Tag "digital football"

Technology and the Match Day experience: This is just the start!

The match day experience has lagged behind those of the arm chair fan for many years, but is it about to catch up?

Ball Street serves up deadline day alternative with 186,000 football fans tuned in

Ball Street’s ‘Transfer Deadline Live’ had 186,000 unique users and a peak of 15,000 concurrent viewers for its free, four-hour ‘over the top’ digital alternative for deadline day.

How do Premier League clubs fare on YouTube?

In light of the Football League’s new partnership with YouTube, we thought we’d take a closer look at how clubs in the English Premier League fare on the global-video platform.

Digital football channel Ball Street to offer alternative to Sky Sports News on Deadline Day

Digital football channel Ball Street has teamed up with leading football sites, blogs, fans and broadcast talent to offer a free and refreshing digital alternative to Sky Sports News on Transfer Deadline Day with a live four-hour stream on Monday 2nd September.

Football League and YouTube Launch New Partnership

The Football League and YouTube, the world’s largest online video sharing site, have announced a new official partnership giving supporters access to a whole new world of free online video content.

How do Premier League clubs cover their own matches?

Live blogs, match centres, text commentaries or minute-by-minutes – call them what you will – have become a staple part of the digital diet for sporting events. We asked live blogging experts LiveWire Sport to assess what the clubs do on the day of the big game.

Man City Invite Fans To Crowdsource Club History With #CityStories

Manchester City have become the first football club in the world to invite their fans to write the history of their club with #citystories, a brand new platform for their fans.

Manchester United extend social reach further with G+ and Instagram

Manchester United today extended the reach of its global social media activity with the launch of official pages on Google+, Instagram and Renren.

Portsmouth FC bring Augmented Reality to Matchday Programmes

Portsmouth FC are introducing augmented reality into the matchday experience for the 2013-14 season. Via a partnership with Blippar, Portsmouth fans will have the opportunity to view interactive video content from their matchday programmes.

The Football League & Social Media [Interview]

Interview with the Football League’s Marketing & PR Manager, Andy Dodd, talking about their use of social media and this season’s 125th anniversary celebrations