The billion-dollar partnership between STATSports Group and the U.S. Soccer Federation, which the parties announced earlier this year, will encourage all members — whether part of the national teams or youth academies — to wear tracking devices but will not collect player-specific data from academy players. U.S. Soccer is collecting player-specific data only from its […]
Every sports fan has been there. It’s the last minute of a game. The intensity is high. You long ago left the edge of your seat to franticly pace. Then the ball gets tipped out of bounds, it moves a fraction of an inch in the receiver’s hands, or hands got mixed in with the […]
Major League Soccer’s Real Salt Lake (RSL) is the first American franchise to partner with a local TV station for OTT streaming. The deal between KSL-TV and RSL allows the Salt Lake City station to stream the team’s (and its affiliates’) games via an OTT app. The deal comes as many national broadcast companies are […]
It was a big weekend for Manchester City FC. They beat Tottenham FC 3-1 and clinched the Premier League title, capping a historically dominant season. But when Man City was preparing for the match this past Saturday, its players had an added level of insight from a tablet screen where they gleaned critical information about the […]
A relationship born in 2006 continues expanding. Samsung has reached an agreement with Real Madrid to bring exclusive content to the club’s fans via Real Madrid’s official Twitter account, including post-match interviews and behind-the-scenes training footage. “We are delighted that Real Madrid and Samsung bet on Twitter to bring quality video content that is very interesting […]
