April 2008
241 posts
San Diego Digital Sports network breakfast filling up fast, RSVP now www.socializr.com/event/joelprice/breakfast
Opening Day for MLB.com’s 2008 Ad Season →
From ClickZ
As baseball season gets underway today, MLB Advanced Media has its roster of sponsors set. Bank of America, State Farm Insurance and Revlon’s Mitchum are in the lineup. Monster…
San Francisco next week →
“The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco” — Mark Twain
Ok, it’s Spring, maybe it will be warmer. I’ll be attending the NFL Biz Summit in SF from April 8-10. Maybe…
March 2008
90 posts
MLB announces new Chinese site →
www.major.tv/china
American baseball expands its web presence in China with a new site developed by BroadWebAsia under a licensing agreement with MLBAM the New York Times reports. The new…
San Diego Digital Sports Breakfast →
San Diego has a large group of professionals working with athletes, teams, leagues in developing web strategies and technologies. This is a meetup for interesting and nice people who work in…
Monumental day (Yesterday) →
I just rolled over the 1000 mile mark on my bike!! Recently I’ve taken up cycling, after a 13 year hiatus, from a sport I really enjoy. Now that I’m back on the bike, I ride about 20 miles or so…
Sites nominated for Sports Biz online award →
ESPN Digital Media, NASCAR.COM, MLB Advance Media, Sports Illustrated Digital and Yahoo! Sports finalists have been nominated for the SportsBusiness Journal best Sports Online site award. Who…
I was told to send a “old fashion email” today.
March Madness: Online traffic UP but TV falls →
March Madness online live video skyrocketed. However, TV ratings slipped 9%. People are suggesting the on demand service might be cannibalizing CBS TV.
One factor for the online numbers jump…
Installed Silverlight, Microsoft has such a bad wrap that I feel nervous installing it.
MLB.com and the 30 team sites get redesign →
As MLB opening day is right around the corner and the digital arm, MLBAM, redesigned MLB.com and 30 team sites including video upgrades.
The streaming rate is being upped again to nearly…
iStick on CNBC’s The Big Idea tonight 7p/10 (pt) 10p/1a (et) don’t miss it. http://www.cnbc.com/id/23777082
MLB.com dominance, NFL.com will soon match →
Good article over at FastCompany.com that talks about how MLB’s big “cash cow” is MLB Advanced Media. Some analysts believe MLB will surpass NFL’s total revenue due to baseball’s digital…
NHL content now on Hulu.com →
Starting today the NHL will providing full-length Games of the Week, full-length classic games, Best of the Week highlights and other features focused on NHL players and events on NBC Universal…
CBS Sports facing backlash on Facebook →
The margin for error is small in the social world. As more and more people go online to follow sports the expectations get higher. You now have a larger group of people who when they click on…
Dallas Cowboys virtual tour stadium site →
Ran across the virtual tour of the new Cowboys Stadium set to open in 2009. Very nicely done flash site. Check it out: Dallas Cowboys New Stadium
Time to consolidate all my web hosting. Spending hundreds per year on stuff I can get for free. Micropayments add up. I think it’s time.
VIP registration for March Madness is a interesting approach on controlling traffic burst.
THe additional 250,000 VIP passes to help viewers get to the front of the line to watch NCAA March Madness are all gone.
How can you use Twitter in sports marketing? →
Twitter isn’t a “marketing tool” it’s a communication platform. Keep that well in mind when you use Twitter for marketing. From a sports marketing perspective I can see Twitter being a way…
NFL.com receives first-ever Emmy nominations →
A big congratulation goes out to the NFL.com folks for earning recognition for its NFL.com LIVE coverage. The site provided live “look-ins” to NFL Network’s coverage along with plays in the red…
A friend of my was invited to be on the “The Big Idea” with Donny Deutsch next week to show off their new product, iStik. I’m so excited!
I’m not sure what is worse the Cluster headaches or the price of Maxalt. Unbelievable.
‘Masters Live’ adds two holes to online coverage →
CBSSports.com in conjunction with masters.org, CBS Sports and the Masters Tournament today announced that coverage of holes Nos. 15 & 16 from the Augusta National Golf Club would be added to…
