Mobile sports consumption now at 35% – report
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An industry group has put out an annual report showing trends in how America’s 170 million sports fans use media. Here are some highlights. Read more at paidContent »
Where to watch the 2013 US Open live online
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The 2013 US Open Golf Championship is happening this week, and golf fans can once again follow key moments live online. Read more »
More sensors are coming to professional sports, but research outpaces business models
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A handful of companies are putting the final touches on products that bring big data to sports. The hard part is not the development of the technology but the lack of good business models. Read more »
ESPN and Twitter plan to announce partnership for tweeting sports video clips
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If you’re looking for the latest video clips from your favorite sports, you might soon find them on Twitter. The social media company has solidified a deal with ESPN that will let users check out the action via Twitter video clips. Read more »
Where to watch the 2013 Masters Tournament live online
The Masters Tournament is the first big golf championship of the season – and key events are being streamed live online. Read more »
How to make your mark in professional basketball at 5′ 9″
Vasu Kulkarni isn’t an NBA star; he couldn’t even make an Ivy League basketball team. But Kulkarni’s startup Krossover is trying to change the nature of coaching, scouting and even fandom by testing people’s on-the-field sports intelligence. Read more »
Statwing wants to make your data — and armchair quarterback — dreams come true
Many of us yell at the TV while watching our favorite sports teams. Many of us also want to get better at working with data. Statwing thinks it can help with both. Read more »
Preventing a power outage during the Super Bowl: $4 million
Following the power outage during Sunday’s Super Bowl game, an Amazon Web Services engineer gave his blog readers some tips for avoiding similar events, at data centers or giant stadiums. Read more »
Where to watch the 2013 Super Bowl live online
Super Bowl XLVII is once again getting the live streaming treatment, complete with multiple camera angles and the entire half-time show. Check out our ultimate guide for more information. Read more »
Can machine learning make sense of the NFL’s big data?
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According to the New York Times, National Football League teams are often years behind their peers in other professional sports when it comes to data analysis. Machine learning could help teams make more sense of the myriad variables that currently keep them relying on human intuition. Read more »
Perform’s online sports roll-up continues with Sportal acquisition
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Bosses of fast-growing online sports broadcaster Perform Group earned millions last week when they cashed out some shares. But their company remains focused on building up by bolting on global sports sites. Read more at paidContent »
The Pac-12 comes to the iPad just in time for football season
Pac-12 Digital’s new iPad app offers collegiate sports fans live access to 850 events that also air on TV. But the company’s plans for the app go much further: It eventually wants to connect fans in the stadium with those who are watching from home. Read more »
Happy 10th birthday MLB.tv. Now that’s what I call sports TV
MLB.tv is one of success stories of the online video streaming business. Thanks to rabid baseball fans across the globe, the service has signed up millions of subscribers, racking up mega-millions of dollars in revenues. And today, the service celebrates its 10th birthday. Read more »
Where to watch the 94th PGA Championship live online
Golf fans are looking to South Carolina this week, where the p94th PGA Championship is about to begin at the Ocean Course in Kiawah Island. Want to watch live as Tiger Woods takes the field? Then check out our guide to live streams of the event. Read more »
NBC Sports Chairman Lazarus: London Olympics are a ‘grand experiment’
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The 2012 Summer Games are the start of a new era for NBC Universal — an Olympics streamed in real time for fans who don’t want to wait for the packaged prime-time experience. For Mark Lazarus, it’s a grand experiment in a $1 billion laboratory. Read more at paidContent »
Where to watch the British Open live online
Want to watch the world’s best golf players compete against each other at the Open Championship, but don’t have a TV nearby? No worries, much of the tournament is live streamed online, viewable either on your PC or mobile device – with no cable subscription required. Read more »
Where to watch Wimbledon live online
Want to watch all the action from Wimbledon, without calling in sick for two weeks? No worries, tennis fans can watch much of the action online, thanks to multiple live streams. Apps for Android and iOS even make the prestigious tournament available on the go. Read more »
ESPN plans wall-to-wall digital Wimbledon — for some
For the first time in the digital age one U.S. network has complete rights across platforms. ESPN will live stream 800 hours+ on broadband network ESPN3, plus ESPN and ESPN2 via Watch ESPN, And it’s only for subscribers. Tennis Everywhere, as long as someone pays. Read more at paidContent »
Where to watch the 2012 U.S. Open live online
Golf fans beware: The U.S. Open are going down in San Francisco this week, and at least part of the competition will happen while most of us are at the office. But no worries: The prestigious tournament will be live streamed online and on mobile devices. Read more »
Betting big on live sports data, Perform lays €120 million on RunningBall
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Fresh from its IPO, the increasingly good-looking online sports video and betting outfit Perform is buying big to add live match data to its services. Read more at paidContent »
No UGC, please – but will the Olympics’ social media strategy work?
