Revolutionary Stadium Technology for Social Media

Update at 4:17: Co-Innovator of FanCam, Tinus le Roux tweeted to me that the FanCam technology is now up to 20 BILLION Pixels. They will be updating their website very soon with that info!

My roommate, Steve, showed me this amazing new 360 camera technology that allows any fan in a stadium or arena to find themselves in the crowd. Yes, that even means the drunken fool in the section 543 can sober up and pick himself out of the 50,000 people in the stadium (as long as he remembers roughly where he sat). This new technology is called the FanCam.

Here is an excerpt from the website. "Technically speaking, Fan Cam is 5 BILLION PIXEL social media engagement platform. It combines the latest in GigaPixel technology with customized social media solutions to create a 'one of its kind', immersive fan experience". 5 Billion pixels... when I first heard that, I pictured Dr. Evil sitting in his chair chuckling and stroking Mr. Bigglesworth. Then I checked it out for myself: Rugby in South Africa and Steelers vs. Jets AFC Championship. This is incredibly legitimate.

NFL has top two TV programs in Social Media hits

There is a wonderful website called SocialGuide.com that covers TV's popularity through social media comments in real time. SocialGuide gives the top 5 shows at any given time along with the number of social media comments and percentage of buzz (the percentage of total SocialGuide population that is talking about that program).

Social Guide has specific tabs to filter by subject, one of them being sports so you can compare all sports programming.

Looking at Social Guide for last week, the NFL had the top two most commented programs. The number one slot went to the Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints league opener, which had a thrilling ending. The second spot went to the Cowboys-Jets matchup on Sunday night, which saw the Cowboys give up 17 unanswered Jet points in the 4th quarter to give away the game. (Me thinks that the record tweeting to #quarterbackbetterthanRomo probably started soon after this game. And rightly so, Romo was as effective at passing that night as Cheney is at shooting quail).

The two NFL games topped all other programs with a large margin. Jersey Shore came in 3rd place (Dear American Citizen... really?! Jersey Shore is what you want to talk about?) with the GOP debates coming in at 4th place.

America's priorities: Sports, Sports, Trashy TV, Politics. Sounds about right.

NFL Facebook and Twitter followers

Incredible chart put out by The Sports Business Journal. NFL TEAMS' FACEBOOK LIKES, TWITTER FOLLOWERS THROUGH SEPT. 7
TEAM	FACEBOOK	TWITTER	TEAM	FACEBOOK	TWITTER
49ers	779,786	69,777	Jaguars	204,627	20,017
Bears	1,891,174	62,842	Jets	987,064	188,731
Bengals	441,872	47,440	Lions	439,034	43,270
Bills	277,129	36,844	Packers	1,916,649	97,437
Broncos	795,036	59,555	Panthers	294,627	29,907
Browns	330,042	47,596	Patriots	2,443,612	128,674
Buccaneers	352,688	29,231	Raiders	1,097,165	75,487
Cardinals	329,361	10,893	Rams	122,296	24,564
Chargers	900,401	75,578	Ravens	653,674	46,135
Chiefs	493,490	41,564	Redskins	675,184	37,076
Colts	1,466,624	17,832	Saints	2,072,934	74,691
Cowboys	3,470,557	118,499	Seahawks	570,394	45,586
Dolphins	851,940	68,631	Steelers	2,858,532	127,514
Eagles	1,270,789	79,908	Texans	349,320	36,415
Falcons	186,761	58,712	Titans	240,130	41,114
Giants	1,243,427	48,210	Vikings	1,124,093	61,558

Here's what I analyzed from the chart:

Top 5 Teams in Facebook Likes: Cowboys, Steelers, Patriots, Saints, Packers

Top 5 Teams in Twitter Followers: Jets, Patriots, Steelers, Cowboys, Packers

Lowest 5 Teams in Facebook Likes: Rams, Falcons, Jaguars, Titans, Bills

Lowest 5 Teams in Twitter Followers: Cardinals, Colts, Jaguars, Rams, Buccaneers

Wow... Colts have over 1 million Facebook Likes and just 17,000 Twitter followers? Is Peyton Manning quarterbacking the Facebook group and Kerry Collins running the Twitter feed?