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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Do Pro Golfers Tweet from Their Planes?
Do pro golfers tweet from their private planes? Apparently so. Not sure if they are using a Wi-Fi service in their charter, or if they are just doing the in-flight cellular thing. But they are tweeting from the air. Check out this picture from Tweeter Bubba Watson, of Rickie Fowler and Aaron Baddeley apparently tweeting while in flight: Tweet tweet! RT @bubbawatson: On the plane w/ @aaronbadds Read More>>
Kevin Love’s Insider’s View of the Olympic experience via Twitter, Instagram
If the 156-73 victory by the USA over Nigeria didn't quite stimulate your appetite to watch more of the Summer Olympics basketball competition, Kevin Love is here to assist. As he's done on Twitter, the Minnesota Timberwolves' forward and USA Olympic team reserve is thriving in London via social media. He's chronicling the Olympics in his own personal way via Instagram, the image Read More>>
New York Times Comes Full Circle With Online Olympic Track Cycling Video
Like other Olympic sports with global popularity but only in niche locales, track cycling comes to the masses every four years at the Summer Olympics. There were few sports more prominent in the United States in the early 1900s when six-day races were all the rage for celebrities and high society theater patrons who made bets on riders competing in Madison Square Garden. Bobby Walthour, Read More>>
Olympic PoolCam Reveals Strange Creatures Via Twitter
Amid various athletes taking verbal swipes at each other and the paranoia of network PR types overreacting to 140-character opinions is the beauty of Twitter, photography and swimming at the Summer Olympics — direct from a submerged camera. Specifically, throughout the swimming competition, the Twitter feed L2012 (@L2012PoolCam) has posted 17 tweets — all stunning images from the bottom of the Read More>>
Watching NASCAR: The Pocono’s Tricky Triangle Awaits
Some changes at the top of the Sprint Cup last week as it roared into the Brickyard, and Jimmy Johnson once again showed his love for the track by dominating the race and winning there for the fourth time in his career. He and Jeff Gordon are now tied with four wins apiece at the Brickyaed, a race that has only been running for less than two decades. Despite a very strong showing all race Read More>>
Friday Grab Bag: Samsung, Lenovo Tablets-Seattle bickers about stadium
We mentioned last week that there is now an ongoing attempt to build a new basketball arena in Seattle and then land a new team. From this article in the Seattle PI it looks like the Seattle City Council could be a roadblock. While the county commissioners are expected to give approval to an $80 million contribution to the building, the city looks like it might want a better deal for the $120 Read More>>
No Surprise: NBC’s Online Olympics a Huge Success
According to multiple reports from an NBC press call today, the network's massive effort to put the Olympics online is an equally massive success, especially on mobile platforms. Paid Content's Robert Andrews has a complete wrapup of the numbers, but the ones that stick out for us here at Mobile Sports Report are (and these are all digital numbers, not broadcast): -- 64 MILLION total video Read More>>
Major League Soccer, Adidas bring Tracking Technology to Uniforms
I missed the MLS all start game a few days back that pitted the best that Major League Soccer had to offer against visiting Chelsea Football Club, winners of the UEFA Champions League, a game that the MLS won on a deflected goal. While the win was a nice boost for MLS I just have a hard time getting all that excited about all star matches, in any sport, but in looking back at some of the news Read More>>
