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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Friday Grab Bag: X Games Coming, Soccer Corruption in China, Bike Lojack
ESPN’s annual summer X Games will begin next week on June 28 and run until July 1. Fans and athletes will descend on Los Angles for the events that will start with the X Fest that runs from noon until 7 pm on the opening day. ESPN will be spreading the 21 hours of live broadcasting, both on-air and online, between a number of its properties: ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC will have the on-air duties with Read More>>
New World Record for Skateboard Speed: Recon Instruments was there!
Have you ever wondered what the world record for speed on a skateboard is? Well wonder no more as a new one was just set this week in Mount Eboulements, QC where Mischo Erban broke the existing Guinness World Record. Apparently there is no penalty for a technology assist as Erban was aided by wearing a custom built Heads Up Display from Recon Instruments that helped provide information about Read More>>
ESPN Supports Title IX with espnW Women’s Sports Channel
On the 40th Anniversary of Title IX ESPN3 has launched espnW, a sports channel that will be dedicated to women’s sporting events. The anniversary of the passing of the Education Amendment of 1972, of which Title IX was apart, will be this Saturday. What the act did, for those who do not know, is that it required equal opportunities for all at any educational institution that received federal Read More>>
Watching Golf this Week: Travelers Championship
If you are burnt out on golf right now, we understand. A week at Olympic, as either fan or player, will take it out of you. But this is the PGA Tour! There is no rest! Play continues on this week with the Travelers Championship in Connecticut. The good news is, the PGA Tour's Live@ online video coverage is back, so you can enjoy tournament play from the comfort of your computer or mobile Read More>>
GameChanger Stepping Up to the Plate With Live AAU Baseball Tourney Streaming
Seven Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) summer baseball tournaments held at ESPN's Wide World of Sports in Florida and continuing through June 30 are available on GameChanger, the mobile and web tool that delivers real-time local amateur baseball and softball game updates. Founded in 2009 in New York City, GameChanger provides live pitch-by-pitch updates, stats and instant game stories. The AAU Read More>>
U.S. Open Sets Records for Online, App Viewing
We don't have any definitive viewer numbers, but according to a press release from the USGA, the recent U.S. Open golf tournament in San Francisco attracted a record number of online viewers, especially for live online video and via mobile devices. This is hardly a surprise, since online golf viewership overall has been spiking this year, with no end in sight to the growth curve. According to Read More>>
Is an Enhanced World Cup of Basketball on its Way?
The NBA is looking to alter the current World Cup of Basketball in a manner that will enable it to gain increased revenue from the event that is held every four years and is next scheduled to be played in 2014, according to a Yahoo Sports report. The push is tied into an effort to discontinue sending star players to the Summer Olympics. While the Dream Team is one of the biggest broadcasting Read More>>
SportStream’s rebirth Focuses on All Sports
One of the first sports chat and fan interactive apps that we looked at here at Mobile Sports Report was one called SportStream, at the time the first app from a startup developer named Evri, which was also focusing on developing a real time content engine. A lot has changed since last September when the app was first being shown around it had a football focus, was part of Evri and ran on both Read More>>
