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Published on 29 December 2016

What do you get when you mix drones, automated cameras, unmanned vehicles, AI and video streaming?

It sounds like something from a Terminator sequel with Arnold saving the day or an advanced system for exploring distant planets. But this collection of video capture and processing systems makes up a service that can eventually cover countless competitive sports events - from golf to high school football - for which coverage is typically too tough to justify.

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Published on 22 December 2016

Though the playoffs and Super Bowl will take top billing, whether the NFL can maintain balance between innovation and tradition in the league with video will be a topic of heated discussion this winter.

Sideline video was assailed and shot down (tabled) thanks to several coaches earlier this season, a proposal to use video to speed instant replay seems to be missing in action and a pitch to install perimeter cameras on all NFL fields was tabled with radio silence since.

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Published on 15 December 2016

Drowned out by endless discussion of lower NFL TV ratings is the league's effort to identify and create new online inventory, which is providing hope that they can cut the cable TV cord, while "cord-nevers" get more broadband game viewing options.

The undertakings are powered in part by NFL broadcast partners such as CBS and promise to build a larger online audience - and fan base - among millennials and youngsters that want the NFL, but delivered via the web, not via their parents' cable TV bundles.

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Published on 08 December 2016

Back before the dotcom detonation at the turn of the century, tech startups thought all they needed was to spend on a high-profile CEO, a catchy name and a product concept to attract attention, get smart and find business partners.

The truth is that they sadly lacked the long list of critical resources that today's sports tech startups have access to through accelerators and others firms. And in many cases, they couldn't use their equity to pay the bill.

Many of us recall how that turned out.

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Published on 01 December 2016

Fans looking to cut cable cords or only want sports but via broadband have seen current web services evolve, AT&T launch its entry this week and are awaiting Hulu's latest entry.

With change the only constant here, NFL fans need to take a much closer look at ways to follow America's game.

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Published on 24 November 2016

Done with your Thanksgiving Day dining? Check out the NFL's first customer experiment with virtual reality by hitting the league's YouTube page or strapping on a Google Daydream VR headset.

The first fruit of a deal between the league and Google is episode one of a nine-part, non-game action, reality series.

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