The USA Basketball National Team’s exhibition games will be live streamed on Facebook. Verizon is sponsoring the games, which will appear on the USA Basketball and NBA Facebook p... More
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USA Basketball Games to Stream on Facebook (B&C)
Israeli Sports Tech Showcase Hits L.A. July 28
More than a dozen leading tech companies out of Israel will be on hand in Los Angeles July 28 for the Israeli Sports Tech Showcase, offering the country’s best solutions for spor... More
How Sports Teams Can Leverage Pokémon-Style Augmented Reality (Forbes)
Pokémon Go is the latest game to take advantage of Augmented Reality. AR enables users to view data overlaid on the real world. Computer vision and object recognition allow device... More
The NHL’s In-Market Streaming Deal With Fox Sports Is An Influential Moment For The Sports Industry (SportTechie)
The National Hockey League recently reached an agreement with Fox Sports for in-market streaming. Although not finalized, an agreement has been reached after negotiations spanning ... More
Virtual Reality in Sports Poses Unique Challenges for Producers (Variety)
Is virtual reality the future of sports coverage? Conceptually, it’s a no-brainer; VR technology can put viewers in the center of the action. And there’s no shortage of players... More
ESPN Bosses Mull an Online Streaming Package (Engadget)
A report over at the Information claims that ESPN is planning to take a baby step towards offering its shows direct to consumers. The Disney-owned sports broadcaster is working on ... More
UFC 200 to Be Live-Streamed in 4K (B&C)
The July 9 UFC 200 event will be available as a live stream in 4K for owners of 2015 and 2016 models of Sony HDR Ultra HD TVs, via the UFC app on Google Play. Only viewers in the U... More
Twitter is Talking to the NBA, MLS and Turner to Buy Rights to more Sports Streams (Recode)
Twitter wants to stream more TV-like live video around major sporting events, so it’s approaching the folks who control those rights to cut a deal. The company is in talks with t... More
How VR Will Change Sports. And How It Won’t (Backchannel)
Virtual reality has an exciting future and oodles of room to grow. Its arrival is already conjuring anxiety, anticipation and motion sickness in the industry. But it’s not going ... More
DirecTV Tees Up U.S. Open 4K Coverage (B&C)
DirecTV is providing partial coverage of the U.S. Open golf championships in 4K resolution, offering live broadcasts during all four rounds from the tournament in Oakmont, which ge... More
Game, Set, Match: Wimbledon Inks a Three-Year Deal with Snapchat (Digiday)
Wimbledon has a long, proud history as the home of British tennis. It is also, to be fair, a bit stuffy. Enter Snapchat, naturally. The tournament, which kicks off June 27, has ink... More
Most Consumers Prefer to ‘Discover’ Content, Not be Bombarded by Information (The Drum)
The millennials, defined as those who reached adulthood around the year 2000, are driving both B2C and B2B marketing trends and their overwhelming preference for personalized cont... More
Akamai, Hotstar Renew Partnership in India to Scale for Live Sports Events (VOD Professional)
Hotstar, India's premium video streaming platform and Akamai Technologies, a global provider of content delivery network (CDN) services, have announced the renewal of their partner... More
La Liga Scores with First Ever Football Match Broadcast Live on Facebook (Rapid TV News)
The Spanish football league has announced that in partnership with beIN Sports, the competition's official broadcaster in Spain, the social network is to offer the unique experienc... More
There are More Outlets for ‘Niche’ Sports than Ever Before (Digiday)
If you’re the NFL, NBA or MLB, finding distribution is pretty easy. With live sports being one of the few remaining things that can guarantee large viewing audiences, TV networks... More
Sports Fans Might Pay For Over-The-Top Games (B&C)
Sports fans love their games so much they will be willing to pay to support an over-the-top offering, according to a new study. The study, conducted by the Center for the Digital F... More
Sony VP: ‘Tipping Point’ for UHD Adoption Will Be Sports in 2016
Jeff Berman, MESA: The transition to Ultra High-Def (UHD) is “going pretty well” and the “tipping point this year” is going to be 4K sports broadcasts, with DirecTV's 4K br... More
The San Francisco Giants Want To Bring Fans Closer To The Action With VR (FastCompany)
For many fans, the next best thing to being at a game in person is up-close virtual access to their favorite players. For example, imagine lying on the ground in between 2014 World... More
Live Streaming – The Ticking Time Bomb for Sports Broadcasters (The Drum)
Facebook, Yahoo and Twitter are all eyeing sports media rights as a way to swell engagement on their platforms, but as social video starts to look more like TV, how will the broadc... More
Sports Coaches Are Starting To Use Broadcast Analysis Tools For Player Development (Sport Techie)
There is a quiet revolution taking place on the training field as sports coaches turn to broadcast technology to enrich player development and scouting through the power of video g... More