The NBA Store is borrowing from Amazon’s self-service locker kiosk idea and now letting people who purchased goods from the online NBA store to pick up their purchases at the league’s flagship brick-and-mortar store in midtown Manhattan. Apex Order Pick-Up Technologies, which makes these kiosks for a number of clients in the foodservice and retail […]
Some fans may have waited hours in the rain to get into the College Football Playoff national title game in Atlanta because a visit from President Donald Trump that put security on high alert, but as far as Ticketmaster is concerned, the mobile ticketing went “amazingly well.” In an interview with SportTechie after the game, […]
FOX Sports will stream exclusive digital content on social media sites that are tailored to the specific audiences of Twitter and Snapchat to complement its 2018 World Cup broadcast from Russia. The broadcast company announced Tuesday that it will produce 27 live-streamed shows exclusively on Twitter from FOX Sports’ studio in Moscow’s Red Square. On […]
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 […]
Rugby league players across Australia and New Zealand will be doing a lot of learning in the near future. Velpic Ltd. announced a partnership with the National Rugby League that will see 4,000 players in the league use the web-based learning management system to get educated in topics dealing with wellness, relationships and social responsibility. Players […]
