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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Tim Tebow A No Show As StatSheet Beats NFL to All-Pro Punch
StatSheet, the robotic sports news service that provides stories and stats as they happen, jumped ahead of the National Football League today by releasing ranks and grades that show how each player performed on a game-by-game basis. In its selections, StatSheet demonstrated statistically that Denver Broncos phenom QB Tim Tebow is nowhere near qualified to play in the game in Hawaii. The Read More>>
NFL: Thursday Night Games Average 450,000 Online Viewers
In case you were still wondering whether or not online access hurts regular-television audience numbers, here's another data point to confirm that it doesn't: The NFL said Monday that TV views of its Thursday night NFL Network games is up 8 percent over last year, while its online audience is averaging 450,000 unique views per game. The 450,000 number isn't broken down between viewers of the Read More>>
Verizon Wireless Strategist Discusses Super Bowl With Beet.TV
Outlining Super Bowl plans and the mobile sports experience, Hans Schroeder, Verizon Wireless SVP for Media Strategy, appeared today on Beet.TV, discussing triple-digit growth of sports viewing on mobile devices and what mobile sports users can expect from the live-streaming experience. It is one of the best interviews by a carrier executive to date. Watch it here. Read More>>
AT&T 1st Telco to Use Foursquare Badge Contest
Giving away a trip for two to the 2013 BCS National Championship game, AT&T will offer fans a chance to unlock foursquare badges at check-in locations for all of the BCS title games, as well as select sports bars. Running between Jan. 2 and Jan. 9, the name of the promotion is "AT&T Football Fanatic. " Guidelines for the game appear on a Facebook page. Badges are the essence of Read More>>
Are Athlete Online ‘Chats’ Worth Fans’ Time?
After reading that the NBA is going to host an online Town Hall on Facebook tonight I wondered: Are these Internet interactions really valuable from a fan's point of view? Or are they not really worth the time or bandwidth? I mean, if you are a big fan of the player involved it's cool to have a chance you might not ever get in real life, to interact directly with the star. Even though it's Read More>>
USA TODAY Poaches Former CBS Interactive Digital Exec
USA Today's revamp of its Sports Media Group executive ranks continued this week, as it poached former BBC online technology group general manager and CBS Interactive senior vice president and CTO Mark Kortekaas. At USA TODAY, Kortekaas will be senior vice president of digital. USA TODAY Sports Media Group president Tom Buesse said in a statement: "Mark has unique, battle-tested experience Read More>>
Cantor Gaming Expects NBA Christmas Day Mobile Device Betting Boom
Cantor Gaming, the Las Vegas-based company poised to take advantage of nationwide gambling on mobile devices when it is legalized across the United States, said Wednesday that it expects pent-up demand for NBA wagering to drive audiences to wager on Christmas Day, when five games tip-off the 66-game regular season, according to a Sacramento Bee report. Mike Colbert, Cantor's Race & Sports Read More>>
Red Sox Tap Meru for Fenway Wi-Fi Network
Wireless network gear provider Meru Networks has scored a big hit in the connected-stadium race by inking a deal with the Boston Red Sox to build out a Wi-Fi network inside of historic Fenway Park. While Meru actually worked with the BoSox to install a prototype network before last baseball season, the new deal will officially tap the upstart gear vendor as the offical supplier of a full-bore Read More>>
