Fox News – Tech company aims to fill Arrowhead with roar of the crowd from fans sitting at home
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If and when professional sports return, with limited fans in the seats, there’s no telling how it will sound. But a tech start-up company is hoping to fill venues like Arrowhead Stadium with the deafening sound of the hometown crowd, with fans home on the couch. “We think it’s a great […]
Bleacher Report – 4 Takeaways from Top Rank on ESPN Card
A month after mixed martial arts dove back into the live sports pool, boxing dipped its toe. Bob Arum’s Top Rank became the first promotional company to produce a significant domestic fight card in the United States on Tuesday night, returning to ESPN airwaves with a five-bout show featuring a non-title fight involving featherweight title […]
Sports Pro Media – Premier League clubs consider fake crowd noise for closed matches
Rights holders globally are planning for live sports broadcasts of closed matches with fake crowd noise designed to boost the production quality. Clubs in English top-flight soccer’s Premier League discussed the issue at their most recent meeting. Paul Barber, Brighton chief executive, revealed some of his club’s thinking on presentation of matches without fans, which included altering the […]
The Daily Mail – Football fans will help fill empty stadiums with noise as tech startup will broadcast audio streams of people cheering and booing during the game while watching at home
The first NFL game is set feature the Houston Texans and Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium, but due to social distancing only a limited number of fans will be present – leaving much of the stadium empty. Now, a tech startup is set to revive the experience with a new innovation called ‘Hear me […]
The Hustle – Want your cheers on ESPN? There’s an app for that
Attention, sports fans: All those boos you’ve stored up over the last few months? Now that sports are tipping off again, they’re suddenly a matter of national urgency. Last Tuesday, when live boxing jabbed its way back onto TV, ESPN partnered with a startup called Hear Me Cheer to sprinkle in people’s at-home reactions. Hear Me Cheer […]
SportTechie – Come on Feel the Noise: A New Quiet Riot Could Have Empty Stadiums Rocking
Sports leagues deliberating the difficult logistics of how to resume play in the coming months can really only agree on one idea: there won’t be fans in attendance. Indeed, NIH infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci is adamant that banning spectators is the only plausible path to playing games in the near-term. Some athletes have […]
Forbes – If Sports Returns, HearMeCheer Is Hoping To Fill The Crowd Noise Void Remotely
If you watched any portion of the Chinese Professional Baseball League between the Rakuten Monkeys and Uni-President Lions Wednesday, the empty stands were noticeable. Another thing that might have caught your eye were the robot fans making the noise in lieu of actual fans due to social distancing due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more […]