The NBA will break tradition and permit corporate sponsorships on the game jerseys for the first time this season. The league is basking in an era with transcendent stars and the most-watched Finals in nearly two decades, and GumGum Sports — which uses computer vision technology to create sports media valuations — is launching its […]
NEW YORK — By measures cited by the NFL, viewership of the 2016 season could be seen as being better than ever. The NFL on Wednesday released an information guide noting that the 2016 regular season reached 204 million unique viewers, representing 77 percent of all television homes and 68 percent of potential viewers in […]
Keemotion, the company behind a new automated video technology for sports competitions, announced a $3.6 million Series A funding round Wednesday that includes investment from former NBA commissioner David Stern. Keemotion CEO Milton Lee told SportTechie that the company will use this latest round to bolster its research and development team as it begins […]
One of the most watched spectacles in the Australian sporting calendar is the State of Origin, a best-of-three rugby league series pitting players who began their careers in New South Wales and Queensland against each other. Late in the second game, Queensland’s Johnathan Thurston — who had remained on the pitch despite a season-ending shoulder […]
England’s High Court issued an order on behalf of the Premier League to require internet service providers in the United Kingdom to block servers illegally live-streaming matches. Such pirated content has apparently been rampant, with Kodi boxes and IPTV (internet protocol television) devices being used to circumvent the Premier League’s official broadcast partners. Sky Sports […]
