Month: February 2018

World first for Aston Villa with integrated fan card payment technology

Aston Villa Football Club has become the first club in the world to integrate pre-paid contactless and chip and pin payment technology into its season and member cards. The new

BBC Sport announce impressive digital viewing figures for PyeongChang Games

The BBC’s digital viewing figures for the PyeongChang games shot up more than threefold from four years ago in Sochi.

Real Madrid to become the first football club to launch a VR channel

Real Madrid are launching a VR channel, but will their endorsement of the technology be enough to get fans watching?

The Philadelphia Phillies embark on an interesting approach to boosting players’ social media following.

Sport is now about prowess off the field almost as much as it is about winning on it, and the Phillies’ new move shows they get that.

Intel plan to use the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to change the face of sport using 5G.

The Olympic Games is often the place where new technology is showcased. In 2020, that could be 5G, and it could change the use of technology in sport.

Can Augmented Reality turn the stadium into a whole new world?

Xperiel’s Real World Web aims to transform the stadium into a giant games console, making the experience of attending a game a different proposition to TV broadcast.