Every four years, when the Winter Olympics arrive, undoubtedly there are many people who don’t know exactly what every sport is. This year, for PyeongChang 2018, Al Jazeera sought to change that. Using augmented reality, the Qatar-based network showed its viewers how curling, biathlon, skiing and bobsled, among others, actually work, according to a report […]
Japanese telecommunications company NTT announced last week that it is making progress in delivering technology that can bring 3D broadcasts of live sports events to fans off-site. The system, called Kirari! For Arena, uses multiple cameras to track 3D positional information of athletes to reproduce their natural movements in a hologram form, enabling the company […]
People don’t watch the Olympics in the same way they used to. Because of that, NBC Sports has come up with different ways to reach viewers, specifically the younger demographic. One partnership that came to fruition was with musical.ly, a popular mobile platform with entertaining short videos. And it delivered more than 25 million engagements […]
CBS launched a free streaming sports news channel, CBS Sports HQ, on Monday in advance of the network’s spring coverage of the NCAA March Madness men’s basketball tournament and the Masters golf major. Chairman and CEO Les Moonves had touted the coming of the over-the-top (OTT) sports streaming network last August and, on an earnings […]
One of Kevin Durant’s recent technology investments, Skydio, has unveiled an autonomous flying drone that athletes say could offer a hands-free approach to training and present new content opportunities. After years of stealth development, Skydio unveiled this month the company’s first product: a fully autonomous artificially-intelligent flying 4K camera called R1. The technology virtually “sees” […]
