Once upon a time, drone racing was an underground sport. Enthusiasts connected through message boards and met up in fields, parking lots or other open spaces to race. Now it’s a sport with its own entity, the Drone Racing League (DRL), which has drawn over 50 million viewers in its first two seasons. DRL CEO & […]
More video is being produced and distributed than ever before. In this new media landscape, speed has become critical for sports leagues, teams, and broadcasters looking to prosper in today’s insatiable market for video content. The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) summed up today’s realities in their NAB 2017 The Need for Speed report: “There are […]
Beginning with the MLB’s introduction of Statcast, the sports world seemed to realize just how incredible tracking technology could be in the acquisition of never-before-known statistics. The NFL has responded with their own “Official On-Field Player Tracking Provider,” Zebra Technologies, and will place radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips in the shoulder pads of every player this […]
