In early April, SportTechie had the chance to take a walk around Nationals Park with ESPN coordinating producer Phil Orlins before a Sunday Night Baseball contest between the Nationals and the Mets. At the time, Orlins told ST how the network captured arguably the best moment from Spring Training: When a mic’d up Mookie Betts […]
SportsMEDIA Technology Corp. (SMT), a technology company whose predecessor was hired to help build Major League Baseball’s PITCHf/x system, has sued the league’s media rights arm, MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM), for patent infringement, trade secret theft and breach of contract. The 92-page complaint describes a relationship that began more than a decade ago to create […]
In a mammoth deal, TV graphics powerhouse SMT (formerly known as SportsMEDIA Technology) has acquired its main competitor, Sportvision. For 18 years, the two companies have competed to provide cutting edge digital graphics and enhancements for live sporting events. This acquisition will rebrand Sportvision under the SMT banner, which will allow SMT to expand its […]
As many NHL players dusted off their skates for the World Cup of Hockey last month, the league itself saw the event as an experiment with new technology. “Whether it’s digitally enhanced dasher boards or puck and player tracking, we’re ready to embrace new technology that isn’t a gimmick,” NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said in an early […]
During this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, Zepp Labs’s Chief Executive Officer, Jason Fass, projected the trends that loom ahead in the category of sports technology. He informed SportTechie that, thus far, there has been a “lack” of data that’s particularly actionable to the end-user, as it pertains to the devices and its respective software in […]
