Tag: connected

  • Exterity Powers The Open Media And Hospitality Tents Live Sports Video Streams

    The Open: Exterity Enhances Fan Experience with Best-In-Class Video Solutions Exterity and C3i Group are again distributing secure sports video solutions and connectivity services including to the mobile device zone at The Open major golf tournament event held at Royal Troon in Scotland specifically for media rooms and hospitality village tents allowing journalists and attendees…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • NeuLion Adds Saffron Digital To OTT Services Portfolio

    NeuLion Adds Saffron Digital To OTT Services Portfolio NeuLion acquired Saffron Digital, a leading provider of next-generation entertainment digital OTT services. This business move instantaneously creates an online video powerhouse for OTT delivery of live sports, movie, and TV content globally. The Sports Techie community blog is happy to share news about the business transaction that…

  • Pulse Play Wearable Tech For Racquet Sports Like Tennis

    Pulse Play smart watch recently launched from Tel Aviv, Israel and is available now as the only wearable tech and the first complete social ranking and scorekeeping wearable for racket sports. Israel is a global sports tech hotbed of innovation, this time by former three-time tennis Grand Slam champion, Andy Ram, Co-founder and CEO, of…

  • NeuLion and Mediapro Powering FC Barcelona and Real Madrid Live 4K Stream

    NeuLion continues to see real momentum in live 4K streaming as a global leader. The biggest football match in Spain of the season between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, taking place at Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona, on Saturday the 2nd of April at 2:30 pm ET, is the fourth Live 4K event for the pioneering…

  • 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…

  • Hexoskin Awarded CSA Contract To Develop Astronaut Remote Health Care Monitoring Technology

    Hexoskin Awarded CSA Contract To Develop Astronaut Remote Health Care Monitoring Technology Hexoskin was awarded another contract with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to develop a new technology, a patch-based sensor network to remotely monitor astronaut’s vital signs. Teneisha Collins, Community Manager, Hexoskin (Carré Technologies) shared this news because the new contract has applications beyond…

  • 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…