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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Stadium Tech Report: Is the NBA the stadium Wi-Fi winner?
With fan-facing Wi-Fi available in 23 of its 29 team facilities, it appears on paper that the National Basketball Association -- the NBA -- is the U.S. leader among pro sports leagues when it comes to stadium Wi-Fi. But if only a few of those same stadiums are actively promoting Wi-Fi or delivering advanced wireless services, is that title valid? For the answer or at least some informed Read More>>
MLB delivers daily fantasy game in partnership with DraftKings
In the past Major League Baseball once denounced daily fantasy baseball games as gambling, implying that no skill was involved, but that has changed as baseball has teamed with fantasy sports contest provider DraftKings for an offering that launches with the upcoming season. The Official Mini Fantasy Game of MLB.com is a free one-day fantasy league that can be entered daily and offers fans the Read More>>
Turner Sports’ digital approach to March Madness a winner
While most people I know have already seen their NCAA brackets crushed, one player is clearly winning at the tournament and that is Turner Sports and its online game-viewing policy. According to Turner the men's 2014 NCAA tournament has set an all-time record for online video consumption with a total of 51 million video streams accessed through the first full week of the tournament, a number Read More>>
Ruckus will provide Wi-Fi for new MLS Earthquakes stadium in San Jose
Ruckus Wireless has scored a deal to provide a Wi-Fi network for the San Jose Earthquakes, in the team's new 18,000-seat stadium slated to open in 2015. The sponsorship agreement will see Ruckus designing and supplying the high-capacity Wi-Fi network in the new stadium, which will be located on Coleman Avenue in San Jose, near the city airport. According to Ruckus the network will use more than Read More>>
Friday Grab Bag: Where is the MLS TV deal?
For those of you who managed to miss it the Major League Soccer season started recently and its broadcast contract, which many had expected to be finalized sometime last winter, is still unfinished business. Awful Announcing does a good job pointing out the issues, which have to do with how each side perceives itself. An interesting note showing the increasing popularity of the sport is that Read More>>
Google seeks to expand ‘wearable’ options with Android Wear program
Google made a lot of noise a few years back with its push for Google Glass project, a pair of glasses that are connected to the Internet and now it is adding a second front in the wearable war with a push that it calls Android Wear. The company has launched the Android Wear project in an effort to greatly expand the market for wearable hardware and related technology, with but not limited to Read More>>
Artemis Networks adding stadium Wi-Fi market to its targets
When Artemis Networks came out of nowhere a month ago, we speculated that if their new wireless technology worked as advertised it could bring a "welcome revolution to stadium wireless networking." Apparently, lots of stadium folks thought the same exact thing. And they've kept the Artemis office phone ringing off the hook ever since. Though stadiums weren't part of Artemis' original plan, Read More>>
Boingo scores Wi-Fi and DAS deal with Air Force Academy
Boingo Wireless said it will be the exclusive neutral-host DAS and Wi-Fi provider at the Air Force Academy's football and basketball arenas, in a deal announced Wednesday by Boingo. While we are waiting to see if we can talk to the Academy folks about their decision, on paper it's an impressive win for Boingo as the company (perhaps best known for its airport Wi-Fi) expands its presence in the Read More>>
