FOX Sports camera operator Mike Smoles with the rig that captured unique images for an NFL broadcast. (Photo courtesy of FOX Sports) The NFL Playoffs kick off this weekend and FOX Sports is bringing along some popular regular-season technology to capture the action. FOX says it will be using its so-called “Megalodon” mirrorless camera system […]
Richard Sherman. (Luminosity Gaming Photo) Richard Sherman always talked a good game, and backed it up, especially during his years with the Seattle Seahawks. Now the cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers is talking gaming and more as he promotes Amazon’s Digital Week as part of the tech giant’s Prime Gaming platform. Digital Week, which […]
Todd Humphrey, senior vice president of digital and fan experience for the Seattle Kraken NHL team, is a technology veteran who played professional hockey in the U.S. and Canada. (Lisi Wolf Photo) For all of the technology being developed and considered for Seattle’s new NHL team — from the mobile app that will help drive […]
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) It’s trendy these days to turn to sports data analytics for a deep dive into how a team is set up to compete and what metrics make the most sense for how players perform in a game. For the Seattle Seahawks, that dive starts […]
The Seattle Seahawks in action at what was CenturyLink Field. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Seattle’s CenturyLink Field, home of the Seahawks and Sounders FC, is being renamed Lumen Field, the Seahawks announced on Thursday. The new name comes after a rebranding of CenturyLink to Lumen Technologies, which was previously announced in September. The new […]
Seattle Seahawks receivers D.K. Metcalf, left, and David Moore interact with fans via a Microsoft Surface Hub set up at CenturyLink Field for pre-game activities. (Microsoft Photo) The Seattle Seahawks are running another play from an evolving virtual fan engagement playbook, teaming with Microsoft once again, this time to connect fans in Microsoft Teams with […]
(NFL Image) Amazon is taking its NFL streaming rights beyond “Thursday Night Football” and into the playoffs. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that the tech giant has reached a deal to broadcast one of two new wildcard games added to the schedule this season. The agreement was reportedly announced to team owners during a […]
(Amazon Image) Amazon will kick off its fourth consecutive year of streaming Thursday Night Football games later this week as Tampa Bay visits Chicago amid an unusual NFL season with the ongoing pandemic. Prime members will have access to a couple new features while watching the games. Last year Amazon rolled out a custom version […]
NFL fans will show up on a live “Fan Mosaic” during games this season thanks to a partnership with Microsoft. (Microsoft Image) Microsoft is becoming the de-facto virtual fan enabler for sports leagues. The tech giant revealed today that it is working with the NFL to host a virtual fan experience for games during the […]
(AWS Image) Fans might not be able to engage in football by attending NFL games in person at the start of the upcoming season, but they can dive deeper into the sport thanks to new Next Gen Stats powered by Amazon Web Services. AWS and the NFL are debuting six new insights into player and […]