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Football club content creation is great for fans – but is it bad for those who want the full story?

Over the summer, one of the most noticeable fads has been the explosion of football club transfer announcements on social media. There are plenty of positive reasons for clubs to

Weekly Wrap: the DigiSport news you may have missed this week

This week, the world of social media in sport was once again taken over by the football transfer window, and cringeworthy / innovative (delete as appropriate) Twitter announcements for massive

Esports comes to the BBC in first of its kind deal

‘Big announcement,’ reads the first sentence of the BBC’s statement. And they’re not wrong. For the first time, the British national broadcaster will show live Esports on their now purely

Aston Villa bring Hisense in as ‘technology partner’ to aid fan engagement push

Aston Villa have today announced that global consumer electronics brand Hisense as their first ‘technology partner’. They will help the club push to the next level within areas such as

Big Data and Sport – Delving Deeper into the Statistics

Over the last few years, data has grown in importance, becoming vital in many different sports. Professional sport is now a world where everyone at the top has access to

AS Roma trial new Twitter League

AS Roma have proved recently they’re not shy when it comes to testing out fan engagement opportunities on digital. From crowdsourcing ideas for their new website on Reddit to parodying

Esports Insider Forum Series: How can clubs can get involved with Esports

Last week saw the first in a regular series of events from Esports Insider, and they started off on a topic that has been much debated here at Digital Sport:

What has a year in podcasting taught you? An interview with Dan McLaren

Over the last year, Digital Sport founder Dan McLaren has been raking up the numbers on the Digital Sport Insiders podcast. It was the end of August – just 11

Sports Media Fragmentation and Hacking The Game

This is a guest post by Will Pyne, Chief Creative Officer at Digital Media and Social Media Broadcaster, Brave Bison. Facebook has been tipped to win the rights to broadcast