NTT, a global technology and business solutions leader, and Major League Baseball last week successfully conducted a Proof of Concept (PoC) with NTT’s Ultra Reality Viewing technology (URV) as part of their recently announced multi-year technology agreement making the Japan-based company an official MLB partner in the United States. This implementation ...
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The collegiate wrestling world will set its eyes on San Diego on Friday, Nov. 1 when two of college wrestling’s premier kickoff events take place in America’s Finest City featuring the University of Wisconsin, Army West Point, Navy and Fresno State. In the morning, the four schools will compete inside ...
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FloSports, the innovator in live digital sports and original content, launched a complete rebrand across all sports verticals to unify the brand identity and bring to life the competitive spirit that is core to the company. The new brand ignites a feeling of passion for sports that transcends across all ...
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TuneIn, the leading live global streaming and on-demand audio service, today announced the launch of The BetR Network, a 24/7 channel delivering the latest news, insights and analysis around the sports betting markets. Beginning today, listeners can tap their TuneIn app or ask their smart speaker to experience The BetR ...
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The National Lacrosse League (NLL), the largest men’s professional lacrosse league, has released the schedule for the upcoming 2019-2020 regular season. The 2019-20 season will involve 13 teams including the expansion New York Riptide and Rochester Knighthawks, as well as the new market Halifax Thunderbirds. A total of 117 games ...
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The market research team at Colling Media, a top-ranked national digital advertising and marketing agency, has conducted a nationwide survey to study the evolving adoption of streaming video services by viewers of NFL games. Key findings include: For viewers of NFL games, migration away from cable and satellite continues at a ...
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Wondery, the largest independent podcast publisher in the world, is partnering with The Athletic, home to the best storytelling in sports, to create the first ever in-depth daily sports news podcast. The series, titled The Lead, will make its debut on September 16th, 2019. Every weekday morning, The Lead co-hosts ...
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Premium television network EPIX® and NFL Films today announced its inaugural lineup for the weekly half-hour series NFL: The Grind, which premieres Wednesday, September 11 at 9pm eastern time. In addition to Rich Eisen’s final word on the week in football, the series premiere features “Broadway” Joe Namath as he ...
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SiriusXM will celebrate the NFL’s 100th season with a new podcast series that will showcase the NFL’s greatest memories and will air on both SiriusXM and Pandora. The NFL 100 Greatest podcast is a specially-produced 20-episode series counting down the greatest NFL memories in five categories — Plays, Games, Characters, Game Changers and ...
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Yankee Global Enterprises, with strategic partners Sinclair Broadcast Group and Amazon, today announced the purchase of the YES Network (“YES”) from The Walt Disney Company, acquiring the 80 percent of the YES Network not already held by Yankee Global Enterprises at a total enterprise value of $3.47 billion. Additional equity ...
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