Digital Sport Morning Briefing: Wednesday 13th December

As we get closer to Christmas and the diminishing number of shopping days seems to accelerate until we find ourselves in a well-known toy shop on Christmas eve desperately seeking this year’s must-have toy (yes, I’ve been there and it’s horrible!). On the digital sport front, the countdown is on until we pack up for the holidays and so the amount of news breaking lessens as well. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t great articles to found out there on the world wide web. Here’s a few I’ve enjoyed;

LATEST ARTICLES/NEWS

NFL and Verizon Announce Game-Changing Partnership to Distribute Unprecedented Mobile Access to Live NFL Games (nflcommunications.com)

Big news in the world of OTT as Verizon continue they’re play through Oath and the properties therein. The partnership kicks off in January 2018 with streaming of the NFL playoffs on Yahoo and Yahoo Sports, in addition to go90 and the NFL mobile app.

Karl Robinson to punish Charlton players for Christmas party social media posts (standard.co.uk)

We can’t go through the Christmas period without some controversy around players going out for a few drinks. Especially if your club is not doing so well and the fans are disgruntled to put it mildly. So imagine your team has just lost and you see players posting that night about their singing and general scenes of Christmas joy. Heaven forbid!

Women’s Big Bash League draws record viewing figures (theguardian.com)

It’s been a massive year for women’s cricket, and sport in general. Viewing figures were up 46.6 per cent on season two averages, a massive result for all those involved in the league. Records were broken both off and on the field in season 3 of the Women’s Big Bash.

A fan fire that won’t be snuffed out (sportsmediachallenge.com)

A bit of a left-field one but it’s an interesting read about the role of social media in modern day college sport. With fans managing to cause trouble with those who find themselves unprepared for what is happening. Using the case of the University of Tennessee and the uproar created around the hiring of a new coach as its example.

Former Facebook executive: social media is ripping society apart (theguardian.com)

I’m not deliberately highlighting articles in the Guardian, though it possibly shows my online reading habits. This is a non-sports one and also pretty damning on the impact of social media of people around the world. It’s certainly an interesting one and it helps to look at the other side of the coin on occasions as we in the industry sometimes get caught in our own bubble.

Legendary Players Help HOK Design the Perfect Rugby Stadium (YouTube.com)

 

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