. 4-7 in Kansas City. If you're not, you're going to miss out on the chance to interact with real people who are tackling the real tasks of bringing technology to their arenas, to enhance the fan experience while they Read More>>
Fourth of July Early Grab Bag — NBA Draft Numbers, Facebook stealing user info?
July 3, 2013 By Paul Kapustka
The Facebook Android app has apparently been downloading users’ phone numbers to Facebook’s servers upon installation and initial launch, regardless if the app is used or if the user even has a Facebook account, according to Norton, the antivirus company. Facebook has told Norton that it has deleted the numbers from its servers and that it will release a updated version of the Android app that Read More>>

Firefox Powered Phone Here- Tablet on the Way
July 2, 2013 By Paul Kapustka
Developers now have another platform to write apps for in the mobile device market as Mozilla, the organization that is behind the free Firefox web browser has started rolling out smartphones that run a Firefox operating system. Mozilla is claiming that by using Web technologies it has an original take on how smartphones will operate. On first glance it sounds like a lot of other OS that are Read More>>

Mobile Apps Lead the Way in Record Cricket Viewership
July 1, 2013 By Paul Kapustka
Last week saw the end of the 15 day ICC Champions Trophy, one of the most prestigious prizes in Cricket and ESPN’s ESPNcricinfo broke multiple viewership records while broadcasting the tournament that featured the top teams from eight nations The overall online and mobile numbers are great to start with, the tournament generating an average of 41 million page views a day, an increase of 245% Read More>>






