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  • THESportsTechie Autobiography Memoir Coming In 2020

    THE Sports Techie is me. I have been in the sports technology industry more than 25 years. In my birthday month of 2020, it will be 10-years since I launched the Sports Techie community blog, trusted resource and original online sports tech community in America. Visit https://n5y.1cd.myftpupload.com/. Since then, I have made others believe I…

  • NBC and Twitter Partner to Provide Live Coverage of Tokyo 2020, So What

    The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are truly a showcase event for sports technology. From the new Olympic Stadium, to the making of medals through donated phones, to robots developed by Mobility Sponsor, Toyota, to assist and guide patrons while interacting with athletes. Now NBC is jumping the shark by allowing Twitter to live stream the…

  • NFL Competition Committee Pass Interference Instant Replay Resistance Was Futile

    The NFL Competition Committee unanimously approved and officially finalized the new review rule for instant replay on pass interference for the upcoming 2019 season, only. By recommending the rule, booth reviews will occur inside two minutes and Coaches Challenges outside of two minutes, according to the league. This final ruling came one week after teams…

  • FIFA Women’s World Cup VAR Room Media Briefing Review

    The FIFA TV media briefing today regarding refereeing and VAR was enlightening both as a fan of football and a sports tech expert. I especially enjoyed listening to Pierluigi Collina, Chairman of FIFA’s referee committee, he hails from Italy and speaks English with a very strong Italian accent. He was joined by Head of FIFA Referring…

  • State Farm Arena Ready For Atlanta Hawks Opening Night

    State Farm Arena Transformation With Sports Tech Enhanced Features State Farm Arena opens tonight when the Atlanta Hawks play the Dallas Mavericks after a $200 million arena refurbish of which $142.5 million came from Georgia public funding, something I am fully against because billionaire owners don’t need the money, right. This is touted as the…

  • Video Streaming Platforms Offer OTT Savings Versus Cable TV Costs

    Cut The Cord Because OTT Technology Saves Streaming Sports Costs Cutting the cord is like swimming or riding a bike solo for the first time, you simply have to plunge in when the time calls for saying good-bye to traditional cable television or satellite pay-TV commitments and go for it. In my case, paying for…

  • Immersive iGaming: Introducing Virtual Reality Table Games

    Immersive iGaming: Introducing Virtual Reality Table Games Photo by UTKnightCenter, CC BY 2.0 Unless you’ve been living on a desert island, you’re likely aware of the wave of excitement surrounding virtual reality (VR) technology. The accelerating proliferation of VR devices and headsets around the world has seen virtual environments and immersive experiences reach households in…

  • 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…

  • CES: Panasonic Immersive Entertainment AR Projection And Mixed Reality Technology

    CES: Panasonic Immersive Entertainment AR Projection And Mixed Reality Technology The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018 was the perfect tech event for Panasonic to celebrate their 100-year company anniversary together with consumers and vendors of electronics. This was my first CES so naturally I was excited to be in attendance on behalf of Panasonic…

  • New American-Made Index By CARS

    Cars and trucks have long been one of the manufacturing anchors and job sources of the United States economy since the birth of the model T and because of advancements in technology; the industry has truly gone global. One innovative American digital business of note is Cars.com which launched in 1998 out of Chicago and…