Game Time Tech Ep 24: Football Playoff Tech

In this first Game Time Tech episode of 2026, hosts Melody Brue and Robert Kramer break down how technology is shaping the NFL and college football playoffs. They are covering officiating systems, player tracking, analytics-driven altcasts, AI video workflows, and modern sideline tools — focusing on what actually changes for teams, fans, and broadcasts under playoff pressure.

Topics:

🏈 Officiating Goes Digital (But Football Still Sets the Rules)
🏈 Player Tracking Turns Football Into a Data Sport
🏈 Analytics alternative broadcasts Change How Games Are Watched
🏈 AI Changes Football Workflows, Not Playcalling
🏈 College Football Sidelines Finally Look Modern
🏈 The Real Shift: Football Becomes a Faster Decision Game

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Disclaimer: This show is for information and entertainment purposes only. While we will discuss publicly traded companies on this show, its contents should not be taken as investment advice.

Robert Kramer
VP & Principal Analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy |  + posts

Robert Kramer is vice president and principal analyst covering enterprise data, including data management, databases, data lakes, data observability, data analytics, and data protection. Robert has over 30 years of proven experience with startups, IT companies, global marketing, detailed strategies, business modeling, and planning, working with enterprise companies, GTM assets, management, and execution.

Melody Brue
Analyst in Residence |  + posts

Mel Brue is vice president and principal analyst covering modern work and financial services. Mel has more than 25 years of real tech industry experience in marketing, business development, and communications across various disciplines, both in-house and at agencies, with companies ranging from start-ups to global brands. She has built a unique specialty working in technology and highly regulated spaces, such as mobile payments and finance, gaming, automotive, wine and spirits, and mobile content, ensuring initiatives address the needs of customers, employees, lobbyists and legislators, as well as shareholders. 

Patrick Moorhead
Founder, CEO and Chief Analyst |  + posts

Patrick Moorhead is the founder, CEO, and chief analyst of Moor Insights & Strategy. His big-picture view of technology is grounded in more than 20 years as an executive leading strategy, product management, product marketing, and corporate marketing functions at NCR, AT&T, Compaq, and AMD. He has shared his expertise in areas from silicon to infrastructure to enterprise SaaS and everything in-between in thousands of national broadcast appearances (CNBC, Yahoo Finance), articles (Forbes, CIO), research-based analyses, and podcast episodes. Today, he has 100+ CXO-level advisory clients and is often ranked the #1 technology industry analyst by ARInsights.

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