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  • Matthew Berry Game Changer Awarded To World Championship Of Fantasy Football

    WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF FANTASY FOOTBALL NAMED FIRST-EVER “MATTHEW BERRY GAME CHANGER” AWARD WINNER Winning the inaugural Matthew Berry Game Changer Award earned the World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCOFF) a check for $200,000, the Crystal Trophy and a piece of sports tech history. With the NFL 2018 season and training camp less than a month…

  • The Future of Sports with Essential Gadget Tech

    The Future of Sports with Essential Gadget Tech Sports and technology are a wonderful fit; add in gadgets and you have an exploding industry for the masses, young and old alike. I was at International CES 2018 last week, the world’s best electronic show in Las Vegas on behalf of Panasonic USA that provided me…

  • Fantasy Sports And Daily Fantasy Sports: What You Need to Know

    Fantasy Sports And Daily Fantasy Sports: What You Need to Know Fantasy sports (FS) are games played by sports fans and enthusiasts against one and other. The games are generally played online and with apps by players building virtual teams with real players. Results are based on the performance of those players. Choosing a “fantasy”…

  • New HockeyTV Powered By HockeyTech Digital Technology Solutions For Hockey

    HockeyTech Launches HockeyTV—the Future of Viewing Ice Hockey. HockeyTV powered by HockeyTech launched just in time last week for the 2016 hockey season thanks to Stu Siegel, founder and CEO of both companies, the former owner of the Florida Panthers, and a technology entrepreneur. More than 20,000 live amateur hockey games will stream this season on HockeyTV…

  • Minute Media Football Fan Content Contribution Platform Powers HT Media Group India

    Minute Media Football Fan Content Contribution Platform Powers HT Media Group India HT Media in India will partner with Minute Media to deliver fan-created curated football content. The Sports Techie community blog chatted via Skype to Duncan McMonagle, SVP Strategy and Partnerships, Minute Media, at their London office about this enormous sports technology opportunity for the…

  • Current State Of The Thriving Fantasy Sports Industry

    Fantasy sports growth in North America during 2016 increased to around 57.4 million mostly young male players according to new research by Ipsos Public Affairs in Canada on behalf of the Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA) located in New York. Since the study covering both traditional and daily fantasy began in 2013, the boom in…

  • Mark Cuban Is Keynote Fantasy Sports Trade Association 2016 Dallas Speaker

    Mark Cuban Keynote Fantasy Sports Trade Association 2016 Dallas Speaker Mark Cuban is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA) winter conference held in Dallas, Texas. Mark down the dates Jan. 19-20, 2016 and the events location at the Omni Dallas Hotel if you plan on attending The FSTA…

  • How Fantasy Football Has Totally Changed the Way Fans Watch the Game

    How Fantasy Football Has Totally Changed the Way Fans Watch the Game Thanks to advances in technology, football fans are no longer limited to watching NFL games in person, on over-the-air channels and radio, or waiting for tomorrow’s newspaper to get the latest information on team and individual performances. The Sports Techie blog is thrilled…

  • Legal Gambling In the United States Is Coming or Is It?

    Legal Gambling In the United States Is Coming or Is It? When I think about gambling three topics come to mind, illegal March Madness pools, legalized marijuana and the crazy notion that the jury is still out on global warming facts. There are well-funded groups in the U.S. opposed to legal sports betting, weed rights…