Sport

How to boost the stadium experience, 3 problems & solutions

Guest Post: 3 major problems in football stadiums that can be solved with beacons, iBeacon technology and a mobile app

Welcoming @NUFC to the World of Social Media

Newcastle United’s official Twitter account has been relaunched to bring supporters a much-improved service, starting with a new, simpler name of @NUFC. Here is the inside track to an unexpected relaunch

UK Sports Network… A New Beginning

Rather than starting off the week with a post about the latest happenings within digital sport, I wanted to put something together that is a bit closer to home. Anyone I have met or been to a recent event will know that I’ve been getting VERY excited about what is happening behind-the-scenes at UKSN.

Sponsored Race Photography + Social Media Sharing: An Emerging Model

Leading companies are utilising instant social media photo-sharing tech and fast photo tagging to offer race organisers a new solution to a commercial problem

The Special One signs with Yahoo and starts blogging on Tumblr

In a clever move by Yahoo they have brought The Special One into the fans space. By launching a new Tumblr blog for José it means that he will be giving his insights about the Premier League and World Cup

The Global Sports Symposium: 15th May

The Global Sports Symposium, which is being presented by the same team behind the US-based Ivy Sports Symposium, this student-run event, will bring together the leading decision-makers of the industry for a day of networking, discourse and learning on 15th May

Hull KR fans get exclusive digital content through new SmartPicture app

Rugby League club Hull KR are turning to digital to help revitalise a traditional mainstay of a sporting event, the match day programme, by launching the SmartPicture app

#Sochi2014 on Social Media: Hot Numbers. Cool Conversations. All Yours

Last week the IOC released figures from around the Winter Olympics held in Russia to give a picture as to what was happening in the world of social media. Here are the results [infographic]

Deal allows La Liga highlights to be shown on Twitter

Twitter announces deal with Mediapro Agency and Liga de Fútbol Profesional to show La Liga highlights on the platform via their Twitter Amplify product

Manchester United & Google+ Present #MUFrontRow

Manchester United v Liverpool at Old Trafford is one of the biggest games in world football, and this season you could be supporting the Reds during that match in a way you could never have imagined.