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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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Texts, Twitter and Social Media Help CyclingNews.com Keep its Fans at the Front of the Pack
May 15, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
Cycling fans are as passionate as any sport's followers, and no one knows more about how following the sport has changed than Laura Weislo, the North America editor of CyclingNews.com. Weislo is coordinating the site's stage coverage of the Amgen Tour of California. The eight-day race, the largest in the United States, features 128 cyclists from 16 teams and riders who are Olympic medalists, Read More>>

Online Video Features at the Heart of BBC’s Olympics Coverage
May 15, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
If they can live up to their promises, the folks at the BBC may be the heroes of this year's Olympics in London, especially for the online audience. According to news released today the BBC plans to have live coverage of every event from every venue -- and for its online content the BBC is promising some cool twists, like the ability to rewind to the start of an event as well as "chapter marks" to Read More>>

ESPN Gets its Social Media Game On: Twitter Deal, YouTube Channels and More
May 15, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
They're called advertising upfronts but today's announcements from ESPN show mainly that the worldwide leader in sports isn't missing the bus when it comes to social media. Instead, it's firmly behind the wheel and driving in the lead. While there were many ground-breaking developments announced by ESPN today, the ones we think are really big news are the Twitter/ESPN branded ad campaigns, the Read More>>

Active Networks Develops two more Tools to Pry You Outside
May 15, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
More people I know profess a love of hiking than actually do so, the same for camping and backpacking. Of course many are just very busy and not only is it hard to find the time but to also ensure that there is space when you get to a destination if the plans call for more than a day hike. To help fill the need of busy people Active Network, already a player in this space has launched a pair of Read More>>

Follow NBA Playoffs Live Online With TNT’s ‘Overtime’
May 14, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
Since I've been mostly following hockey and golf these days the NBA playoffs have been a real back-burner thing for me, especially after Derrick Rose went down with a bum knee. But today I discovered the NBA and TNT's "Overtime" live online broadcasts and whoa, this is online done right. For once, the promise of multiple cameras is delivered how you might want it -- a specific cam on each team, Read More>>

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 is here-Let the iPhone Comparisons Begin!
May 14, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
Samsung is the leader in the tablet space- the non-Apple tablet space that is, and has expanded its offerings with the full size Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, a 10.-1 inch device that will naturally being comparisons to Apple’s iPad offerings. However it seems that it is much more than just a competitor to Apple, it has to shone above the existing Android tablets and hold its own above the hope that will Read More>>

Looks like the USFL is for Real
May 14, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
We reported a few months back, on April Fool’s Day to be exact, that there were rumors that the United States Football League was about to resurrect itself as a spring football league and it now appears that the rumors were not a joke and that you can expect to hear more about the league in the coming months according to a piece at NBC Sports. At the time of the report there was a web site for Read More>>
Mobile Sports Report TechWatch: HP is Back with New Tablets
May 14, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
Study finds that 74% of smartphone owners use location services A report from the Princeton Survey Research Associates shows that 74% of smartphone owners use their device to get real time location-based information. The study also found that 18% used a geosocial service to check-in to locations. With roughly half of all Americans using a smartphone this is very good news for companies that Read More>>






