Sport

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?

#DSLondon: Community Management & Sport event. 28th Jan

On January 28th at 6pm, we’ll be hosting our first meetup of the year. The focus this time is on Social Media Community Management and all it entails.

C4 drop YouTube – Sports brands pay attention

Guest Post: This week Channel4 announced it was pulling all of its long form content from YouTube. Should sports digital media departments be paying much attention to this? Damn right you should. (by Matthew Quinn)

The ‘Social Shack’ and having fun with Vine: Interview with Tennis Australia’s Daniel Lattimer

Interview with Tennis Australia’s Social Media Coordinator Daniel Lattimer, chatting all things digital at the first Grand Slam tennis event of 2014.

Squawka launch iPhone app and hit record 2.1m web visitors in December

London-based ‘technology-first’ media owner Squawka has announced record traffic figures for December 2013 and huge engagement figures for their recently released iPhone app.

#NBALondon: A Social Media Preview

Following on from yesterday’s infographic, NBA fan Ash Read takes a look at the social media imprint of both teams and the legacy this game could leave.

NBA Social Media in the UK [infographic]

This Thursday sees the first big game in the UK of the year, with Atlanta Hawks taking on the Brooklyn Nets at the O2. But how do they stack up when it comes to social media?