Mobile Sports Report

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>>

Masters Adds Android Apps, More Online Coverage

March 28, 2012 By Paul Kapustka

In addition to its comprehensive, almost commercial-free TV coverage, the Masters golf tournament announced Wednesday that it will have apps for Android-based smartphones and tablets for online viewing of this year's tournament. Though the golf that counts won't start until next Thursday, April 5, Masters coverage this year begins next Monday with a new live program called "On the Range" which Read More>>

Vivaldi Tablet plays an Open Source Tune

March 28, 2012 By Paul Kapustka

Looking for a tablet that can serve as an eReader and possibly more while not wanting to support the corporate giants in the business such as Apple, Samsung or Nokia? Then MakePlayLive might have the solution for you. The company has started to take orders for its 7-inch form factor Vivaldi tablet, one of the first tablets that is available using an open source operating system rather than iOS, Read More>>

Timeout Tuesday: The All-Tiger Edition

March 27, 2012 By Paul Kapustka

Time for some time-wasting videos since it is Tuesday. And who better to have as a subject than the most interesting man in golf right now, Tiger Woods? Here's a few snippets including a good recap interview following Sunday's win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, and an oldie but goodie showing Woods' probably most historic shot at the Masters. Which, in case you didn't know, starts Read More>>

Fascinating Read: Fast Company Explores MLB.com’s Winning Strategy

March 27, 2012 By Paul Kapustka

If you want a primer on why we started Mobile Sports Report, the best explanation I've seen yet is embodied within a great story from Fast Company about how Major League Baseball's advanced media team (BAM for short) got out ahead of the digital pack. Just about every part of this story shows why we think sports is headed online, and to mobile platforms, going forward. An incredible read. In Read More>>

MLB Fans Increasingly Watching Games via Mobile Devices

March 27, 2012 By Paul Kapustka

Major League Baseball opens its season next week with the Champion Saint Louis Cardinals helping the Miami Marlins christen the new ballpark that is opening down in Florida on Wednesday April 4th, followed the next day with six openers on Thursday and nine more openers on Friday. Yet fans are already tuning in to games, with many of the Spring Training games being broadcast on the leagues MLB Read More>>

Forget Apps: ScoreTRAX Scores with SMS

March 26, 2012 By Paul Kapustka

In a world where everyone seems to be developing or using mobile-phone apps, a company called ScoreTRAX is betting that there is a big business providing sports fans with scores and updates via the simplest of technologies: text messages. Instead of streaming video or interactive 3D, the Raleigh, N.C.-based ScoreTRAX gives schools and teams a simple way to send scores, messages and other Read More>>

ComScore: Mobile Devices 20 Percent of March Madness Online Viewing

March 26, 2012 By Paul Kapustka

By now you have probably seen a number of studies that show America loses $(your number here) amount of money due to loss of productivity due to people watching the March Madness at work. I think this study, highlighted by Mashable, is the more interesting one, how many people used mobile devices to watch games. According to market researcher comScore 20% of online viewing occurred on either a Read More>>