As the sports, fitness, and sports tech markets become more global and China continues to be an exceedingly popular import and export partner, the need for knowledge about the protection of intellectual property in China and abroad abounds. The following is a guest post written by Aaron L. Parker and Amy Hsiao of Finnegan LLP, […]
Stadia Ventures, the St. Louis-based Sports Innovation Hub for entrepreneurs, industry partners and investors, recently held their third Demo Day which saw pitches from their five current Fall of 2016 cohort members. True to St. Louis’ current “history-meets-innovation” form, which Stadia embodies for the revitalizing midwest city, the Demo Day was held in a gymnasium built […]
Sportradar, a provider of sports data services for over 40 global sports, has announced the introduction of Acceleradar, a free data program to help support early stage startups. The startups accepted into the program will be awarded free data access, up to one year, via Sportradar’s API. We spoke with Will Thornton, Sportradar’s Business Development […]
As technology continues to exert its enormous impact on sports, the in-game fan experience is extremely important and rapidly changing. Before the advent and mass proliferation of smartphones, teams had the fairly unobstructed attention of their fans. While competing factors weren’t completely absent in the past, the thought process that teams must now consider in […]
The following is an op-ed by Mike Compitello GTS Global Director, Sports & Entertainment Technical Services, IBM. As a young boy growing up in Westchester, NY, it would probably come as no surprise that I was a huge Giants fan. Back then, the possibility of attending a game meant the roar of the crowd, fresh peanuts, extra mustard […]
