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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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CBS Live ‘Chat’ With Danielson — Pretty Cool
November 5, 2011 By Paul Kapustka
His voice is shot from calling color on the LSU-Alabama tilt, but I have to give CBS and Gary Danielson credit for the cool "Fifth Quarter" chat following the game. I didn't quite understand the format beforehand but having Gary camping out in the CBS motohome (with a Diet Coke) answering questions live (being read to him by some other guy off a laptop) works pretty well -- would love to see Herby Read More>>

Alabama-LSU Twitter Reaction: No Game of the Century
November 5, 2011 By Paul Kapustka
If you liked defense, maybe LSU-Alabama tonight was your cup of tea. But as the night wore on and neither team's offense lived up to the hype the sentiment on Twitter started calling this one a boring tilt that didn't deserve all the attention. ESPN columnist and talent for Pardon the Interruption Mike Wilbon even shouted down his own employer, saying the hype was Read More>>

Friday Grab Bag: Magic Johnson Issue
November 4, 2011 By Paul Kapustka
Twitter wings its way over Mexican Soccer team Are you a fan of Mexican soccer? Maybe follow the Jaguars in the Primera Division? Then you have already noticed that the team has gone one step further than any other sports team and has replaced the players’ names from the back of their jerseys and replaced it with their individual Twitter handle. In addition the jerseys, which have no sponsor Read More>>

Greater than Tebow Commentary Emerges as Sports Social Media Phenomenon, Rocks ESPN Website
November 4, 2011 By Paul Kapustka
Denver Broncos Quarterback Tim Tebow is the subject of a massive ESPN social media onslaught, as fans pound the comment string of an obscure blog post with "greater than Tebow" commentary about the quarterback. Also known as > Tebow, here is exactly what is going on: Lefthanded, slow in Read More>>
Five Most Popular Greater Than Tebow Comments on ESPN
November 4, 2011 By Paul Kapustka
Five Most Popular Greater than Tebow comments on ESPN As of Nov. 4, here are the five most popular greater than Tebow comments: Knock knock?…. Who’s there?…… Doesn’t matter, it’s > Tebow (86 likes) making eye contact with a 40 year old man while he’s eating a banana > tebow (50 likes) Deadspin linking here > Tebow (43 likes) Getting Scurvy on Oregon trail > Tebow (41 Read More>>

Big Online Crowds Expected for CBS Live Stream of LSU-Alabama Matchup
November 3, 2011 By Paul Kapustka
Live broadcast of College’s #1 vs #2 could change the market. One of the biggest college football games of the year, regular season edition, is coming this weekend in the LSU-Auburn matchup, and in a sign of the growing importance of presenting sports in all mediums it will be available as streaming media from an online source. In addition to presenting the game on regular broadcast Read More>>

Cubbies Insider Hits Sports Social Media Dinger
November 3, 2011 By Paul Kapustka
Kevin Saghy, a public relations and marketing specialist for the Chicago Cubs, today published on Social Media Guide an insider's perspective on best practices in sports social media. Upbeat, unique and realistic, Saghy's blog post is significant because it rates as one of the most thorough how-to guides by a sports social media professional to date. In it, Saghy says sports fans are Read More>>

“Content is another word for too much crap,” Sports Illustrated Executive Says
November 3, 2011 By Paul Kapustka
Terry McDonell, Editor, Time Inc. Sports Group, and Mark Ford, president, Time Inc. Sports Group, debuted today in an video interview where they said they didn't know how Sports Illustrated would monetize its sports social media, and McDonell called "content another word for too much crap." Speaking to MeetTheBoss.tv, McDonell and Ford don't say anything all that different than what sports Read More>>