Women’s soccer has always struggled to attract the kind of TV deals and sponsorship deals that their male counterparts have succeeded in amassing over the years. Television deals are the driving component of global soccer business models. So it’s almost inconceivable that any league in the world would forego this source of revenue. But that’s […]
Last week, London’s Wembley Stadium experienced drone racing for the first time. Tiny drones raced out of tunnels and zipped around the stadium through an obstacle course in which the aerial robots had to complete three laps. According to commentators, the races were competitive and fun to watch. Get The Latest Sports Tech News In Your […]
Gareth Capon is CEO of Grabyo, the leading provider of social video production and publishing tools for premium rights holders, brands and publishers and a partner of both Facebook and Twitter. For many years rights owners have anticipated that the next generation of buyers for their rights will be technology platforms such such as Facebook, […]
DirecTV has been stepping up its game for entertainment by providing customers as much access to 4K and Ultra-high-definition (UHD) broadcasting as possible. The company has launched three different channels that offer 4K and UHD: a nature documentary channel, a PPV movie channel and an event channel. Together with CBS, DirecTV delivered a partial 4K/UHD […]
Last season, the NFL experimented with live streaming for the first time by selling the broadcasting rights for the International Series Buffalo Bills vs. Jacksonville Jaguars game in London to Yahoo. The NFL held the stream up as a success, counting 15.2 million unique viewers during the course of the game. But with three International […]
