Staci D. Kramer
Aug 31, 2010 2:00 AM
As luck would have it, I was on the go when the U.S. leg of the tennis Grand Slam started Monday, providing a good chance to test the live streaming video for iPad and the new mobile features from USOpen.org. The USTA went iOS-centric with an iPad-optimized browser and an…
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Staci D. Kramer
Aug 30, 2010 1:56 AM
Tennis fans should be able to get their fill of the 2010 U.S. Open with or without a TV, even if the weather is good. For the past two years, CBSSports.com streamed the men’s single finals free when weather delays pushed the matches to Mondays. This year, the site will…
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Rafat Ali
Sep 14, 2009 3:24 AM
Last week I visited Flushing Meadows and the National Tennis Center, for a behind-the-scenes tour of USOpen.org, and of course to watch a match as well. Thursday was a relatively bad day to visit, as dark clouds started hovering over the area, literally. But at least it was better than…
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Staci D. Kramer
Sep 8, 2009 7:34 PM
Aided by the holes left in a new slate of cable and broadcast partners and a full platter of weekday action, USOpen.org became the go-to site for tennis fans in search of live feeds—and it shows in the first-week numbers. Unique visitors rose to 5,352,08, up 60 percent over 2008,…
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Rafat Ali
Aug 24, 2009 6:36 PM
Updated below: The USTA is also taking the plunge on full streaming of major championships. This year, it will stream almost all of the matches from U.S. Open, on USOpen.org, it announced today. The details:—150 matches comprising more than 300 hours of live tennis—sponsored by Westin Hotels and Stonyfield Farm,…
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