The NFL will track players with RFID for better stats in real time
The National Football League is getting into the internet of things by placing RFID chips inside players’ shoulder pads so coaches and fans can get real-time stats while the game is in play. The NFL...
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NFL 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...
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Pro sports teams walk a fine line using analytics to sell more stuff
There’s a mother lode of data in professional sports — individual and team stats, attendance figures, gate receipts, team standings, playbooks and tons of content. The question is what to do with it....
View ArticleSports fans could see more and cheaper games, as court and FCC take aim at...
It’s one of the most maddening experiences as a sports fan: your favorite team is playing and most of the country can watch the game on TV or on the internet — except for you, because you in a live in...
View ArticleNFL Sunday Ticket brings more live NFL games to Windows Phone
One week before the start of the 2014 NFL season, there’s finally a way to stream live games on Windows Phone. On Thursday, the DirectTV NFL Sunday Ticket app hit the Windows Store for Windows Phone...
View ArticleGood news for football fans as FCC will vote to end TV blackouts September 30
Blacking out NFL games from local TV seems like an odd idea, but it’s still a reality in places like San Diego and Buffalo. Last year, the Chargers and Bills owners told TV stations not to show the...
View ArticleFacebook opens new front in video battle with YouTube and Twitter
YouTube and Twitter may have thought that Facebook was busy with other things than video, such as building up its search functions and tweaking the algorithm to show more content from existing media...
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Real-time data analytics could change sports forever
It was early in the 2015 NFC championship football game last Sunday when Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy was twice confronted with a tough decision: should the Packers, having put the Seattle...
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 —...
View ArticleCloud options mean decisions, decisions for IT buyers
Much has been written about cloud consolidation, with M&A roiling the cloudscape over the past few months: Cisco bought Metacloud, EMC bought Cloudscaling, HP snapped up Eucalyptus. Despite all...
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