Eleven Sports has launched a 24/7 digital service on esports-focused social streaming service Twitch in what marks the continued accessibility of traditional sports on the platform following last year’s deals with the NFL and NBA G League. The new dedicated sports channel, called Eleven Prime, offers fans a variety of live sports, including basketball, baseball, […]
Wide receiver Nate Burleson had played 11 years in the NFL but, at age 33, sought one more opportunity with the Cleveland Browns in 2014. Determined to finish his career on a high note after a pair of disappointing seasons with the Detroit Lions, he was curious about the new options for wearable technology — […]
Panasonic has for the past year been testing VOGO’s VOGO Sport video distribution system in Japan, and recently at the Winter Olympics, it continued to try out the multi-video distribution for figure skating. While figure skating won’t be part of the Summer Olympics, the goal is to explore new ways to distribute live multi-angle videos […]
On this episode of the SportTechie Podcast with Bram Weinstein, executives Jack Jackson and Brian Gilmore from NBC Sports Group chat with Bram about the tech and innovation we saw deployed at the PyeongChang Olympics and what we might expect in the future. That and much more on the SportTechie Podcast. You can subscribe to […]
CBS launched a free streaming sports news channel, CBS Sports HQ, on Monday in advance of the network’s spring coverage of the NCAA March Madness men’s basketball tournament and the Masters golf major. Chairman and CEO Les Moonves had touted the coming of the over-the-top (OTT) sports streaming network last August and, on an earnings […]
