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NBA Strikes New TV Deal Expanding Digital Services

The National Basketball Association announced an expansion in the partnerships with Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. and The Walt Disney Company with a new, nine-year agreement. Under the new agreement, ESPN, ABC, and TNT will televise NBA games starting with 2016-2017 season through the 2024-2025 season. “The Walt Disney Company and Turner Broadcasting share responsibility for […]

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New College Football Playoff Site Has Many Fan-Friendly Features

Only a couple of weeks have started for college football to enter the sports scene; and this season already has unparalleled excitement because of the unique circumstances surrounding it. Since its creation in 1998, the Bowl Championship Series – BCS – has stirred up fierce controversy on an annual basis. By combining computer polls with the human eye test, the BCS determined the final two teams that would compete in the national championship game. During the weeks heading into the final rankings, teams would attempt to make their resume appealing in comparison to others by any means necessary; whether it was by taking care of business against their tougher competition or mercilessly running the score up on their mediocre opponents....

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Beats by Dre Before Apple: Headphones Playing Sports

“Fuck sneakers. Let’s sell speakers.” This infamous remark sparked the epiphany behind building Beats Electronics. Music mogul Jimmy Iovine simply took a stroll down a California beach one day and serendipitously bumped into Dr. Dre several years ago. Dr. Dre discussed with Iovine that his lawyer stressed to him to consider giving his likeness for […]

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Can Vimeo’s Cameo Acquisition Compete with YouTube in Sports?

Recently, the IAC-owned video service Vimeo, acquired Cameo, a video making app that launched last fall. Cameo is a video recording iOS app that features simple video editing tools, such as video filter, adding title cards and even adding video footage from different cameras. Within its third month on the market, Cameo was awarded Apple’s […]

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