Tag: Big Data

  • Use of Big Data in NBA

    In recent years, the NBA has been using big data to give teams a competitive edge. This data includes player stats, game footage, and even fan information. The Sports Techie community blog believes in this kind of data-collecting sports technology across sport. The goal is to use this data to help teams make better decisions on…

  • Tribez, Social Sports App Raising Seed Funding

    Tribez. Social Sport App. Find, Connect and Play. The Tribez app provides venues the platform to reach large audiences for group, social or casual sports play. I connected with Richard Sagar, founder and CEO of Tribez, on LinkedIn, he then reached out halfway across the world to me this week wanting to chat about his…

  • MLB Social Media Data Breakdown By MVPindex And 120 Sports

    MLB Social Media Data Breakdown By MVPindex And 120 Sports

    120 SPORTS AND MVPINDEX PRESENT MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SOCIAL DATA Major League Baseball has entered the big data age and according to MVPIndex and 120 Sports, social activity is a criteria that can be measured for the good of the game, players, teams, sponsors, and especially the fans. The sport business partnership used technology to…

  • WinView Leads Second Screen TV Market Because Of Patents, Investments and Board

      WinView raised a partial close of a $3.4 million Series A round of equity financing to allow the company to further corner the synchronized two-screen TV market as well as continue to push their live television play along, digital fan experience. The Silicon Valley-based sports technology business is focused on delivering free mobile two-screen…

  • IBM Interconnect Hybrid Cloud, Mobile And Sports Tech

    IBM Interconnect Hybrid Cloud, Mobile And Sports Tech IBM Interconnect 2016 is the premier cloud and mobile business conference hosted in Las Vegas by the MGM Resorts at the Mandalay Bay and MGM Grand. I was asked by IBM’s Global Technology Solutions (GTS) to be one of three social media influencers covering this event of…

  • IBM Sports Tech Twitter Chat With Sports Techie And IBMer Jim Rushton

    IBM Sports Tech Twitter Chat With Sports Techie And IBMer Jim Rushton The first IBM Global Technology Services (GTS) Twitter Chat of 2016, on Tuesday, January 5 at 1PM EST, covers sports and technology. The social conversation will be co-hosted by me and current IBMer Jim Rushton, Global Leader / Partner, Sports and Entertainment Practice at IBM…

  • Everton and Manchester City Football Club Implement Premier Browser

    Everton and Manchester City Football Club Implement Premier Browser Everton Football Club and Manchester City Football Club (MCFC) of the English Premier League are early adopters of Premier Browser enabling Evertonian fans that use the web browser to earn credit for each purchase redeemable in the club store representing more than 1,000 retailers. A portion of…

  • MLB Partners With SportIM For Bet Data Integrity Monitoring

    MLB Partners With SportIM For Bet Data Integrity Monitoring Sport Integrity Monitor (SportIM) in the UK and Major League Baseball formed a new data monitoring partnership that is flying under the sports betting world radar but is truly a high-impact announcement that the Sports Techie community blog readers and followers should pay attention to because…

  • Sports More Accessible Than Ever Before

    Sports More Accessible Than Ever Before You don’t have to even 30 years old to remember a time when finding out the sports scores was entirely dependent on reading the back page of your dad’s newspaper over breakfast, catching the last few minutes of the news, watching match of the day or hearing the gossip…

  • 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…