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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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ManU wins laurels in Brit Sports Digital Agency’s New Soccer Social Media Stats
In what could prove a template for U.S. sports teams interested in tracking the efficacy of their outreach, the innovative and edgy digital sports agency Freestyle Interactive has launched a Social Media analytics service for English Premier League soccer. On a monthly basis, Freestyle will publish the total tweets, Twitter followers and Facebook Likes Premier teams rack up. The company has Read More>>
NBC to Stream Super Bowl, NFL Playoffs Online
In a huge decision that will no doubt increase the worldwide audience for the most-viewed live event, NBC will stream the Super Bowl online along with broadcasts of the network's Wild Card playoff games and the NFL Pro Bowl, according to an Associated Press report. Users of Verizon Wireless's NFL Mobile app will also have access to the games, along with additional camera views and in-game Read More>>
Mobile Sports Report TechWatch: Who likes Motorola’s Xyboard?
BlueSprig lands $10 million investment round Mobile security software startup BlueSprig has secured $10 million Series A funding and has debuted a beta version of its forthcoming app for Apple iOS and Android devices. The funding came from IDG-Accel’s China Growth Fund. The beta app, AirCover, is designed to protect users from a wide range of issues including malware, viruses and even theft. Read More>>
Friday Grab Bag: Sugar Bowl not so Sweet?
Virginia Tech in for a loss again on bowl game ticket sales? Virginia Tech is on the way to selling 57% of its allotment of tickets to the Sugar Bowl, where the Hokies will face the Michigan Wolverines on Jan 3. 2012. The team reports that it expects to sell roughly 10,000 of its 17,500 tickets. The team blames the Tuesday night game time as well as the readily availability to tickets in Read More>>
Xfinity Develops TV Sports Remote for iPhone
Have you ever been channel surfing and wished that you could simplify the process and just have a set of buttons that take you to live sports or scoreboard updates? Well if you are a subscriber to Xfinity, and use Apple’s iOS mobile devices there is an application that will meet your needs. Called the Xfinity TV Sports Remote, it is a free, downloadable app available from Apple’s iTunes Read More>>
AT&T Beefing Up Cell Service in Superdome for BCS Championship
In order to make sure that BCS doesn't also stand for "Bad Cellular Service," AT&T is beefing up wireless coverage inside the New Orleans Superdome in advance of the Jan. 9, 2012 national-title matchup between LSU and Alabama. According to Larry Lovell, a spokesperson for the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, AT&T is currently installing what is known as a DAS, or Distributed Antenna System, inside the Read More>>
Sprint Partners With NBA, Brings ESPN Games to Mobile for Free
It's like the prayers we offered yesterday were answered -- today we are hearing that Sprint is partnering with the NBA to build an exclusive mobile app and will show the league's ESPN broadcast games for free, provided that you have a phone and a plan with the nation's No. 3 wireless carrier. Though it's not out yet the Sprint NBA Mobile app is promised by this year's season-starting games on Read More>>
Dear NBA: Your Mobile Games Should Be Free
After not giving a single damn about fans during its owner-induced lockout, the NBA is continuing its slap-you-in-the-face ways by charging LeBron-type fees -- $169 -- for its NBA League Pass service, which lets you watch out-of-market games online or on a mobile device. For hard-core fans who don't want to miss that important Oklahoma City-Toronto matchup, maybe it's a small price to pay. But Read More>>
