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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Rovell’s 2012 Sports Business Predictions Include Mobile Spin
Powerhouse CNBC Sports Business reporter Darren Rovell today published his 2012 predictions for the sports industry. Three of Rovell's 2012 predictions are most relevant to the mobile sports business community: 1. The sale of game start times and final minutes will drive sports sponsorship. MSR says: This plays into the hands of mobile sports application developers. If you own the last five Read More>>
Cisco Scoring Big in Europe with Stadium Wi-Fi, Infrastructure Deals
With a couple new deals for stadium-network infrastructure, U.S. networking giant Cisco Systems is at the start of what could be a big string of wins for its new focus on "connected stadiums." A Nov. 15 announcement of plans for soccer powerhouse Real Madrid to partner with Cisco to bring fan-accessible Wi-Fi and other improvements to its home stadium in Madrid was followed by an announcement Read More>>
Bleacher Report and Turner Sports Continue to Expand Sports Apps Space
Ever wanted to follow a Div III Field Hockey playoff or have streaming news from your favorite pro team? Well there is a couple more apps that will help you do just that as web sites and news organizations continue to expand their presence in the mobile sports space. First up is Turner Sports which has developed a mobile app called NCAA Sports for the Apple iOS and Android platforms. Designed Read More>>
Philadelphia 76ers Latest Pro Sports Team to Get It, Look to Hire New Media Expert
Today, fewer than a dozen of the 124 NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB teams have mobile sports experts on staff at the vice president level, despite the fact that the fan viewing experience is rapidly evolving around their product. However, a listing that's circulating on the sports hiring website TeamWorkOnline.com has the industry buzzing that another major franchise is starting to get it. In a Read More>>
‘Cricket With Friends’ Game Wins BlackBerry Fund Developer Challenge
Research-In-Motion's global push for apps garners a range of programs The fourth annual BlackBerry Partners Fund Developers Challenge is wrapping up as the effort has now crowned the winner of its latest regional round with “Cricket with Friends” taking the top prize in the Asia Pacific regional. The app, developed by Synqua Games, enables cricket fans to challenge each other to matches, play Read More>>
Frookie Speaks Out: STAT.US Debut Rocks Sports Information Industry
In a blockbuster move, Automated Insights Inc. has launched STAT.US, which allows sports fans to pick a favorite team or player and receive automated updates on their performance. The website enables the average Twitter sports fan to quickly become a power user, and will drive traffic to the emerging StatSheet sports information network. Make Read More>>
MobileSportsReport Exclusive: OneUP Football Connect Return Rate Looks Like a Hit
OneUP Games has a unique spin on sports social media gaming. Basically, it doesn't want to try to figure out the most compelling experience all by itself. Instead, OneUP will deliver to the market an open Application Programming Interface (API), which will allow people to change the data feed that drives a game. Fantasy sports commissioners and sports promoters will have the means to create games Read More>>
Facebook, Twitter in Death Match Over Sports Fans’ Souls
If Facebook bought Twitter, sports fans would rejoice. Through such a fantasy merger, there'd be only one "identification service" to worry about when you wanted to broadcast your sports opinions to the world. That would be a welcome relief from the two-headed monster that now rules the kingdom of sports smack, the beast with tweets on one side and Facebook posts on the other. The big question Read More>>
