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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Investors Pump $1.75 million Into Bypass Lane’s Mobile “Beer-Me” Application
December 6, 2011 By Paul Kapustka
After landing the University of Texas Longhorns, Stanford Cardinal and Philadelphia Eagles in August, Bypass Lane is attempting to establish itself as the leading developer of mobile electronic commerce applications used at live sporting events. The Austin-based company announced today that it has raised $1.75 million in new venture capital with funds earmarked primarily for building a sales Read More>>

The Tablet Market Continues to Fluctuate — Dell Flames out, Kindle Still Burns Hot!
December 6, 2011 By Paul Kapustka
Dell now a two time loser Dell has quietly withdrawn its Dell Streak 7 tablet from the market, its second failure in the tablet space. The company had previously withdrawn the Dell Streak 5 in August, one of the only, if not the only 5-inch tablets on the market. The Streak 7 featured a 7-inch display and operated using the Android Honeycomb (3.2) operating system. It came with 16GB of Read More>>

Looking for a Holiday Gift for the Athlete in Your Life?
December 6, 2011 By Paul Kapustka
Looking for a holiday gift that both meets the needs of the receiver and does not make you look like you just picked up the first thing that caught your eye so that you could eliminate one more name from you list? Good Luck! Well in the giving spirit here are a few suggestions that are not simply an iPad2 here and a Android phone there. While these are great products there is an entire range of Read More>>

Mobile Sports Report TechWatch: Chipped Jerseys?
December 5, 2011 By Paul Kapustka
Microchip in Jerseys boosts merchandise, ticket sales The NHL’s Tampa Bay Lighting has added a replica jersey to its lineup that features a radio frequency chip that allows fans to scan to get assorted deals. The chip, when scanned at stadium stores will offer discounts on team merchandise and refreshments. The team had been struggling with fan support and claims that this program has been a Read More>>

Bloomberg Exec Squadron at Baseball Winter Meetings with Mobile Scouting Pitch
December 5, 2011 By Paul Kapustka
Bloomberg Sports is pushing hard at The Baseball Winter Meetings in a bid to sell more teams and players on the merits of sports information products that tailor video and statistics to an individual player's needs, MobileSportsReport.com has confirmed. Bloomberg Sports head Bill Squadron and two sales executives are maintaining a big presence at the annual Major League Baseball Winter Read More>>

Pac-12 calls for Oregon Ducks and UCLA Bruins fans to do hashtag battle
December 2, 2011 By Paul Kapustka
The Pac-12 Conference, one of college football's most aggressive promoters of social media, today called on Oregon Ducks and UCLA Bruins fans to include #GoDucks and #GoBruins in their comments during tonight's Pac-12 Football Championship Game. The athletic conference is administrating to the hashtag battle as a means to increase fan engagement in tonight's game between the No. 9 ranked Ducks Read More>>

Frookie Speaks Out: DeSean Jackson Sulk Underscores Game-Day Picture Power
December 2, 2011 By Paul Kapustka
A picture is worth a thousand words, and increasingly during the 2011 National Football League season it is a sideline image that tells the most compelling game-day story. Thursday night, it was troubled Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson ignoring quarterback Vince Young during an embarrassing, nationally televised 34-14 loss to the mediocre Seattle Seahawks: This isn't the Read More>>

Friday Grab Bag: Who Could Hate ESPN?
December 2, 2011 By Paul Kapustka
SEC Championship to be streamed live at CBS Sports Once again the SEC has two of the top teams in the country locked in a battle, this time with #1 LSU vs #14 Georgia in the fight for the SEC title. The game will once again also be a top on-line offering from CBSSports.Com as it continues to raise its streaming sports profile. The game will be broadcast on Saturday at 4 pm ET and pits the Read More>>