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Wimbledon’s Centre Court Gets New Lighting To Improve TV Broadcasts

With Wimbledon kicking off this week, the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) has unveiled a new state-of-the-art LED lighting system to improve TV broadcasts from its iconic Centre Court. AELTC, which runs tennis in England, partnered with American-based Musco Lighting to install the new solution. It uses Musco’s “Total Light Control” (TLC) system and […]

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Venus Williams Added To Long List Of Investors For Ellevest

Venus Williams, the first black American woman to become the top-ranked tennis player in the world, recently became one of the many investors for Ellevest. The $9 million funding round will help the digital investment platform on its mission to give women an investing experience. Ellevest is run by CEO Sallie Krawcheck and is a […]

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Breaking Down Twitter’s Flurry Of Streaming Rights Deals

Over the last few weeks Twitter has made an array of live steaming deals across a wide range of sports and leagues. The social media giant has secured streaming deals with all four major North American sports leagues – NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL – and the Pac-12 Conference. And they managed to do so in an […]

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Twitter And Pac-12 Partner To Live Stream Over 150 Conferences Games

Sports fans use Twitter for numerous reasons: instantaneous updates, communicating with fellow supporters and voicing frustration or jubilation about their team’s performance. But now, they can use Twitter for more than just information and communication. It was announced this week that Twitter would partner with Pac-12 Plus, a broadband network that will live stream events from each […]

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