The NBA began experimenting with micropayments to allow out-of-market fans to watch the fourth quarter of Friday night’s games for just 99 cents. This follows through on a vision shared by commissioner Adam Silver on a sports business innovation panel at CES in 2017. Citing the league’s move from an all-or-nothing season-long subscription to NBA […]
Arsenal has unveiled the results from its Innovation Lab initiative. The English Premier League club, who announced the launch of its Innovation Lab in September last year, selected six participant companies in January 2018, after receiving over 250 applications. After 10 weeks of preparation, the six companies presented their products to Arsenal executives at Arsenal’s […]
Emerald Media, a pan-Asian media and entertainment investment firm, is pushing into the sports technology space with an $80 million minority stake in Singapore-based Global Sports Commerce. “The introduction of digital technology into the world of sports has helped amplify fans’ appreciation of the games and has helped to create an alternative source of revenue […]
Vincent Miele was an amateur boxer as a teenager, who later became a ringside physician as a medical resident while training to be a neurosurgeon at West Virginia University. Along with the renowned Dr. Julian Bailes, the two conducted a video analysis comparing a control group of typical professional boxing matches with a set of […]
Tennis Channel, a 24-hour multimedia platform devoted to professional tennis and the tennis lifestyle, has partnered with Verizon Digital Media Services to power the Tennis Channel app’s video delivery. “As we grow Tennis Channel’s app, Verizon Digital Media Services lets us deliver the exceptional streaming experiences our users have come to expect,” Tennis Channel’s SVP, […]
