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Tackling Tech: Virtual Reality Gets Real for Pro Sports in 2016
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- Published on 17 December 2015
After a frenzied year of investments, product launches and studio interest, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), the nation's largest consumer electronics trade group, is proclaiming 2016 the year of legitimacy for virtual reality. That should mean new and better viewing options for sports fans.
NFL Officiating: Why a Tech 'Fix' Isn't Enough
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- Published on 10 December 2015
Lost in the ongoing bashing of officiating is a short sentence from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell when asked about problems facing the league after a number of controversial calls.
"We need to train them differently," he said of officials but did not elaborate.
Tackling Tech: Data Usage Caps – Fear & Loathing for Sports Streamers?
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- Published on 03 December 2015
When the clock struck midnight Tuesday evening, Comcast began testing monthly Internet data caps for customers in a list of cities, an effort that if made permanent, could pose problems for sports fans set on streaming live NFL games and massive libraries of on-demand video content.
Tackling Tech: NFL Game Change – Thursday Night Football & Beyond
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- Published on 27 November 2015
If you think Thursday Night Football (TNF) is the only opportunity the NFL has to change and expand its live game viewing options for fans, think again.
With the league's TNF deal due to end with this season and the addition of regular season games to be played across the pond in U.K. venues; the league is considering many game delivery options that won't disrupt longstanding relationships with its broadcast TV network partners.
Tackling Tech: The 49ers & Ntek Deliver 4K Football Content
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- Published on 19 November 2015
Though the days of watching live NFL games in 4K on ultra-high definition (UHD) sets seem far away, at least one team has invested in the cameras and more to shoot a weekly pre-game show as well as an original series created by an internal group of producers for wide scale viewing.
Tackling Tech: NFL Sunday Ticket Online - One Year Later
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- Published on 12 November 2015
After years of limited availability and unclear eligibility requirements that frustrated many fans, it appears that the light at the end of the tunnel is no longer an oncoming train but rather wide scale and simplified access to no-dish NFL Sunday Ticket online as promised this past summer.