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AT&T Looks to LTE Technology to Improve the In-Game Experience

On the heels of yesterday’s Super Bowl XLIX setting yet another viewership record of 112.6 million viewers, there could be a more efficient way soon to watch the pro and college football games that fans love. During last month’s College Football National Championship game between Ohio State and Oregon, AT&T used the game to show […]

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Zebra Technologies Zoomed Player-Tracking Tech Forward for Super Bowl XLIX

One of the three most important technological storylines from this 2014 NFL season is Zebra Technologies’ RFID chips. From the outset, players have had to wear two tags inside their shoulder pads, provided they were in one of the 17 launch stadiums. This player-tracking technology was most visible during the NFL’s Thursday Night Football, where […]

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How to Stream Super Bowl XLIX

In 2014, the Super Bowl telecast of the Seattle Seahawks’ victory over the Denver Broncos drew 111.5 million viewers, ranking it as the most watched television event in U.S. history. Even though it amounted to a fraction of the U.S. TV audience, Fox Sports GO live streamed the event online, with the average audience size […]

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