Month: February 2017

  • Golf Channel Digital Deals In Japan Designed For Young Adults And Tokyo 2020

    Golf Channel and NBCUniversal announced two new business today deals in Japan as the buildup for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo continues. Arnold Palmer, co-founder of Golf Channel over two decades ago would be proud of this innovative NBCU International Distribution of the game he helped pioneer as a top PGA golfer. The strategic agreements…

  • Bitcoin in Sport: Why Franchises Should Follow the Cryptocurrency Culture

    Bitcoin in Sport: Why Franchises Should Follow the Cryptocurrency Culture “Future Money” (CC BY 2.0) by xlowmiller Sport and money go together like hands and gloves. The Sports Techie community blog has been never covered the topic of bitcoin, capital for future generations. Bitcoin To make the sporting world go round, as a franchise owner, a coach, a…

  • Canadian Hockey League Powered By Stadium Digital Provide Fans With CIBC Showdown Platform

    Stadium Digital Powers New Interactive Engagement Platform for Canadian Hockey League and CIBC Stadium Digital and the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), partners with CIBC, unveiled a new, interactive fan engagement platform out of Toronto to showcase video, content and highlights. The OHL, WHL and QMJHL are providing fans throughout Canada with the CIBC Showdown digital…

  • DeskSite Enhances Daytona 500 And Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Fan Experience

    NASCAR Becomes First Sports League to Launch DeskSite Video App NASCAR DeskSite video app launched today allowing race fans to enjoy the delivery of an automated, interactive and personalized stream of digital content directly to computers and digital devices. NASCAR is the first professional sports league to offer the platform that delivers NASCAR.com high-definition videos…

  • American Express All for Dub Nation Watch Party For Warriors Fans Throwback Theme

    American Express Warriors Watch Party – Tickets Available Today The second American Express ‘All for Dub Nation’ Watch Party has tickets available now. Golden State Warriors fans in the Bay Area will once again get together on Thursday, February 23, 2017 to be part of this exclusive opportunity for AMEX Card Members to rally and cheer on…

  • MLBAM And BAMTech Enhance MLB.TV Sports Tech For 2017 MLB Season

    MLBAM NEWS: MLB.TV NOW AVAILABLE WITH NEW APPS & FEATURES COMING The 2017 MLB season gets started today for fans via the technology upgrades to MLB.TV by MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM) and BAMTech. Live streaming in sports began 15 years ago with the launch of MLB.TV. To celebrate this achievement, new apps have been added…

  • It’s about Time we Let Technology Tell the Truth in Football

    I can still remember that gloomy afternoon when England lost to Germany in the 2010 World Cup, I had just launched the Sports Techie community blog. Surely that Lampard shot was over the line!  There’s plenty more stories where that comes from, though that Geoff Hurst shot in the 1966 World Cup Final was miles…

  • How Technology Has Changed Sports

    It may be hard to believe now, especially for the younger generation, but there was a time when sports weren’t in the media 24/7. Technology has done wonders to make a sports fan life better. The Sports Techie community blog has documented our share of the game-changing sports technology from football tech to eSports and…

  • A Brief History of Technology in Sports

    Since its appearance, technology has strived to intermingle with almost every area of human life. And even when you thought that was impossible, it did the same with sports. Sports fans were a bit frustrated at first, thinking that tech specialists would interrupt or even slow the game down. The Sports Techie community blog has…