You may have noticed a change within your ESPN app late last week. The update marked the arrival of a new BAMTech-powered OTT streaming service called ESPN+. The live sports/Netflix-like creation is ESPN’s offer of a middle ground between cord-cutters and paid-TV subscribers and represents the network’s desire to bring more content to more fans. Here’s what […]
On this episode of the SportTechie Podcast with Bram Weinstein, Oath/Yahoo Sports general manager Geoff Reiss examines how his company and others are engaging fans via live sports on mobile and OTT platforms. Plus, hear Geoff’s take on legalized sports betting and the moves into sports made by Amazon, Facebook and Twitter. That and much […]
A number of stats-focused cameras inside the Barclays Center for the ongoing ACC Tournament are enhancing the way fans watch Virginia, Duke, North Carolina, Miami, and Clemson, five of the top teams in college basketball, battle it out for their conference championship and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Those cameras are owned by […]
Over the last year or so, we’ve been monitoring LaVar Ball and the Ball family’s every move. It feels like we haven’t missed a LaVar tirade, Lonzo shot or quotable moment in months. Still, people are hungry more. Specifically, they want longer episodes of Facebook Watch’s Ball in the Family. Its debut episode six months ago […]
When Disney acquired majority ownership of streaming video technology provider BAMTech, the announcement back in August included plenty of details of what ESPN’s new streaming service would deliver to consumers. ESPN+, as the service was eventually named, would be accessed through a new version of the ESPN app that already includes news, highlights and scores. […]
