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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Fans Must Pay $3.99 to Watch NCAA Hoops via Mobile Devices
There's no such thing as a free lunch, and now there's no such thing as free access to the NCAA Men's basketball tournament for mobile devices. According to an extremely unclear press release and FAQ released today, it appears you will have to pay $3.99 for access to the games via the March Madness application, whether you are using it on a PC or on a mobile platform, including Apple iPhones and Read More>>
Verizon Used Cisco Gear for Super Bowl Wi-Fi Network
Nobody's talking yet about how much traffic it carried, but from a recent Cisco blog post we learned that Verizon's Wi-Fi network used inside Lucas Oil Stadium for Super Bowl XLVI was a Cisco Connected Stadium deployment. David Holland, the Sports and Entertainment Solutions Group SVP and GM at Cisco, revealed the partnership Tuesday in a company blog post where he claimed that the Super Bowl Read More>>
Bleacher Report Joins YouTube Parade, Adds 4 New Shows
We've been asking the question about whether or not YouTube is becoming the next big de facto sports network, and Bleacher Report seems to agree with the idea -- at least the news today about B/R launching four new YouTube shows points in that general direction. Here's the quick take: The old impression of YouTube is bad cell phone videos and crazy cat stunts. The new impression is professional Read More>>
Apple has Sold 55 Million iPads
Company believes that they will soon outpace PC sales The pace at which new technology gets adopted seems to be faster than ever, or it might be more accurate to say that once it is popularized it gets adopted faster than ever, as Apple showed when it revealed the sales numbers of its popular iPad tablets. The iPad is not the first, or even the second tablet to hit the market, attempts have Read More>>
Motorola/Google Deal Gets OK-With a Warning
The deal gets approval but EU said it is watching As expected both the EU and the United States Department of Justice have given Google’s $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility the go-ahead. At the same time the US approved the purchase of Nortel wireless patents by an Apple-Microsoft led consortium. From the outside it looks like this sets up a battle royal in the patent space as both Read More>>
LTE iPads, More Mobile Data: Who’s Going to Pay for All This?
Two stories in the news today -- the potential of LTE-enabled iPads and new projections for mobile data growth -- seemed to me to be closely related and both lacking a final explanation: Who's gonna pay for all the new toys and bandwidth? As sports fans know, the Apple iPad and its imitators are great devices for watching sports on the go. The screen is big enough to approximate a TV Read More>>
GMR Survey Pinpoints how Sports Fans use Social Media
The folks over at GMR Marketing have put together a nice infographic on sports and social media based on a survey it performed with fans to see how and why they preferred their sports and a look at the impact that new delivery methods have had on more traditional ones such as television and radio. The survey was broken down into five easy to follow sections pinpointing fan interests and Read More>>
Are Carrier-Exclusive Sports Deals Good for Fans?
If you have a Verizon Wireless phone and are a hockey fan, good news today -- Verizon extended its deal with the NHL and NBC Sports to add live streaming capabilities to its NHL GameCenter Premium app, presumably meaning that you might be able to watch those fisticuffs in real time on your handset. CORRECTION: Thanks to a friendly note from the folks at the NHL, hockey fans are not tied to one Read More>>
