YouTube’s sports plans: Scottish soccer highlights, English next?
North of the border, the Scottish Premier League this week partnered to give YouTube non-exclusive carriage of highlights clips for three seasons, starting with this month’s 2012/13 season opener...
View ArticlePodcast: Are you ready for some (Internet of Things) Football? A data driven...
Sensor-packed football helmets, camera-covered NBA stadiums and sensor-studded soccer balls are all generating a ton of data but it’s still unclear how all of it can and will be used. As we connect...
View ArticleInsights from the NFL’s Play-by-Play Dataset: What business leaders can learn...
Having trouble understanding all the hoopla around big data and the importance of being an information-driven business? A big part of data’s value is having the power to challenge assumptions and...
View ArticleMeet the fighter pilot trying to crack the code of NFL data
After 15 years flying F-18 fighter jets for the U.S. Navy, Brian Burke probably knows more about aerial combat than anyone you’ll ever meet. It’s also likely — maybe even more so — that he knows more...
View ArticleGooooaal! 5 ways to participate in the World Cup online
We’re three days into the 2014 World Cup, and it’s turning out to be the online and social media extravaganza everyone expected — and there are some good games as well. Twitter(s twtr) reported that...
View ArticleThe World Cup isn’t just a sporting event; it’s an IT event
The total data traffic on the IT networks of the FIFA World Cup in Brazil has already surpassed 32 terabytes in 10 days, according to the event’s internet and communications provider Oi – and we’re not...
View ArticleDirecTV is cutting the cord on NFL Sunday Ticket with online-only subscriptions
Cord cutters rejoice: DirecTV (S DTV) is finally making the NFL Sunday ticket available to football fans without a pay TV subscription. The satellite TV provider is about to launch a new online...
View ArticleNFL launches NFL Now video app on mobile, desktop, Xbox, Roku and Fire TV
Football fans will soon have another way to catch up on their team’s games, thanks to a new app from the NFL called NFL Now. The app, which launched Wednesday on the web as well as mobile and connected...
View ArticleAT&T tackles LTE-Broadcast at college football championship
On Monday we didn’t just see the debut of the first College Football Playoff Championship Game. We also witnessed the first appearance of AT&T’s new LTE-Broadcast technology, which uses the 4G...
View ArticleWhere to watch the 2015 Super Bowl live online
You may watch it because you’re a football fan. Or for the ads. Or simply because it’s tradition. Regardless of the reason, when the Super Bowl begins on Sunday, you’re going to want to be watching —...
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