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2.1m watch table tennis on Facebook Live

England’s European Championships home qualifying tie against Greece was streamed live on TheSPORTbible’s Facebook page on Tuesday night, after Table Tennis England came to a broadcast rights agreement with TheLADbible

Digital Sport’s Weekly Wash-Up

Kings own the Suns This week we had a late candidate for tweet of the year. NBA side Phoenix Suns were pretty excited about the start of the new season and their first

Twitter to discontinue Vine

Twitter has today announced that it will be shutting down Vine. Vine pioneered short-form video and revolutionised Twitter when it launched in 2013, but its growth has been stunted by

Brisbane Heat launch immersive technology to link players to fans

Since its inception in 2011, the Australian Big Bash League has been at the forefront of innovation in cricket. The adrenaline-fuelled cocktail of fireworks, packed crowds and finest players in the world has flipped the

Facebook, Twitter & Amazon fight for the IPL

Facebook is the latest network to reportedly show interest in acquiring the digital rights to the Indian Premier League, joining Twitter, Amazon Prime and mobile group Reliance Jio. The fast-paced franchise

The Hero Challenge is exactly what golf needs to survive

The European Tour’s latest innovation is a hit, and golf desperately needs it. To put it simply, millennials are ditching golf. It’s too exclusive, expensive and ultimately, dull. That is

Who Runs The World: ICC & HSE Cake launch Women’s Cricket World Cup campaign

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has launched an empowering campaign championing women’s cricket as England prepares to host the 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup. The campaign, spearheaded by creative agency

Biggest clubs in the world on board for Dugout

A selection of leading clubs from Europe and the rest of the world, as well as top footballers, will all be involved in a new digital football platform called Dugout. The

Snapchat to launch Paralympic Live Story

Snapchat struck Olympic gold when over 50m people watched the Games on the platform, with broadcasters including NBC and the BBC using the app to reach a millennial audience. They

Digital Sport’s Weekly Wash-Up 2/9/16

ESPN will take the flak if you skip work If you commit to broadcasting 5 straight days of college football, you won’t let anything get in the way of people watching. It may