It’s a scary time to be a cable provider. As fewer people pay for TV, they begin looking at streaming options like Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Sling TV and many others. For a collegiate sports conference this presents a conundrum: what route do we take in distributing our content? For the Big Sky Conference, a […]
More ref cams could be coming to FOX Sports broadcasts after officials wore GoPro cameras on their hats at select college football games last year including the Big Ten championship football game. GoPro worked with FOX Sports and Big Ten officials to design the referee-worn hat that provided POV perspective from the field that was cut […]
Now you’ll be able to watch Jimmy Wilkins do a flip with his skateboard over your head as you watch from a digital seat atop a ramp at the X Games in Minneapolis. For the first time, the ESPN’s X Games will stream some of the event in 360-degree virtual-reality video. The event, which begins […]
A new ad by a major cable company trying to stake ground in the U.S. is leveraging a shirtless Cristiano Ronaldo in an attempt to go viral. Altice USA, which raised $1.9 billion in an initial public offering last month, recently released an ad starring the soccer star in what marks its first major attempt […]
British Telecommunications (BT) has been looking into ways to incorporate 360-degree videos into its sports broadcasts, according to DigitalTVEurope.net. The emergence of second screen experiences could be a solution for integrating them into live broadcasts. According to the report, BT executive Andrew Gower said at Marketforce’s The Future of Broadcasting conference that BT is “looking at picture-in-picture that […]
