The English Football League has announced it will allow clubs to live stream their own games in the U.K. and Ireland via the league’s own live digital streaming platform, iFollow. The EFL, the body responsible for the lower tiers of English soccer, launched iFollow in May. To date, the service has been only available to soccer fans […]
English Premier League soccer club Arsenal FC has announced the launch of its own innovation lab. With this move, the club is seeking to work with startups to identify, what it is calling “ground-breaking new fan experiences.” Applications for this innovation lab are now open for businesses to apply and the club will run a […]
The GSMA, the representative of mobile operators worldwide, and FC Barcelona have announced a three-year partnership aimed at working on a range of technology initiatives in Barcelona and other cities around the world. The initiatives, which include big data, the Internet of Things (IoT), mobile identity and authentication and next-generation networks will be highlighted by […]
Two different field surfaces in one venue? An arena that switches between a basketball court and hockey rink is common. But a retractable real turf football pitch sitting on top of an artificial playing surface? This is the task assigned to SCX Special Projects for the Tottenham Hotspur’s new stadium set to open in 2018. […]
LaLiga and Perform Group, a digital sports content and media group, have joined forces with a five-year partnership to create LaLiga Official Data Centre that will be responsible for providing all official LaLiga match data across multiple sectors and channels. Using Perform’s sports data collection, distribution and commercialization skills in the media, professional analysis and […]