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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MLBAM Expands Relationship with YouTube for more Broadcast Video Options
Major League Baseball via its Advanced Media (MLBAM) arm has joined with YouTube to provide an array of viewing options to fans that will be shown on the official MLB YouTube channel as they expand the 8 year old partnership. For the most part the deal is simply an expansion of their current relationship but for baseball fans there are some additional perks for using the channel, and even Read More>>
Nike Updates FuelBand iOS App
Nike has enhanced its popular iOS FuelBand app, moving the program into the realm of social media with greater hooks so that athletes that use the FuelBand can now quickly and easily share their activities. The primary addition is the ability to directly post to Facebook, a move that now provides users with three alternatives when seeking to share results and compete with friends: Facebook, Read More>>
Beyond the Box App Seeks to Provide Customized Sports News
Sports fans always seem to have dozens of apps dedicated to specific areas of sports that they are interested in. Apps that provide baseball broadcasts or NFL draft information are two examples and now Beyond the Box is seeking to break into that field as a sports news aggregator. One of the knocks that some of the news services have is that they provide old news, unless you are hooked into the Read More>>
Friday Grab Bag: Apple Refutes Multiple Product Rumors
Market research firm Strategy Analytics is reporting that Apple had a 48% market share of the estimated 40.6 million tablets that were shipped in the first quarter of 2013, followed by tablets that ran the Android operating system which own a 43% market share. Tablets that ran Windows had a 7.5% market share. Overall the market has seen tremendous growth, surging 117% compared to the 18.7 Read More>>
Watching Golf this Week: Zurich Classic of New Orleans
Got to hand it to the folks who run the Zurich Classic of New Orleans -- if your event doesn't have Tiger, what better way to get attention than to invite the Masters sensation, 14-year-old Guan Tianlang? Let's hope there are no slow-play penalties this week. Other possible stories to emerge from the Bayou: What has happened to Jason Dufner, last year's victor in this tourney, who seemed poised Read More>>
Telepathy One Seeks to Rival Google Glass
We have been a bit remiss in talking about the recent news related to the Google Glass efforts such as they are powered by Android, expected to launch later this year for under the $1,500 price point and that Mark Andreessen’s company Andreessen Horowitz is teaming with Kleiner Perkins and Google Ventures to fund startups to develop apps for Google Glass in an effort called the Glass Collective. Read More>>
NFL Network has Broad Digital Coverage for 2013 Draft
As any fan knows the 2013 NFL Draft starts on Thursday and while there has been a great deal of coverage leading up to the event, it looks like that will pale in comparison to the massive coverage the league’s network plans. Most fans I know switch between networks on draft day, checking to see what the experts at ESPN, the NFL Network and elsewhere have to say about each choice. Yet an issue Read More>>
GPS Developer TomTom Set to Deliver Two Sports Watches
TomTom has delivered a pair of GPS-based sports watches, one that is focused primarily on runners while the other is designed for a more multi sports approach that should appeal to a much broader range of athletes. The company had two design goals win mind when they built the TomTom Runner and the TomTom Multi-Sport GPS sport watches. It believes that most existing watches in this field are too Read More>>
