Tag "Sport"
Fear This Deer: Milwaukee Bucks and New Media
On a recent trip to the US, Anthony Alsop caught up with Nick Monroe, who is the Head of New Media Development for the Milwaukee Bucks. He was nice enough to answer a few questions about the team, his other roles at the Bucks and how the Bucks came to be in new media in the first place.
When Facebook Connects With Sport
Over the weekend Tennis Australia, one of the best sports organisations for social media and digital technology in Australia, streamed live coverage of the Australia v Japan Davis Cup series.
Sport & New Media – a new conference for a new world?
Now that the dust has settled and we go about our daily business after the first ‘Sport & New Media Conference’ in Manchester. I have been staring at my notes from the day, lots of facts and figures taken down from presentations given by Ben Gallop from the BBC, Andrew Croker from Perform, Andy Smith from BUCS, Alastair Hill from comScore and Ben/Phil from Made By Fudge
UK Sports Network & Sports Networker Event in London
The UK Sports Network & Sports Networker have teamed up for an exciting sports professionals networking event at the Sports Bar & Grill, Marylebone in London on Monday 17th May at 6.30pm.
Sports Networking Event (Preston)
Thursday 22nd April was an important day for me and The UK Sports Network as it saw the inaugural sports networking evening taking place at UCLan in Preston. With about 35 local sports industry professionals coming together for an evening of networking and a presentation from social networking expert and MMU senior lecturer Jeff McCarthy.
UKSN / FundSport Sponsorship Seminar – 14th April
Last week saw our first entry into live events under the joint banners of The UK Sports Network and FundSport. It has been a dream of mine for the last couple of years and it was a great feeling to make it a reality.
SportBusiness Group Sport & New Media Conference
It has been a novel feeling this last couple of weeks with the UKSN site being seen as a viable press source with an invite to the Puma Media Launch last Tuesday and this week seems me attend the SportBusiness Group Sport & New Media Conference in Manchester.
Under Armour Interview: Blair Tripodi
Karl Lusbec recently interviewed Blair Tripodi, Under Armour’s International Marketing Director. Blair has an extensive marketing experience and worked for the US Olympic Committee for 6 years as Director NGB Marketing, Director of Consumer Products and Brand Marketing Director
The Limits of Social Media
What are the limitations as well as the benefits of Social Media within sport? Mark Segal looks into arguments on both sides about the ‘have to be on’ medium.
App-solutely Fabulous: the new BBC Sport app is coming!
Article from new UKSN writer Alex Armstead, producer on the Channel 5 programme ‘The Gadget Show’. He discusses news that his week the BBC announced that, from April, it will offer iPhone applications for its news content; with a sport one to follow in June.
