Over-the-top digital platform 120 Sports along with Sinclair Broadcast Group and Silver Chalice are combining as equity partners around a multi-platform sports network, it was recently announced. The new initiative will be a combination of linear broadcast and digital. Additionally, the new network will leverage Sinclair’s American Sports Network’s (ASN) distribution, Silver Chalice’s Campus Insiders’ live collegiate games […]
Bolzfabrik, a Cologne, Germany-based company that creates technological solutions for football coaches, trainers and players, announced a long-term partnership with Beyond Sports earlier this month. A Dutch company, Beyond Sports offers virtual reality training in a number of formats, including spatial awareness, decision-making in match and high-pressure scenarios, and high-density (series of situations in short […]
Esports will be a medal sport in the 2022 Asian Games. Alisports, the sports arm of e-commerce giant Alibaba, has partnered with the Olympic Council of Asia to bring esports to the Asian Games when it comes to Hangzhou, China in 2022. Could it be that in the future, esports will be an Olympic sport? […]
The Tampa Bay Lightning’s in-arena virtual assistant has arrived as the organization partnered with Satisfi Labs to launch a customer service artificial intelligence chatbot called “ThunderBot.” With the collaboration, the Lightning are the first NHL partner for the intelligent engagement platform, which will operate across multiple Lightning channels including web, Lightning text club and NHL and Amalie […]
The day before the hardwood floor at Haas Pavilion at the University of California, Berkeley was to be ripped up and replaced after another year on the athletic playing surface, a Silicon Valley-based company got access to the arena to conduct a test. Could Versalume’s thin and flexible optical fibers when embedded into the perimeter […]
