Tag "technology"
Technology Helping Sports Hospitality Re-Discover Its Mojo
On the Sports Technology section there was an item relating to the new hospitality experience being enjoyed by McLaren F1 hospitality guests this season. So, what have they done that is so ground breaking?
Is Sport Ready For Foursquare?
Geo-location platforms such as Foursquare and Gowolla have been much hyped and talked about over recent months but is the new social networking technology going to take off here in the UK?
Sir Geoff Hurst’s England 2010 World Cup App
With the World Cup in full swing and England about the face the old enemy Germany in the last 16 there is an alternative way in which to find out the last news and views. iSport Global and Synappsis have launched the must-have World Cup app every England fan will be desperate to own.
It’s Time To Back British Basketball
Basketball is one of the few sports in the Olympics where the home nation doesn’t get an automatic qualification, they would need to qualify for Eurobasket 2011, a campaign that begins with their scheduled games this coming August.
Fear This Deer: Milwaukee Bucks and New Media
On a recent trip to the US, Anthony Alsop caught up with Nick Monroe, who is the Head of New Media Development for the Milwaukee Bucks. He was nice enough to answer a few questions about the team, his other roles at the Bucks and how the Bucks came to be in new media in the first place.
Strategic Partnerships: Google’s YouTube and IPL shake up sports media
Earlier this week the New York Times had an interesting article on sports broadcasting as viewed through the recent YouTube – IPL Season 3 experiment. While the financial winners and losers of the arrangement are not known, we do know that it was a win for many fans, including myself, who viewed matches and highlights.
Real Madrid and Mobile Marketing
Ash Read recently had the opportunity to speak with Pedro Duarte, Mobile Marketing Manager at Real Madrid, about the clubs use of mobile technology. Real have been working with mobile technologies for around two years and aim to implement mobile as a key tool in the clubs marketing strategy.
Sport & New Media – a new conference for a new world?
Now that the dust has settled and we go about our daily business after the first ‘Sport & New Media Conference’ in Manchester. I have been staring at my notes from the day, lots of facts and figures taken down from presentations given by Ben Gallop from the BBC, Andrew Croker from Perform, Andy Smith from BUCS, Alastair Hill from comScore and Ben/Phil from Made By Fudge
SportBusiness Group Sport & New Media Conference
It has been a novel feeling this last couple of weeks with the UKSN site being seen as a viable press source with an invite to the Puma Media Launch last Tuesday and this week seems me attend the SportBusiness Group Sport & New Media Conference in Manchester.
India Rising
Rick Liebling on how F1, Cricket, YouTube and Mobile will turn India into the hottest Sports Market in the World
