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MLB Is Adding Awesome Player Tracking To Broadcasts

The future of broadcasting is here. Next Tuesday’s Nationals vs. Cardinals game will be unlike any other regular season baseball broadcast before it with its use of Statcast. Going forward, MLB broadcasts will use Statcast to track new metrics such as the speed of a player stealing a base, how hard a ball is hit, […]

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Floyd Mayweather Will Live Stream His Workout Via Periscope Tomorrow

With less than a month until the most anticipated boxing match in decades, Floyd Mayweather will be will be having his media workout live streamed on Periscope by @CBSSports tomorrow, April 14, from the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas, according to CBS Sports. If you’re a boxing fan or simply curious about how Periscope can work in […]

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Periscope, Meerkat And Sports Broadcasting Rights Will Make For Interesting Bedfellows

Earlier this year, Twitter purchased and subsequently re-branded Periscope, a free application that allows users to broadcast live videos from their mobile devices. Periscope’s re-launch late last month followed the almost instant success of Meerkat, a similar application that made its debut during Austin’s South by Southwest festival in early March. It’s too early to […]

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