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Organisers want to stop athletes and spectators from publishing photos, video and audio from this summer’s London Olympics, in an effort to protect Big Media rights outlay – but that doesn’t mean the Olympics doesn’t have a social media strategy… Read more at paidContent »
The Cable Sports Bidding War Will Justify The Dodgers' $2.15B Sale Price
How does a faded Major League Baseball franchise– one that hasn’t won a championship in 24 years and has fallen into disrepair under consec… Read more at paidContent »
Man Utd Wants Its Crest Stripped From Google Play
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Manchester United football club is demanding that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) bar all Android apps that contain its logo. Read more at paidContent »
Where to watch March Madness 2012 live online
March Madness is a go! Once again, games will be streamed online, but this time around, you will have to pay $3.99 to watch – unless you are a Comcast cable TV customer, in which case live streaming is still free. Confused? Check our explanation for details. Read more »
My March Madness picks (or “I think data made me a psychic”)
March Madness is officially upon us, and this year I have a plan to dominate my betting pool by using big data. I hope. I’m going to balance my gut feelings and my heart’s desires with statistics and . . . I’m going to hope everyone else doesn’t do the same. Read more »
Why Aren't More People Cutting The Cord? Regional Sports Networks
This week, Major League Soccer introduced updated apps that let fans stream 230 live pro soccer games next season on iOS and Android mobile… Read more at paidContent »
CBS Offers March Madness Cubicle Contest
CBSSports.com is encouraging cubicle dwellers to turn their lair into a basketball temple and post photos on Facebook for a March Madness co… Read more at paidContent »
NBC Sports Doubles Olympic Digital Ad Revenue With Time Left On The Clock
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NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) Sports sold $25 million in digital advertising for the 2008 Beijing Olympics — and has more than doubled the amount for t… Read more at paidContent »
How one sports geek wants to save cable TV with data
Mark Phillip wants to save cable television, kind of. He really wants to make life easier for sports fanatics like himself, but in doing so has created something he thinks could save cable and satellite from the cord-cutting craze. The secret to his possible success: data. Read more »
Lin Effect? Time Warner And MSG End Carriage Fight Amid Knicks Renaissance
With the emergence of new star guard Jeremy Lin driving regional cable ratings for New York Knicks games to new heights, and Governor Andrew… Read more at paidContent »
CBS And Turner Flip The Pay Switch For March Madness Mobile Streaming
Streaming March Madness tournament games next month won’t be as free and easy as it was last year, with broadcast partners CBS (NYSE: CBS) a… Read more at paidContent »
Bleacher Report Launches Hyper-Specialized YouTube Channels
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Bleacher Report appears determined to prove that love of minutia-based sports fare has no bounds. Today, the upstart sports site announced t… Read more at paidContent »
Bleacher Report launches hyper-specialized YouTube channels
Bleacher Report appears determined to prove that love of minutia-based sports fare has no bounds. Today, the upstart sports site announced the launch of new YouTube channels, though its business strategy behind these video offerings isn’t clear. Read more »
NBCU Taps Google To Create Cross-Platform Audience Metric For 2012 Olympics
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NBCUniversal (NSDQ: CMCSA) will once again use its Olympics coverage to search for what it calls the “holy grail” of audience measurement. T… Read more at paidContent »
NBCU taps Google to create cross-platform audience metric for 2012 Olympics
NBCUniversal will once again use its Olympics coverage to search for what it calls the “holy grail” of audience measurement. This time, however, the company is approaching the development of this metric with a little more urgency. Read more »
Can Jeremy Lin End The MSG/Time Warner Cable War?
He may have outplayed NBA superstar Kobe Bryant in the Garden Friday night, but the pressure keeps mounting on New York Knicks guard Jeremy… Read more at paidContent »
By The Numbers: NBC’s Super Bowl Streams
It’s not the record average of 111 million viewers who watched the game on television, but NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) says it notched a digital miles… Read more at paidContent »
Feds Seize Hundreds Of Websites Days Before Superbowl
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In what is becoming a ritual akin to Superbowl Week itself, federal prosecutors today announced the seizure of 16 websites that offered live… Read more at paidContent »
First Look: BBC Sport Site’s Long-Overdue Reboot Ahead Of Olympics
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The BBC will on Wednesday morning refresh its BBC Sport site for the first time significantly since 2004, with a greater emphasis on live da… Read more at paidContent »
Farewell, Yahoo Apps, We Hardly Knew Ye: Deals, News Plus Eight Others Gone
Looks like new CEO Scott Thompson is wasting little time starting to get Yahoo’s house in order: just a few weeks into the new CEO’s tenure,… Read more at paidContent »
