23 Apr
Posted by: Bryan Bennett in: Live Streaming
Setanta Sports just launched a new live and on-demand sports streaming service for US customers. Setanta, which carries all sorts of European sports from the English Premier League soccer to rugby, cricket, and boxing, had previously had some of it’s content available online, but not in a TV-like expeirence. The new subscription service which will [...]
20 Dec
Posted by: Bryan Bennett in: Broadcast Networks, ESPN, Live Streaming, NFL Football, NFL Network, Sports
Well as a Cowboys fan, I’m not terribly thrilled to be writing this post right now. The Cowboys closed Texas Stadium after a 37 year run by giving up two 70+ yard touchdown runs within minutes of each other to go down to the Baltimore Ravens by a score of 33-24. Of course, had the [...]
10 Dec
Posted by: Bryan Tsao in: ESPN, Live Streaming, Sports, Web design
Last Friday, ESPN.com sent out an email to subscribers of its Insider service announcing a beta period for its redesigned website . While FanSection and other online sports start-ups are growing rapidly, ESPN, with its dominant online presence and family of cable networks, broadcast tie-ins and print media, is still the gold standard. That said, [...]
06 Dec
Posted by: Bryan Bennett in: Broadcast Networks, College Football, Live Streaming, Social Media, Sports
A few months ago I wrote a blog post over at the TVLoop Blog asking the question: Is watching TV a social experience? My opinion is that because of the synchronous relationship required, the CBS social viewing rooms would not be successful. A big reason users watch TV shows online is because of the convenience [...]
