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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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Sky Sports Gets iPad Revamp
January 9, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
BSkyB released Friday a new iPad application for existing Sky Sports subscribers. Coupled with the launch, director of mobile David Gibbs declared 2012 "the year of the tablet." Called Sky Sports News for iPad, the new application gives Sky Sports subscribers free access to an expanded slate of video offerings, as well as customization. The application follows the trend by the major U.S. sports Read More>>
Mobile Sports Report TechWatch: Solar Powered Cover for Kindle
January 9, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
SolarFlare develops sun-powered e-reader cover SolarFlare Technology Co. has unveiled the SolarKindle this week at CES, a lightweight cover that features a built-in solar panel right in the cover. Built with a dual charging reserve battery that can get power from either a USB connection or the solar panel the company claims that it can give a Kindle user 3 moths reading time in the sunlight or 50 Read More>>

Looking For the BCS in 3D? ESPN Has Your Back!
January 9, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
The Sports network, long a backer of 3D, pulls out the stops for the broadcast Did you splurge on a 60-inch HDTV and a set of 3D glasses but have already seen Avatar 4 times with your kids? Then tonight’s huge BCS Championship game between LSU and Alabama is your chance to see your system strut its stuff. While the broadcast, with ESPN lead broadcasters Brent Musberger and Kirk Read More>>

‘Hard Foul’ Sports Video Crests 6 Million Views
January 8, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
If you are a high-school sports official, and you don't think your calls can't earn a national spotlight, think again. A YouTube video of an obscure high-school basketball game in Washington State is getting national attention because it shows a series of flagrant fouls. It was posted by a local fan, and shows two Connell High School basketball players hacking, clothes lining, and pushing Read More>>

Friday Grab Bag: Google vs. Amazon in Tablet Wars?
January 6, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
Pending Google Tablet to rival Kindle Fire? Multiple reports are claiming that the long pending tablet from Google will be targeted more at the Kindle Fire market than the iPad market. While there is some overlap in the two markets currently I see them as serving different groups of primary users, although that will change. The Google Tablet is expected to be in the 7-inch form factor and Read More>>

Barnes & Noble May Look to Spin Off the Nook E-Reader
January 6, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
High production costs may mean partners or a spin-off After a worse than expected quarter and with the growing realization that developing hardware and keeping it competitive is a costly business executives at Barnes & Noble have indicated that it may seek to separate the e-reader business. The red ink is expected to continue and the company said that it expects to double its losses this Read More>>

CrowdOptic Seeks App Opportunities via Mobile Fan Analytics
January 5, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
When it comes to mobile advertising, everyone seems to agree that someday the market will be huge -- if only the participants could figure out a way to bring reliable analytics to the incredibly complex and highly random act of using a cell phone. Until we know what people are looking at, advertisers often say, we're not spending on mobile. For the mobile sports market, a company called Read More>>

ESPN: BCS Bowl Games Averaged 288,000 Online Viewers; But No Comcast ESPNWatch Access for Championship Game
January 5, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
Though TV viewership for the BCS Bowl Games only increased slightly this year, the online audience is reaping record viewer numbers for worldwide sports leader ESPN, according to figures released by the network. In a press release ESPN said that it averaged 288,000 unique online viewers during the first three BCS bowl games this season, including the Rose Bowl, the Fiesta Bowl and the Sugar Read More>>