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• Fobi selected among nine other companies from over 1,500 applicants across 52 countries for this year's sports tech accelerator program.
• VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- February 22, 2024, Fobi AI Inc. (FOBI:TSXV) (FOBIF:OTCQB) (the "Company" or "Fobi"), an industry leader in harnessing AI and data intelligence to enable digital transformation, is pleased to announce that Fobi has been selected among nine other companies from over 1,500 applicants across 52 countries for this year’s sports tech accelerator program.
• Since the first class in 2021, SportsTech alumni have achieved 132 pilots, partnerships, and commercial deals with consortium partners
  PHILADELPHIA, February 22, 2024 —Today, 10 companies were accepted into the fourth class of the Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech Accelerator , powered by Boomtown.
• Fobi AI uses automation, AI, and real-time data intelligence to enhance global customer engagement, personalization, and activation.

• But the high-octane drama risks being overshadowed by off-field events that could also threaten the principles of public service broadcasting.
• Viewing figures for the Rugby World Cup in 2023 were 19% higher than the 2019 tournament, and 30% higher than in 2015.
• Free-to-air Six Nations games regularly draw between 3 and 4.5 million viewers in the UK.
• So, when the current broadcasting deal ends in 2025, the Six Nations could very well end up behind a paywall.

Financial woes

• It faces a stark future both on and off the field, with players leaving Wales for more money and salary caps being introduced for those who stay.
• The SNP’s Gavin Newlands recently reiterated calls for broadcasting to be devolved so that the Six Nations remains free-to-air.
• The Irish Rugby Union has also previously warned about the “substantial financial damage” to rugby if the Six Nations was classified as free-to-air.

Lessons from cricket

• Free market proponents point, for example, to how Sky’s long-lasting commitment to cricket has led to innovation and technical advances such as multiple cameras and data-rich, TV-friendly statistical analysis.
• It results in a quality of coverage that the BBC or ITV might struggle to match with more meagre budgets.
• But test cricket offers a cautionary tale.
• Having hauled in millions of new enthusiasts, cricket failed to keep them watching.

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• First, Aon will headline the Aon Next 10 and the Aon Swing 5, which recognize better decision-making and the elite performance required to earn access into in-season Signature Events.
• To help complete the Signature Event fields, there are two new programs that will give players the opportunity to compete head-to-head against the PGA TOUR's best.
• Aon Swing 5: Top five FedExCup points earners, not already exempt, from the swings of Full-Field Events leading up to each Signature Event.
• "We view the Aon Next 10 and Aon Swing 5 as an opportunity to further innovate around our reimagined schedule," said Tyler Dennis, PGA TOUR Chief Competitions Officer.

• IBC created the Accelerator program in 2019 to support the Media & Entertainment industry with a framework for agile, collaborative, and fast-track innovation with a unique multi-company project-based approach to solving complex media and entertainment business and technology challenges.
• This year Zixi will be participating in two cutting-edge 2023 Accelerator Media Innovation projects for IBC 2023.
• "The IBC Accelerator Media Innovation program is a fantastic platform for the industry to come together to solve media and entertainment business and technology challenges," said Chris Fellows, Senior Solutions Engineering Manager, Zixi.
• Zixi will be exhibiting at IBC 2023, with Singular.Live in the Zixi Partner Village demonstrating these Innovation use cases.