Before you know it, smartphone-wielding football referees will be able to review their calls and respond to nasty tweets about those calls all in one go. ESPN is set to start embedding video streams of instant replays into its tweets, according to various reports. Through a partnership with Ford and Twitter, ESPN's college ...
Xbox Live Now Has WatchESPN
on 11.20.12
ESPN on the Xbox just got a helluva lot better. Instead of being an awkward, half-featured sports channel, Xbox Live is now getting the real deal: a WatchESPN app. That means you can watch ALL of ESPN's channels: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU and more. We've been expecting WatchESPN to launch on the Xbox since it was announced ...
What the President Thinks of Salesmen
on 11.13.12
Let me begin with a disclaimer. I voted for Barack Obama in 2008 and supported him for re-election this year. I like his character, I like what he’s done in foreign policy, and I like what he did in bailing out General Motors and Chrysler. But I don’t like his attitude toward “salesmen.” In a speech in the last ...
This Week in the Future: Humans 1, Technology 0 (Or: Watching the Boston Red Sox in Palm Springs)
on 11.8.12
This week finds me in Chicago visiting my family. Go Bears! I’m not a huge Bears fan, but I’m from the West Coast, where football is a religion like it is in other places in America. Plus, when in Rome…I’ve roped my family into helping with the column this week. My family is more suited for this type of work than ...
PSA: Xbox 360 Fall Dashboard update rolling out today
on 10.16.12
Your chance to shout voice commands at Engadget is coming, as Microsoft is rolling out its Fall Dashboard update to the Xbox 360 Tuesday, headlined by the inclusion of Internet Explorer. The update also adds a version of its popular "pinning" functionality, a variety of specialized sports apps (NBA, NHL, and Monday Night ...
Tomorrow Will Be Televised: Latino TV: Let’s Get Busy
on 10.9.12
Three decades ago, only one Spanish-language network was on the air (Univision, then known as Spanish International Network), and it was a huge deal for them to land a national advertiser like McDonald's or Kraft, because the majority of national advertisers didn't see the point of representation among the population of ...
ESPN Adds Twitter-Style News Feed
on 9.20.12
ESPN debuted a web app called the SportsCenter Feed on Wednesday, and the tool bears a striking resemblance to the service where many sports fans consume news and information these days: Twitter. Instead of presenting ESPN.com visitors with the traditional format of splashy images and a small handful of clickable headlines, ...
Tomorrow Will Be Televised: Post-Olympic Observations From the Passing Parade
on 8.16.12
***There's considerable furor at the people with oversight of this fall's Presidential Debates over the absence of moderators of color. Various diversity-minded organizations from the NAACP to Univision spearhead the furor-raising – and they have a good point. Given we're on the road to a multicultural majority in this ...
Media Sales Executives: Hurry, Buy This Book
on 5.10.12
Originally posted at Media Biz Bloggers. When I became VP of Sales Strategy and Development at AOL’s Interactive Marketing division in 1998, I was asked to become active in a membership that the division had in the Sales Executive Council (SEC), part of the Corporate Executive Board. I remember attending my first ...
Sprint Launches Streaming TV App on iPhone
on 3.1.12
Sprint customers with an iPhone and unlimited data plan can now watch live TV on their phone. The free Sprint TV app lets you watch streaming and on demand content from networks like ESPN, NBC and CBS. Premium plans up to $10 a month gives you access to even more channels. Read the full release Sprint.com ...
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