{"id":1304,"date":"2018-09-26T19:28:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T19:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uoesterl.expressions.syr.edu\/?p=1304"},"modified":"2018-09-30T17:19:18","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T17:19:18","slug":"bamtech-media-disneys-star-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uoesterl.expressions.syr.edu\/?p=1304","title":{"rendered":"BAMTech Media: Disney\u2019s Star Player"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I swore I would disconnect the internet, but he didn\u2019t care about my halfhearted threats. An annoyed 20 something college student, I sat in my dorm room as my roommate cheered on the New York Yankees while I cursed the Texas Rangers. My anxiety and eagerness mounted while praying for a miracle or at least Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter<\/a> to break a leg. Literally! Jeter made history scoring his 100th run his first seven seasons joining Ted Williams<\/a> and Earle Combs<\/a> as the only players in modern history to do so. Yankees defeated the Rangers 10-3. Although my team lost, I still felt part of history that night. Not because of Jeter, but because I watched him live from my dorm room in little know town called Huntsville Texas. In 2000, Major League Baseball<\/a> sought to create a service for streaming online, something that hadn\u2019t been done. Just two years later, I watched the MLB first baseball game streamed through my computer (Dreier, 2017). The MLB’s online streaming was a home-run and transformed how the world receives its entertainment. Over a decade later, MLB Advanced Media branched out their technology into BAMTech Media<\/a>. BAMTech quickly became known as a video technology service that powers direct-to-consumer over-the-top (OTT)<\/a> live events and ESPN\u2019s streaming service<\/a> (fastcompany.com).<\/p>\n

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BAMTech built their company on an undeniable record of success. BAMTech worked on the PGA Tour<\/a>, NHL<\/a>, WWE<\/a>, and CBS March Madness<\/a> (Jain, 2016). Their most remarkable accomplishment was their work on HBO Now<\/a>. BAMTech took on a job expected to take three years and cost $900 Million but instead completed it in four months and for $50 Million (Jain, A.). If HBO Now illustrates BAMTech\u2019s resourcefulness, then the At-Bat app<\/a> displays their reputation. BAMTech created the At-Bat smartphone app that was the highest-grossing sports app for seven straight years\u00a0with over 13 billion downloads (Newman, 2016). One man has been vital to BAMTech success. Now BAMTech Chief Technology Officer, Joe Inzerillo started with the company in its infant years connecting every stadium to a central hub creating superior streaming and has continued to innovate ever since (Dreier, 2017). Its reputation, technology, and people are why Disney<\/a> paid $1.58 billion to take a majority stake in BAMTech in 2017, after already owning 33 percent of the company stock (Munson, 2017).<\/p>\n

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