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From left, Gina Waldhorn, Harish Sarma, Andrea Hopelain, Andrea Brimmer and Brain Lawlor spoke about the growing business of women's sports.

CES 2024 Highlights the Growth of Women’s Sports

Women’s sports have seen a meteoric rise in both popularity and attention over the past few years and as those have increased, so has the dollar signs associated with television rights, social media clicks and tickets sold. The CES 2024 session titled “From Buzz to Business: The ROI of Women’s Sports” took a look at […]

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From left, Abe Stein, George Connors, Ken Lovell, Andy Hook and Mariya Zorotovich took part in the session titled "2034: A Sports Odyssey - Imagining the Stadium of the Future."

CES 2024 Gives Glimpse Into the Future of Stadium Technology

While mostly known for its technological bent with new releases for the public, the 2024 CES Show in Las Vegas also has a track of sports programming that started on Tuesday with the “2034: A Sports Odyssey – Imagining the Stadium of the Future” as four companies discussed using technology to make sports and entertainment […]

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TeamSnap Acquires Mojo Sports’ Youth Sports Media Platform

TeamSnap has acquired Mojo Sports in a combination of two sports media platforms in the ever-growing youth sports technology space. “The Mojo team has built the leading consumer-focused digital experience in youth sports,” said Peter Frintzilas, chief executive officer of TeamSnap. “Their professional league and club partnerships, video streaming platform and coach development tools will […]

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Simpleview and Playeasy Announce Partnership

Simpleview and Playeasy have announced a partnership designed to drive sports markets for destinations across the country by leveraging the companies’ respective strengths to create a comprehensive sports tourism solution. The primary goal of the partnership is to empower the sports market by joining respective thought leadership in DMOs and sports tourism to drive success. […]

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Tempest HUG

Tempest Acquires Sports Tourism Index from Huddle Up Group

Tempest, a provider of web, CRM and digital marketing solutions for the destination marketing industry, has announced the acquisition of the Sports Tourism Index from sports tourism consultancy Huddle Up Group. The Sports Tourism Index is utilized by more than 450 sports organizations. Its facility and event database in the sports tourism industry has more […]

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Alliance Reservations Network

Alliance Reservations Network Launches New Software

Alliance Reservations Network, a travel technology company, has launched a suite of new features for its Group Productivity Solution software to creates an all-in-one solution for organizers throughout youth sports markets. The sports management and travel software combine tools for team registration, multi-venue scheduling, scoring and bracketing, roster management, communications, marketing, housing, analytics and reporting […]

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Bat Around

USA Baseball Partners with Bat Around

USA Baseball and USA Baseball Sports Properties have announced a multi-year partnership with Bat Around, which becomes a developmental partner of the organization and will also be the presenting sponsor of the USA Baseball Regional Clinics. Bat Around is a mixed reality digital application that enhances the batting cage experience. The Bat Around game includes […]

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Will Power will drive the No. 12 Verizon car at the 2023 Indianapolis 500. Team Penske photo

Verizon Provides Indianapolis 500 Fans Plenty of Service

The Indianapolis 500 is one of the largest sporting events in the world as more than 300,000 fans pack into Indianapolis Motor Speedway over Memorial Day weekend each year. While the roar of the crowd is a special experience, putting more than four full NFL stadiums worth of spectators into one area could wreak havoc […]

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Diamond Kinetics Partners with Ripken Baseball and Cooperstown All Star Village

Diamond Kinetics has extended its partnership with Ripken Baseball and Cooperstown All Star Village to bring baseball and softball experiences to players while also announcing the launch of in-app content, experiences and on-site activations. A membership-based experience, Diamond Kinetics combines a bat sensor attachment and mobile app designed to help baseball and softball players while […]

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Cisco to Support 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup

Cisco has been named the Official Network Infrastructure Provider of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023, which will be held in Australia and New Zealand. Under terms of the deal, Cisco will deliver a secure network to connect the entire tournament ecosystem – from the venues to operations to administration to media – and power the delivery […]

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