Tag "NFL"

Digital Sport’s Weekly Wash-Up 03/06/16

Dallas Cowboys use high-tech footballs for training The Dallas Cowboys are now using footballs that whistle when a player holds a ball tightly and with correct form, in a plan to

Digital Sport’s Weekly Wash-up 13/05/2016

Manchester United launch new away shirt via Facebook Live In a trend that is becoming increasingly common and will likely become mainstream before long, Manchester United has launched its 2016/2017

Yankee Stadium joins the growing list of digital stadiums

Yankee Stadium and digital customer service solutions company VenueNext, have launched a new app which allows fans in some parts of the stadium to order food and beverages for in-seat delivery.

Searching for sport’s digital tipping points

Along with many others, I’ve been trying to interpret Twitter’s dive into acquiring NFL rights and work out what the other social media giants will do next in the live sport streaming arena because their actions will, without question, ultimately have a tsunami effect on the whole broadcast/digital/social model.

Digital Sport’s Weekly Wash-up 15/04/2016

New Besiktas stadium features screens on seats Turkish football giant Besiktas officially unveiled its new stadium on Monday for the clash against Bursaspor which features technology never before seen in

Seattle Seahawks stun in creative 2016 calendar announcement

NFL’s Seattle Seahawks have released their 2016 season schedule in what must be one of the most creative ways any sports team has ever announced its season calendar. With sports teams

Just when we thought Facebook changed the game, Twitter goes and actually does it

With all the buzz around Facebook’s live streaming service, we almost forgot about it’s relatively stagnating sibling Twitter. And it’s fair to say that before the big announcement on Tuesday

NFL’s Vikings to get the most connected stadium in the US

The Minnesota Vikings are in store for a significant digital upgrade after partnering with tech solutions company VenueNext and CenturyLink to kit out its new stadium U.S. Bank Stadium with

Twitter wins NFL streaming rights

In one of the biggest digital sport developments of the year to date, Twitter has won the streaming rights to NFL’s Thursday Night Football, beating out the likes of digital

Arizona to launch new NFL reality series

Amazon Video and NFL Films have teamed up to produce a new reality show called All or Nothing, a show that will give NFL fans a behind-the-scenes look at a