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 […]
The maker of the popular Pro Evolution Soccer video game series, Konami, has announced that it will launch a new international esports league, with help from soccer star, Gerard Piqué. Konami is teaming up with eFootball.Pro, an esports company founded by the FC Barcelona defender in 2016 and has said that the league will be […]
NEW YORK — Having started at the top of the North American sporting landscape with its 2016 NFL streaming deal, Twitter has gained the confidence of having produced a “best-in-class product” and has grown an understanding of its unique standing in the broadcast rights marketplace, said Laura Froelich, the network’s global head of sports partnerships. […]