Wearable technology startup ActionStreamer, which is co-founded by former NFL player Dhani Jones, offers television viewers an on-field perspective of sports action and received $1.88 million in an oversubscribed seed financing round. The camera weighs less than two-tenths of a pound and is fully self-contained — with no exposed cords, wires or belt packs — […]
FOX Sports is adding Ref Cam technology to its MLS All-Star Game telecast on Aug. 2, providing FS1 viewers with point of view perspectives throughout the match. The Ref Cam comes from the FOX Sports Lab initiative to test technology after the Big Ten championship football game in December featured referee-worn hats that captured point of […]
At a major league club’s training facility earlier this month, a coach asked his young pitchers to throw a quick bullpen session, consisting of 25 pitches off the mound. Part of the explicit instruction was “to take it easy.” A few warmed up by throwing before they stepped onto the mound and with the catcher […]
More ref cams could be coming to FOX Sports broadcasts after officials wore GoPro cameras on their hats at select college football games last year including the Big Ten championship football game. GoPro worked with FOX Sports and Big Ten officials to design the referee-worn hat that provided POV perspective from the field that was cut […]
One month after Apple unveiled a new version of its smartwatch that integrates more fluidly with a training app called MySwimPro, swimsuit maker Speedo has unveiled a rival platform in hopes of leveraging its already established community of swimmers. Speedo U.K. in recent weeks has rolled out a beta version of a platform called Speedo […]
