As a trend, no one has had any doubts about whether live streaming is the future of watching sports. Even a year ago, video streaming services have overtaken live TV programming in popularity within American households, and that is especially true for younger demographics. With this on their radar, several companies have scrambled to become […]
Globe Life Park, home field to the Texas Rangers, has a new glow to it thanks to power management company Eaton. Eaton has installed their Ephesus sports lighting system in the ballpark, which helps the Rangers in three different ways. First, the LED lights are much more energy efficient than their predecessors, saving the team […]
Swedish communications and technology company Ericsson has developed a software system that will allow sports broadcasters to lay 3D graphics over the actual broadcast. What Ericsson has dubbed the Piero Augmented Reality essentially allows broadcasters of a live studio or sports game to overlay the camera view with special graphics. Get The Latest Sports Tech […]
Virtual reality is now on the go. At this year’s National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show, virtual reality broadcasting developer NextVR showed off their brand new production truck. The truck works similar to the typical ESPN truck but with a virtual reality spin, allowing NextVR to manage all of the ins and outs of a […]
Last season, the NFL experimented with live streaming for the first time by selling the broadcasting rights for the International Series Buffalo Bills vs. Jacksonville Jaguars game in London to Yahoo. The NFL held the stream up as a success, counting 15.2 million unique viewers during the course of the game. But with three International […]