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Golden Knights To Curb Away Attendance In Playoffs With Digital Tickets

The Vegas Golden Knights are attempting to curb attendance of away-team fans at home games in the playoffs with a new digital ticketing program that stops ticket holders from reselling on StubHub. The Las Vegas-based hockey team will offer cheap tickets to season ticket holders for its first-round playoff series through a newly-created “Knights Vow” […]

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Gatorade’s ‘Beat The Blitz’ Uses VR To Tackle Dehydration

Gatorade has come up with a new way to entertain while teaching athletes about proper hydration. The beverage company unveiled its new ‘Beat The Blitz’ VR game featuring former NFL All-Pro and Super Bowl champion, Peyton Manning. “I look a little younger in 3D,” quipped Manning in a recently released Gatorade video. ‘Beat The Blitz’ has […]

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Kings Reschedule Tech Night Startup Contest Delayed By Protests

Peaceful protests following the shooting death of Stephon Clark disrupted a Sacramento Kings game last week, dwindling attendance at the 17,000-seat Golden 1 Center to just 2,400 fans and delaying the final round of the Kings’ March Madness-like Capitalize startup competition. This Sunday, the team held its own NBA-backed protest ahead of its game against […]

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Super Intelligent Soccer Chatbot Targets Traditional TV Analysts

The masterminds behind a new artificially-intelligent soccer chatbot that will provide game updates and detailed player statistics for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia say their technology may one-day replace traditional TV commentators. In what Beijing-based artificial intelligence company Cubee Technology is calling the world’s first AI-driven football [soccer] chatbot, the product, named AIBALL, […]

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Tennis Channel Partners With Verizon To Boost Mobile Streaming Offerings

Tennis Channel, a 24-hour multimedia platform devoted to professional tennis and the tennis lifestyle, has partnered with Verizon Digital Media Services to power the Tennis Channel app’s video delivery. “As we grow Tennis Channel’s app, Verizon Digital Media Services lets us deliver the exceptional streaming experiences our users have come to expect,” Tennis Channel’s SVP, […]

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