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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App developer theScore lands $15 million venture deal
A few years back there was a steady stream of sports apps from small, independent developers all seeking to establish themselves in a niche and grow (or be acquired) to become one of the go-to programs for sports fans. Fast forward a few years and the first wave has sadly mostly died off, victims of a variety of issues from over completion in their selected market, underfunding, well funded Read More>>
USA Today launches enhanced sports weekly app
While I often read USA Today online I did not realize that it had a separate sports app called USA Today Sports Weekly that is available for free from iTunes, Amazon Kindle and Google Play, and which has just been upgraded to include new interactive features. USA Today said that the revamp was due to the changing viewership habits of its readers which are continually moving from the print copy Read More>>
Stadium Tech Report: Boingo brings Wi-Fi, DAS to Air Force Academy stadiums
Perched dramatically in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, the architectural gem known as Falcon Stadium is a great place to watch Air Force Academy football games. As a place to install a new wireless network, however, it's not quite a beautiful site. "It looks beautiful from the highway, but it's not modern," said Dermot "Derm" Coll, CEO of the Air Force Academy Athletic Corporation, in a Read More>>
Nike looks to abandon at least part of wearable effort
NikeFuel, one of the most widely know sports wearables may be headed to the recycle bin as the company has slashed the development team internally just as a large number of rivals are looking to enter the wearable space. There are few facts yet in the situation as Nike has not yet released an official announcement about its moves but last Friday C/Net broke the news story saying that Nike had Read More>>
MLB streaming comes to Google Chromecast
You can now add Google Chromecast to the platforms that stream Major League Baseball broadcasts in the U.S. Subscribers of MLB.TV who own one of the Chromecast sticks that plug into the back of many modern televisions will be very happy. MLB.TV enables fans to watch home and away games of out of market teams and once subscribed can use not only the Chromecast but also smartphones and tablets to Read More>>
Show me where to park, buy me a drink, let me see the game with friends: Using new technology to solve ‘old’ stadium problems
There was a lot of talk about new technology at the recent Stanford Graduate School of Business Sports Innovation conference, but what really caught my attention was conversations about how some smart people are planning to use new technologies to solve perennial fan pain points, like parking and concession issues, or just getting tickets close to friends who also want to see the game. I think Read More>>
NBC and NHL provide TV Everywhere for Stanley Cup Playoffs
The 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs are here and the NHL, along with its playoff broadcast partners are using a variety of mobile and digital strategies and programs to engage fans including streaming broadcasts of the games. The highlights are probably having all of the games presented nationally across the platforms of the NBC Sports Group for the third year in a row and for the second consecutive Read More>>
AT&T’s DAS and Wi-Fi network traffic for Final Four hits multiple Terabyte levels
Want to host a big sporting event? You better have a big network. Down in Texas, where everything's big, AT&T had to go as large as possible to keep fans at the recent Final Four connected. According to AT&T, traffic on its cellular and Wi-Fi networks in and around AT&T Stadium surpassed terabyte levels during college basketball's biggest weekend, with just over a TB of traffic on cellular and Read More>>
