How has technology changed spectator sport? PE4 Physical Education

Television (Digital e.g. Sky / Freeview) Channels available in the UK…………………………………… Sky Sports 1Motors TV Sky Sports 2At The Races Sky Sports 3Racing UK Sky Sports 4Sky Sports News Sky Sports 1 HDMUTV Sky Sports 2 HDExtreme Sports Sky Sports 3 HDChelsea TV Sky Sports 4 HDLiverpool FC TV ESPNMSK ESPN ClassicMSK Extra ESPN AmericaReal Madrid TV ESPN HDPrimetime Eurosport UK Eurosport 2 UK Eurosport HD

How has TV channels improved Sport for the spectators??? Watch a variety of sports on TV 24/7 from any other Country. Record / Playback games if they are on at the same time. It can be argued that advancing technology in television has made watching the game at home more effective than watching it live! Visual effects.. – Action Re-Plays – Slow Motion – Rewind – Different camera angles – Pause – HD TV / 3D TV / Surround Sound /Smart TV – Red button for different audio

How has the internet changed sport for the spectators? UK INTERNET USAGE: 45 per cent of Internet users used a mobile phone to connect to the Internet 6 million people accessed the Internet over their mobile phone for the first time in the previous 12 months The use of wireless hotspots almost doubled in the last 12 months to 4.9 million users 21 per cent of Internet users did not believe their skills were sufficient to protect their personal data 77 per cent of households had Internet access

How has the internet changed sport for the spectators? Visit the websites of favourite teams, check for scores, listen to games in progress, order tickets, browse for stories, read sport blogs, or enter chat rooms to discuss the latest event results. Track the progress of sport events anywhere in the world. Stories by sports writers are published on the Internet so that we have access to perspectives from sport newsrooms around the country.

How has the internet changed sport for the spectators? Social media such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, and blogs have opened up other possibilities for sport news and discussion. Beyond simply reporting the news, social networking sites have the ability to link sport fans with each other and with professional athletes to share ideas, discussions, opinions, and photos with lightning speed around the world. The Internet can also present a wide variety of programming by video streaming in real time e.g. BBC Sport

How has the internet changed sport for the spectators? If you search for "sports" or "athletes" on YouTube, you’ll bring up more than 884,000 photos and 31,700 videos, including sport blooper videos, various commercials and athlete interviews, videos of women in sport, and profiles of athletes at every level of competition.

Watching Sport in Stadiums Following the Hillsborough disaster, when during an FA Cup semi-final match in 1989 between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest ninety six Liverpool fans were killed due to overcrowding. All-seated stadiums became the Law. The Taylor Report recommended that all top division stadiums in England and Scotland phase out the usual concrete terraces and have to become all-seater. It is important that stadiums of any sport develop and research into the comfort of their seats to ensure the best possible experience for the spectator! plast/

The Stadium Experience Spectators can see close-ups / replays, slow motion etc. on big screens in the stadiums.

Listening to the ref during matches… Ref ! Link enhances an event experience by broadcasting real-time audio to individual spectators. We invented the Reflink concept to enable rugby fans to listen to the referee’s decisions ws-articles/210213_o2_app ws-articles/210213_o2_app

Battling the elements….. Roofs on stadiums / arena’s made sport playable in bad weather! Millennium Stadium: “The all-seater stadium has the capacity for 74,500 supporters and features a retractable roof, only the second stadium of its type in Europe, and the largest football stadium in the world with this feature, by capacity.”Europe Centre Court Wimbledon: “A retractable roof was installed in 2009, enabling play to continue during rain”

Creating the atmosphere! Creating an exciting spectacle using developments in lights, sound and vision….