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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FanVision allows Fans to follow NFL Games while in Attendence
Football fans upset with the limited or poor reception capabilities of their smartphones at football venues might want to take a look at FanVision and its mobile broadcast offerings. While currently only available in a limited number of venues the technology has the potential to save you from the frustration of using your phone as well allow you to see plays that you might have Read More>>
Total College Sports Aims For Edgy Sports Alternative to ESPN
Is being edgier than ESPN a competitive advantage in the Internet sports video arena? An Internet video network backed by live-streaming sports content powerhouse PERFORM and a company founded by the same ownership as the Chicago White Sox is banking on it. Called Total College Sports, the network formally launched late last month. Distributed through a video player embedded on Chicago Read More>>
Mobile Sports Report Monday TechWatch: Is this Kindle for you?
Editor's note: welcome to our Monday TechWatch feature, where we highlight gizmos, gadgets and devices that help deliver the mobile sports experience. Up today: a look at Amazon's Kindle Fire. Amazon’s much hyped Kindle Fire is about to make its long awaited splash in the market and its going to be a great success and its going to be a failure, just read the reviews. So to honor Johnny Cash we Read More>>
Boise State Versus TCU is GiveMojo’s biggest test to date
Fans of the Boise State Broncos and the TCU Horned Frogs will get a chance to play a sports social media game that's equal parts Twitter and Zynga today. Called GiveMojo, fans of the bitter BCS rivals will square off against each other in an organized, live "smack stream" gaming environment. Boise State versus TCU marks the biggest blitz to date to get the game to go viral. Fans who sign up for Read More>>
Friday Grab Bag — Jocks Twittering Guide Issue
No M&M’s in NASCAR Kyle Busch will be forced to race in the last two Sprint Cup races without his primary sponsor as M&M’s pulls out. This is more of the aftermath of his cheap shot of intentionally wrecking Ron Hornaday Jr. in the Truck Series two weeks ago. Busch was suspended from racing in the Sprint Cup last week and fined $50,000 by NASCAR. I had always thought that NASCAR encouraged this Read More>>
ESPN VP on Live Penn State Coverage: ‘We Missed the Story’
Along with other media types, Mobile Sports Report thought that ESPN's live coverage of the turmoil surrounding the firing of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno Wednesday night was below par for the worldwide leader in sports. Thursday ESPN executive vice president Norby Williamson agreed in part, saying that he'd like "a do-over" and that ESPN "missed the story" by not having the right kind of Read More>>
Penn State Parody Gets Huge Sports Social Media Bump for The Onion
A parody by Onion Sports Network about the Penn State rape scandal ignited on Twitter shortly after publication, generating over 1,152 tweets and 12,000 Facebook likes in its first hour of publication. Called Sports Media Asks Molestation Victims What This Means For Joe Paterno's Legacy, the article underscores that quality content can and will be identified instantly by the sports social media Read More>>
Twitter is Hammering ESPN on Penn State ‘Riots’ Coverage
Calling it a riot may be premature, but the events taking place in College Station State College Wednesday night following Joe Paterno's ouster as Penn State head coach are happening largely in the dark, thanks to some serious news misjudgements by the "worldwide leader in sports," ESPN. Though ESPN apparently has a reporter live in the area, for several hours following the Paterno firing ESPN Read More>>
