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Tackling Tech: How Sports Tech Accelerators are Changing the Startup Game
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- Published on 08 December 2016
Back before the dotcom detonation at the turn of the century, tech startups thought all they needed was to spend on a high-profile CEO, a catchy name and a product concept to attract attention, get smart and find business partners.
The truth is that they sadly lacked the long list of critical resources that today's sports tech startups have access to through accelerators and others firms. And in many cases, they couldn't use their equity to pay the bill.
Many of us recall how that turned out.
Tackling Tech: Internet TV Services: What NFL Fans Need to Know
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- Published on 01 December 2016
Fans looking to cut cable cords or only want sports but via broadband have seen current web services evolve, AT&T launch its entry this week and are awaiting Hulu's latest entry.
With change the only constant here, NFL fans need to take a much closer look at ways to follow America's game.
Tackling Tech: Today's Menu: Turkey, the NFL and Virtual Reality
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- Published on 24 November 2016
Done with your Thanksgiving Day dining? Check out the NFL's first customer experiment with virtual reality by hitting the league's YouTube page or strapping on a Google Daydream VR headset.
The first fruit of a deal between the league and Google is episode one of a nine-part, non-game action, reality series.
Tackling Tech: 4K Video: Alive and Well in New NFL Stadiums
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- Published on 17 November 2016
The yearend holidays drive consumer electronics shopping frenzies. But with a continued dearth of sports programming for 4K Ultra High Definition (UHD) limiting big screen sales year after year, fans instead focus on headphones, tablets, and gaming systems.
With yet another year having passed, where does this leave 4K resolution technology? Broadcasters aren't buying into 4K soon. Prices for compliant sets are again down, so maybe fans will buy them because they have four times the pixels of 1080p HD. But where are we with 4K sports?
Technology Takes NFL Originals, Stars to a Mainstream Audience
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- Published on 10 November 2016
A trick-out my ride show. A reality series on virtual reality. A multi-hour morning weekday talk show. Tom Brady and Michael Strahan discussing religion in sports. A potential opportunity to join a sports comedy show on mobile devices.
What's going on here?
Tackling Tech: Why Gillette Stadium Sought an Extreme Wi-Fi Upgrade for NFL Fans
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- Published on 03 November 2016
September 16th marked the triumphant return of New England Patriots QB Tom Brady to Gillette Stadium in Foxboro. Had they been aware, the sellout throng would have been cheering completion of a wide-sweeping upgrade to the facility's Wi-Fi network that gives them a 10-fold performance increase.