After paying a reported $90 million for the rights to stream the first two seasons of the Overwatch League, a new professional esports league that’s mirroring conventional sports with city-based franchises, Twitch announced Week 1 viewership numbers Wednesday and said it’s happy with the results. Twitch’s $90 million bid for the rights marked the biggest […]
Kevin Durant and the Thirty Five Media company he owns is partnering with YouTube to help athletes launch their own YouTube channels and create sports programming. Durant has found success on his YouTube channel that launched in April, racking up more than 21 million views and 587,000 subscribers while live streaming his time in the Bay […]
Smart home devices and artificial intelligent voice activation area areas that show a lot of potential in the sports industry as a way for fans to get closer to teams and leagues that look to drive new revenue opportunities in ticketing and merchandise. With the 2018 Australian Open tennis competition having started in Melbourne and […]
Amazon disclosed the season-ending viewership numbers for its 11-game Thursday Night Football NFL package and claimed victory over Twitter by average-minute audience. The numbers that Amazon provided to SportTechie indicated that the AMA tuning into NFL action on Prime Video for at least 30 seconds was more than 310,000, a number said to be 17 […]
New England Patriots fans around the world will be tuning into the team’s divisional playoff game against the Tennessee Titans this Saturday. In the lead-up to that important matchup, those fans can get an intimate look into Tom Brady’s life on and off the field. Brady is the featured subject in a docu-series called “Tom […]
