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Chyron and the art of being taken for granted
Its name became television shorthand. Its real business is making sure the score, the story, and the spectacular virtual set arrive on cue.
TVU and the television truck that stayed home
TVU made the camera mobile. Its next problem is more stubborn: making the rest of live television move without taking an army of engineers along.
The 123-Year-Old Startup That Put a Clock on Baseball
Thirty rival owners, one shared product, and a rulebook that finally admitted the game was too slow. Inside the business behind the batter's-box logo.
The Mountain Changed Hands
One of the oldest logos in film now belongs to a tech scion with a streaming problem to solve and an $80-billion appetite. Here is how the studio behind Top Gun, SpongeBob and 60 Minutes plans to stay standing.
NESN Is Turning New England's Scoreboard Into a Streaming Business
The network that once aired a Red Sox game almost nobody could watch now sells live Boston sports across cable, apps and free streaming. Its next contest is not on the field - it is keeping regional fandom valuable after the bundle.
Pro Padel League
Pro Padel League (PPL) is North America's premier professional padel league, founded in 2023 by CEO Mike Dorfman. It runs a city-based franchise model of 10 teams across the U.S., Canada and Mexico, each fielding both men's and women's sides, with a season of multi-city events culminating in the City's Cup Finals. Backed by a $15M Series A led by Charlotte Hornets governor Rick Schnall, PPL is building the commercial and broadcast infrastructure to capitalize on padel's rapid growth in the American market.