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Amazon bets big on sports streaming in bid to boost Prime memberships, advertising revenue

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(Amazon Photo / Cooper Neill) When Charlie Neiman arrived at Amazon in 2016, the company had never streamed a live event, let alone live sports. Fast forward eight years later, and Amazon has emerged as a leader in the burgeoning sports streaming world. Live sports remains one of the most-watched telecasts. million viewers.

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Tagboard lands $4M to boost cloud production studio, build off partnerships with ESPN and NBA

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Tagboard screenshot) Tagboard , a Seattle-area startup that helps sports, news, entertainment, and other brands produce live broadcasts, raised another $4 million. The 50-person company launched more than a decade ago to help sports teams display social media content. It has more than 600 clients, including FOX Sports and UFC.

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How AI is helping the NFL improve player safety

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Like many other professional sports leagues, the NFL has been at the leading edge of data-driven transformation for years. This season, the NFL has worked closely with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to debut a new joint effort: Digital Athlete. Souza says this is true of all businesses, not just sports.

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Seattle investors back Battlesnake, makers of a growing game that turns coding into competition

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Battlesnake originated in the Pacific Northwest as a developer recruiting event in 2015, and by 2019 the flagship Battlesnake Tournament in Victoria drew 1,200 developers and another 1,000 spectators intrigued by the e-sports-like drama of watching competitors compete with their coded snakes. Battlesnake co-founder and CEO Brad Van Vugt.

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AWS launches Skills Center in Seattle, boosts efforts to give free cloud training to 29M people

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Amazon on Thursday is opening the doors to its first Amazon Web Services Skills Center in downtown Seattle. The site showcases potential career areas, including gaming, robotics, sports, machine learning smart home technology and space. Other Pacific Northwest tech companies and nonprofits likewise offer free training programs.

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Microsoft will power virtual fan experience at NFL games with Teams, following NBA deal

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Microsoft is becoming the de-facto virtual fan enabler for sports leagues. The NFL virtual fan experience with Teams will be a little different than the NBA by nature of the sport and how it looks on TV. NFL fans will show up on a live “Fan Mosaic” during games this season thanks to a partnership with Microsoft.

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DTW 2022: Catalyst Awards celebrate excellence in innovation

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It is also interesting to note that 246 of those involved are from communication service provider companies, so it’s clear they are convinced of the value of the program. Amazon Web Services, Cognizant, Hansen Technologies, NEC, Sterlite Technologies Limited. Participants. China Mobile, PT XL Axiata. Participants.

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