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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Mobile Sports Report TechWatch: Mashable to sell for $200 million?
March 12, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
TV makers missing the boat on apps? The NY Times has a nice, short pierce on how other forms of streaming video are increasingly sidelining television viewing and that they need to add a greater degree of connectivity to compete with developments such as Apple TV and even smartphones. It asks some of the questions that likely be the basis of this conversation going forward. How is Twitter’s Read More>>

PGA Also Embraces the Instant Web Highlight: Watch Paul Casey’s Hole in One
March 11, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
In the old days you used to have to wait until SportsCenter came on and wait longer through the program, not daring to go to the bathroom if there was an obscure highlight that you wanted to see. Now, every league and sport is getting the online religion. If something cool happens like a monster dunk, or a fantastic finish, put it on YouTube or on your own site -- and let people share it. That's Read More>>

CBS and Lowe’s Team for March Madness Cube Contest
March 9, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
Do you have one of those so-called Super Fans in your office? You know the type- they always come in with a hangdog expression when their team loses a game. Some are one sports fans but most almost always include support for the NCAA March Madness Tournament. Now all of their years adding team pennants, photos of their favorite coaches and pinning up headlines from newspapers talking about epic Read More>>

Friday Grab Bag: London Olympics will be on YouTube
March 9, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
YouTube and NBC to team on Summer Olympics NBC will be taking advantage of YouTube’s huge online popularity to help drive traffic to NBC’s home page during the upcoming Summer Olympics in a move that looks to benefit both players according to reports from Sports Business Daily. The deal calls for YouTube to promote NBCOlympics.com on its home page and to direct visitors to live and highlight Read More>>

Tablet or iPad + Wi-Fi = Mobile Sports Nirvana
March 8, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
One of the interesting features of the new Apple iPad it its inclusion of a 4G LTE communications chip, which will let the device connect directly with the high-speed wireless networks now being built by Verizon Wireless and AT&T in the U.S. While that's great news for tablet users who want more power on the go, for mobile sports fans a Wi-Fi connection is going to remain the wireless link of Read More>>

ESPN: Online Audience for College Hoops Soaring — Now Just Wait Until the iPad 3 Arrives!
March 7, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
Even before the new Apple iPad arrived to save humanity and burn through wireless data plans, ESPN said that people watching college hoops on small screens this season set new records, with 1.6 billion total minutes and 283 million visits across the worldwide leader's various online entities, representing increases of 16 percent and 5 percent respectively compared to 2010-11. While these stats Read More>>

Apple Delivers Latest iPad — 4G LTE Connectivity and Tremendous Resolutions are Hallmarks
March 7, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
Apple has taken the wraps off of its latest iPad, chock full of new features from a high end display to faster 4G connectivity as the company seeks to maintain its huge lead in the tablet market, a space that had languished for years until Apple’s entrance two years ago. With typical panache Apple did not give the latest offering in its iPad family a name such as iPad 3 or iPad HD as had been Read More>>

March Madness coming to a Tablet or Smartphone near you
March 7, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
Selection Sunday is just a few days away and the day after is National Bracket Day (sadly not a day off where I work), two important days as fans prepare for the annual March Madness; the NCAA Basketball Tournaments are upon us! There are of course a wide range of viewing options available for a fan, starting with calling in sick and staying home, but for many that will not be a viable option, Read More>>