NextVR is a company on the forefront of the virtual reality industry as its goal is to provide a better way to experience sports. In particular, it is focused on improving the live experience. “We are by a wide margin the most regular broadcaster and operator of live virtual reality,” said David Cole, the Co-Founder […]
Soccer is truly a sport with global appeal, and a study from FIFA estimates that it is played by an astounding 265 million people around the world. The Football Association (FA), authorities of the game in the U.K., believes that 8.2 million people, the equivalent of more than one in ten, play the game in […]
More video is being produced and distributed than ever before. In this new media landscape, speed has become critical for sports leagues, teams, and broadcasters looking to prosper in today’s insatiable market for video content. The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) summed up today’s realities in their NAB 2017 The Need for Speed report: “There are […]
In 2018, esports and traditional sports will continue to intersect, internet companies will double down on media rights, alternate realities will test how consumers watch sports and athletes train, and player-tracking data will be visualized in the NFL and NBA. If 2017 was the year that leagues started tracking player data, streaming companies started investing […]
When HDTV sets became widely available in the U.S. around 1998, it seemed TV couldn’t get more real. Colors were vivid, motion was crisp and sporting events looked like you were there in person. Twenty years later and our viewing experience is still improving, this time with AT&T DIRECTV’s launch of the first 4K High […]
