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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Lawsuit Seeks to Change MLB’s Blackout Policy
June 26, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
As a general rule I think that MLB does a great job connecting to fans in the digital age. It has contests, apps and a range of programs that make it easy to follow your team, and others, from your phone, computer and television. The one area that it seems to be in the dark ages on is in its blackout policy, which seems to give teams huge latitude in what areas they can claim as their own and Read More>>

GoPro Renews X Games Sponsorship — Lots of Fun in LA this Week
June 25, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
Is there any better fit than the X Games and GoPro's cameras? In perhaps the smallest surprise ever the companies announced Monday that GoPro is once again sponsoring the Summer X Games, which start later this week in the city of lost angels. For a little taste of X Games life recorded via a GoPro camera check out the video above (I like the bit about "pass the GoPro," handing off the camera in Read More>>
Mobile Sports Report TechWatch: Google I/O This Week
June 25, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
Google’s Goggle I/O show is this week so expect to hear an onslaught of news from the company and its partners on all things related to Android, smartphones, tablets, Chrome and most likely a host of other issues that they are concerned with. The show will be held from June 27 to June 29 at San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center and most of the keynote sessions will be live streamed for Read More>>

Nike Launches New Runners’ App after it Reengineers its Running Site
June 25, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
If you are a runner and like to share your information there always seems to be a new app around the corner designed to do just that. However a new app that has been released might have an advantage over many of its rivals in that the company that developed it, Nike, might have made the shoes you are running in. For that matter they may have made your entire outfit. The company has launched an Read More>>

ESPN to Broadcast All Wimbledon Matches
June 25, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
Wimbledon is here, the one grass court championship in the Grand Slam pantheon. One of the most watched, if not the top tennis tournament of the circuit is about to begin, with qualifying for unseeded players occurring last week. The tournament will run from June 25 to July 8 this year. There will be much to watch for during the two week tournament. Will Roger Federer win a record tying 7th Read More>>

NBC Increases Tour de France Coverage, Including Multi-Platform Mobile Options
June 24, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
In addition to increased broadcast coverage, including live coverage on the first weekend, the NBC Sports Group has substantially increased its internet coverage of the race's 99th edition. Collectively called Tour de France LIVE, race coverage will be available online at NBCSports.com, and through the Tour de France LIVE Mobile app. The network will offer users two premium-subscription Read More>>

NASCAR takes on the Road at Sonoma Raceway
June 22, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
Dale Earnhardt Jr. must be feeling lighter a foot these days as a 143 race losing streak monkey just leaped off his back with his victory last week at the Quicken Loans 400 held at the Michigan International Speedway. The victory for the driver, who is having a great season, could help him break another streak that he would love to see gone, that of never having won a championship. In the top Read More>>

BCS Playoffs Coming-Will Anybody be Happy?
June 22, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
The drumbeat for a playoff in the Bowl Championship Series in college football has been growing over the past few years and talks have been ongoing recently to establish a playoff system appear to be in the final stages of planning. According to ESPN and numerous other outlets the BCS commissioners and Notre Dame athletic director have ironed out a plan that would create a four seeded team Read More>>






