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Premier League launches new ‘Carlsberg Live Match Centre’

The Barclays Premier League today announced the launch of the Carlsberg Live Match Centre, a pioneering, multi-platform website that brings together all the stats and facts from Barclays Premier League match days

How did the NBA digitally bring the Global Games to London?

NineteenEightyFour have taken a look at the NBA’s digital strategy in the run up to the most recent Global Games outing, where the Atlanta Hawks took on the Brooklyn Nets at the O2 in London.

New Digital Platform for the 2014 RBS 6 Nations

New RBS 6 Nations digital platform, designed and built by Sotic, launched ahead of next weekends first games of the 2014 campaign.

FIFA Ballon d’Or goes ‘Social’ as Cristiano Ronaldo scoops top prize [infographic]

On 13 January, 1,100 guests at Zürich’s Kongresshaus had front row seats as the FIFA Ballon d’Or ceremony built to a climax shortly before 20:00 CET. Online, a new phenomenon was taking place; 24 million users in 24 hours to be exact.

3 things we can learn from the Super Bowl ‘Social Media Command Centre’

With next weekends Super Bowl approaching, we take a look at what other sports can learn from their Social Media Command Center.

AFC Bournemouth launch GameFace ahead of FA Cup clash with Liverpool

Bournemouth face off against Liverpool in the 4th round of the FA Cup this weekend. To capitalise on the FA Cup fever, they have teamed up with social media company Stackla to launch ‘Gameface’.

Was Jermaine Defoe’s move to Toronto FC really a ‘bloody big deal’?

It’s a ‘bloody big deal’ we were told, but did the transfer and subsequent campaign really capture the imagination of the internet’s football supporting fraternity?

Football League partners with ScribbleLive to launch club social media ‘Walls’

The Football League has been working furiously behind the scenes since the hire of experienced Digital Director Russell Scott in the summer of last year. He speaks exclusively to UKSN about their latest social media initiative.

talkSPORT CEO hits out at Twitter over Stan Collymore abuse

talkSPORT’S Chief Executive, Scott Taunton has today written to Twitter to express the station’s dissatisfaction with Twitter’s apparent lack of support of presenter Stan Collymore following a series of abusive messages

Social CRM – the What and the Why (with a little bit of the How)

OK FC Barcelona, you’ve got 52 million likes. And congratulations Vancouver Canucks on your 1 million+ YouTube views and Arsenal, great going with your 3.4 million followers. But how many of these millions of “fans” do you actually know, how many of them are your customers?