Ex-NBA commissioner David Stern, along with a handful of other venture capital firms, have invested in Overtime’s $2.5 million seed round, CEO Dan Porter announced Wednesday. Overtime is a smartphone app that allows for users to record, edit and share short-form sports video content, slightly similar to what Vine used to be before it transitioned to […]
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group has made a strategic investment in Sportsrocket, a digital media production and distribution company. Financial details were not disclosed with last week’s announcement. Sportsrocket is hoping Virgin’s investment will expedite its global rollout. The New York-based media startup has already partnered with a number of sports properties such as ELEAGUE, Major League […]
Showtime Sports is partnering with Twitter to stream its first live boxing event on the social platform Saturday, with the headliner of Showtime Championship Boxing being welterweight’s Adrien Broner against Adrian Granados competing in a 10-round match. Showtime’s collaboration with Twitter is part of the Showtime Free Preview Weekend, and as a result, the entire […]
The Indiana High School Athletic Association has partnered with BlueFrame Technology on new IHSAAtv apps for Amazon Fire TV, Android TV and Roku to provide fans with streaming access to IHSAA live and archived games and events. IHSAA had also rolled out its Apple TV app last fall and now with the new apps, members of the organization […]
The “one-stop shopping” nature of Facebook Live attracted the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) to partner with the social media platform and broadcast the annual college basketball tournament, the first such initiative of its kind. According to Joe Dwyer, President of College Insider, Inc., the ability for fans to watch video features, full interviews and games […]
