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The NBA Can Compete With the NFL—If Social Video Views Count – Front Office Sports *
Highlights the role of social video in sports viewership.
Maryland Commits to $20.5M for Student-Athlete Revenue Sharing – Sports Business Journal
A major shift in revenue sharing within college sports.
Formula E partners with Google Cloud – Sport Industry
Explores technological advances in sports partnerships.
Adidas, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula 1 Ink Multi-Year Partnership – Mercedes-AMG F1
Spotlights brand collaboration in a global sports event.
Sony, NFL debut new helmet comms at CES – Sports Business Journal
Innovative tech enhancing team communication in the NFL.
Disney opens live sports ad inventory to real-time programmatic buys with Google, The Trade Desk, Yahoo – Ad Age
Revolutionizing live sports advertising through real-time programmatic.
Professional Sports
Rays Reverse Course on Tropicana Field Repairs, Aim for 2026 Return – Front Office Sports
Insights on sports venue management and event planning.
Castore expands Formula 1 roster – Sport Industry
Describes the expansion of a brand within Formula 1.
Prime Video set for first NFL playoff game, hopes for Saturday doubleheader bounce – Sports Business Journal
Prime Video's entrance into NFL broadcasting landscape.
Geek out
AI Agents: Nvidia’s Blueprints for creating autonomous AI agents – NVidia Blog
NVIDIA's innovations in AI for potential operational uses.
Google’s Deep Research tool – Google Blog
Research tool advancements for market analysis and efficiency.
Meta proposes new scalable memory layers that improve knowledge, reduce hallucinations – VentureBeat *
AI improvements impacting data accuracy for sports analytics.
Media and Entertainment
Review of WWE Raw Netflix Debut by Richard Deitsch – NY Times
Netflix's strategy in the sports entertainment market.
Getty Images, Shutterstock Team Up in $3.7B Merger – USA Today *
Examining a massive merger in the media industry.
Make You Think
Infinite AI Conversation Demo – Infinite Convo
Experimenting with AI impacting fan interaction and engagement.
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