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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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Rethinking The Sport Broadcast Paradigm At NAB Show

Dr Maher Magrabi is a technology entrepreneur with an expertise is sensor data fusion, networked video systems, design and deployment in sporting environments. Maher is the co-founder and Managing Director of iOn Sport. Recent developments in an array of enabling technologies has conditioned a new consumer market which is never separated from social media or […]

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The National Strength And Conditioning Association Goes Hi-Tech

On Tuesday the National Strength and Conditioning Association announced a partnership with Volt Athletics, a training delivery system that combines strength and conditioning expertise with web and mobile technology. “The NSCA sets the standard for professionalism in the strength and conditioning industry and creating an NSCA-backed technology solution has always been a core pillar of […]

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Jetcoin, Crypto-Currencies, And The Sports Entertainment Landscape

Meet Jetcoin, the newest alternative to Bitcoin. It is a digital currency that gives sports fans a special opportunity to benefit from the success of their favorite teams. To clear things up, Bitcoin is a virtual currency used in sports betting. It is not to be confused with actual paper currency because bitcoins are not […]

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