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NBA, Turner Sports And NextVR Pioneer Virtual Reality Video For Fans
NBA, Turner Sports And NextVR Pioneer Virtual Reality Video For Fans The National Basketball Association, Turner Sports and NextVR are pushing sports technology, virtual reality, sponsorship and the fan experience to new levels opening night when fans of defending NBA league champions, the Golden State Warriors and everyone else outside located Oracle Arena watching publically…
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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…
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Topps New Self-Design MLB And MLS Fan Trading Cards
Topps New Self-Design MLB And MLS Fan Trading Cards Topps may have hit a digital home run with their new MLB and MLS trading cards designed to become a fan and collector must-have product. Fans have the online option to design their own custom cards at Topps.com. The Sports Techie blog conducted a Q&A with Jeff Heckman,…
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NFL GSIS And Next Gen Stats New Distribution Partnership With Sportradar US
NFL GSIS And Next Gen Stats New Distribution Partnership With Sportradar US The National Football League Next Gen Stats initiative is part of a sports and entertainment agreement granting exclusive distribution rights for the 2015 and 2016 season by new partners at Sportradar US. This breaking news released today signifies further development of a new…
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D30 Closes New Investment Funding For Overseas Growth
D30 Closes New Investment Funding For Overseas Growth D3O raised $13 million from Entrepreneurs Fund and Beringea to support expansion of their impact protection solution tech and product lines, hire more skilled employees and open up a UK hub while opening up new offices overseas in the US and Asia. Their sports technology relationships with…
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Penn Relays New Social Media Messaging App By WeHUB
Penn Relays New Social Media Messaging App By WeHUB Hagen Lee, former high school long distance runner for Lawrenceville School in New Jersey is now the Founder and CEO of WeHUB, a free unified messaging app that for the first time aids the Penn Relay communications and official messages for sponsors, event organizers, athletes and fans…
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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…
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Slingbox Player March Madness Cubed Sweepstakes
Slingbox Player March Madness Cubed Sweepstakes Slingbox Player is amazing technology for the Sports Techie community to consider using during the fast paced NCAA March Madness men’s Division I college basketball tournament and for other live or recorded sporting events because it lets users watch home TV anywhere in the world, on any digital device.…
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BigTeams Raises Series B Round, Acquires Schedule Star To Expand Digital Offering
BigTeams Raises Series B Round, Acquires Schedule Star To Expand Digital Offering BigTeams plans to disrupt high school athletics with their acquisition of Schedule Star, from Gannett, after raising a $5 million Series B financial commitment, according to their CEO, Clay Walker. The Sports Techie community blog also spoke to Walker last April after he was…
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Bleacher Report Founder, General Manager And CTO Front Office Promotions
Bleacher Report Founder, General Manager And CTO Front Office Promotions Bleacher Report took the sports world by digital storm after their 2012 acquisition by Time Warner for nearly $200 million resulting in new strategic advisory roles announced today for company founder and general manager Dave Finocchio and Sam Parnell, chief technology officer; while Dorth Raphaely becomes…