The NBA will break tradition and permit corporate sponsorships on the game jerseys for the first time this season. The league is basking in an era with transcendent stars and the most-watched Finals in nearly two decades, and GumGum Sports — which uses computer vision technology to create sports media valuations — is launching its […]
Keemotion, the company behind a new automated video technology for sports competitions, announced a $3.6 million Series A funding round Wednesday that includes investment from former NBA commissioner David Stern. Keemotion CEO Milton Lee told SportTechie that the company will use this latest round to bolster its research and development team as it begins […]
With a capacity of more than 100,000, the Melbourne Cricket Ground can hold a lot of people for a cricket match, Australian football game or concert. That many people almost always means long lines for food and restrooms — but perhaps not for long. On Friday, the Melbourne Cricket Club announced a new partnership with […]
Thanks to the work of British Columbia’s viaSport and Microsoft Canada, people with disabilities will have better online resources to participate in sports, according to a viaSport statement. ViaSport, which is partially supported by the government of British Columbia, is a non-profit that promotes amateur sports within the province — a result of the 2010 […]
GiveMeSport has 26.2 million Facebook followers devoted to its direct, targeted content on a range of sports in the United States and across the world. Its reach is likely amplified by the artificial intelligence resources provided by Breaking Data Corporation, which in December bought the U.K.-based media company. “Our technology at GiveMeSport is very focused […]
