Discovery’s portfolio of television networks is best known for its lifestyle brands (HGTV, Food Network) and its nature programming (Discovery Channel, Animal Planet), but the media company has now expanded its international sports reach through a new rights agreement with the PGA Tour. The 12-year, $2-billion agreement will run from 2019 through 2030, and includes […]
Life is increasingly an augmented reality experience. Golf, less so. But a new smart phone app, called Golf Scope, is aiming to change that. The app launched on Monday. Watch pros like world No. 2 Dustin Johnson and No. 5 Jordan Spieth reach the green, and you might see them pull out and study a little booklet […]
Arccos, the golf analytics startup that works as a digital caddie, deepened its partnership with Microsoft this week. A new version of its app will offer golfers real-time swing strategies and analyses for every shot on any course in the world. Through an updated feature in the company’s app called Arccos Caddie 2.0, the Microsoft […]
FOX Sports will be streaming live 4K video from the U.S. Open’s seventh hole this year. Using 5G wireless technology, and thanks to help from the Fox Innovation Lab, Ericsson, Intel, and AT&T, that means fans at home will get ultra high-definition views of the players’ successes or failures on the difficult par-3 challenge at Shinnecock […]
The U.S. Golf Association will host an interactive experience at the U.S. Open this year featuring a 117-year history of golf as told through historical media content and data. Fans entering the experience will be taken through the sport’s most storied moments and championships in the form of immersive videos, photos, articles, scoring and player […]
