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  • Spartan Race World Championship on NBC Sports December 7th

    The Spartan Race Beast World Championship on NBC Sports December 7th is a 90-minute TV special that features the World Championship and focus on the sport of obstacle racing. This event, the culmination of the 2013 Reebok Spartan Race Series, took place on September 21-22, 2013, in scenic central Vermont, near Spartan Race headquarters in Pittsfield. Tens…

  • How the Ski Industry Affects the Environment

    Nearly 96 percent of consumers have a positive image of companies that participate in cause marketing, reports research group Cone/Echo. How does this affect ski and other sports enthusiasts? Providing inexpensive products and services isn’t enough in today’s consumer-savvy market. In addition to demanding products that add value and make life easier, consumers want to…

  • FIS Winter Sports Web Site Powered by Deltatre For Sochi Olympic Games

    The International Ski Federation (FIS) recently partnered with deltatre to rebrand their web site in time for a significant increase in Internet traffic by fans of each sport discipline and the Sochi Winter Olympics that begins in less than 100 days. The new FIS web platform has been operating for one month now and delivers a database of exclusive digital…

  • Lyft On Demand Ride Service Is In Seattle and Nationwide

    Your new, cheaper alternative to calling a cab is Lyft, an on demand ride service that launched here in Seattle back in April. The community standard of pink mustaches on drivers and fist bumps between customers is sweeping the nation and soon the globe. If you need a ride to Century Link Stadium to see…

  • 10 Reasons Outdoor Play is Crucial to Healthy Child Development

    The iconic image of the idyllic American childhood was, not so long ago, based around the idea of spending long summer days playing outside and exploring the neighborhood until the streetlights were illuminated. Today’s fear-driven culture might make it difficult to send your kids outside for the entirety of a day in good conscience without…

  • Boxing, Money, and Health: The Floyd Mayweather Case Study and Infographic

    Boxing, Money, and Health: The Floyd Mayweather Case Study and InfographicThis pioneering boxing sports business infographic case study about Floyd “Money” Mayweather is full of Big Data facts for the Sports Techie community blog to analyze. The explosion of Pay Per View technology in sports and in particular boxing and the UFC have helped Mr.…

  • Qylur Automated, Self-Service, Security-Screening Kiosk Is Revolutionary

    Qylur has designed a game-changing new bag-screening technology called the Qylatron that will improve fan experience for sports and entertainment venues, monuments and transportation hubs. The industry-first Qylatron scans guest IDs and screens bags five times faster, detects multiple security threats, reduces security costs with up to 50-percent less staffing, and improves the guest experience.…

  • France Televisions Signs With deltatre Digital Solutions to Support Olympic Sport Programming

    France’s premier broadcaster selected deltatre for the design of fan engaging, multi-sport mobile and tablets apps localized in the French language of love. This exciting news from Paris, France, comes with the Olympic torch relay for the Sochi 2014 games officially underway. Sports media and technology firm deltatre announced this new contract with France Televisions…

  • deltatre and Monterosa Collaborate on Second Screen Sports App for Sochi Olympic Games

    Innovative sports technology is coming to our good neighbors in Canada thanks in part to the new partnership between deltatre and Monterosa. While at the global sports industry Sportel Conference currently under way in Monaco, their agreement to develop a second screen application for one of Canada’s preeminent broadcasters was released. The Sports Techie community…

  • HOW TO HELP YOUR KID BE A GREAT TEAM PLAYER

    Team sports start pretty early these days, with kids as young as four and five enrolling in soccer and tee ball leagues. For most kids, that’s just the beginning. They’ll go on to participate in team sports throughout their school years and sometimes into their college ones. Besides sports, being part of a team will…