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Tackling Tech: Can Pro Sports in UHD Save U.S. TV?
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- Published on 23 July 2015
The NFL’s broadcast partners and TV service providers, as they say, are on the clock. It was just a matter of time before pro sports programming became available in the emerging 4K ultra HD (UHD) format. The only question now is when someone in the U.S. will follow the lead of UK’s BT, which has launched a sports UHD TV channel.
Tackling Tech: My NFL Now 2.0 Wish List: Right Here, Right Now
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- Published on 16 July 2015
In creating the 2015 version of its year-old NFL Now app, the builders are faced with an embarrassment of apps and video content riches from which to draw to offer fans greater functionality and access to both live and on-demand programming.
Tackling Tech: A Close Look at Binge Viewing, the NFL Way
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- Published on 09 July 2015
Defined as watching of several installments of a TV show in one sitting, binge viewing is on its way to becoming the new normal thanks to continued technology advances over the decades.
Tackling Tech: Up Front with 7 Technology Challenges for the NFL
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- Published on 02 July 2015
The NFL took a large leap forward last year in implementing new technologies to enhance and advance the playing, viewing and marketing of the game. This year the league is currently wrestling with tech-fueled capabilities that present complex challenges.
Some items such as Twitter and apps are not new but others such as virtual reality, Periscope, expanded live streaming use and wearable products represent newer challenges. Regardless, they are under evaluation with hopes that they can help, not hurt, America’s game.
Tackling Tech: Accelerators to Speed Sports Startup Development
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- Published on 25 June 2015
At the intersection of Entrepreneur Street and Business Avenue, sports tech innovators are finding the home of business experts equipped with the financing, wherewithal and connections needed to help visionaries launch and fuel their companies forward.
Startup accelerators have risen to bridge the gap at the earliest stage of business challenge and in many industries. Now they’re arriving in the sports world with the L.A. Dodgers and R/GA entering in April, Stadia Ventures this month and Nike working to help out hopefuls in need.
Tackling Tech: First NFL Chief Content Officer Leads Crucial 'Youth Movement'
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- Published on 18 June 2015
You might not think of a 47-year-old former broadcast TV CEO as the model leader of a youth movement designed to connect millennials (18-34) and youngsters with sports video content on mobile devices and the web.