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Podcast: Insights on Facebook Live from SportBible’s Paul Rayner

Live-streaming has become one of the hottest topics in digital these days. From those interested in where the media rights for live sport end up, to publishers trying to get

Could Facebook’s newest feature speed up VR’s path to the mainstream?

Virtual reality (VR) has been on the doorstep of common use for a while now, but it has yet to make a real dent. The will seems to be there,

Man City join Real Madrid and Juventus as online race hots up

As online streaming around sport gathers pace, the live action aspect is only one part of a growing trend. Earlier this year, Real Madrid produced a documentary series called Hala

Juventus team up with Netflix as we see the start of a new trend emerging

Netflix have teamed up with giants of Italian football Juventus to create an exciting series of documentaries about the club, launching early next year. The series will consist of four

Facebook predicts media disruption could change which sports are popular

At Leaders in Sport yesterday, Facebook’s Head of Global Sport Dan Reed gave a presentation to the crammed in audience of rights holders, agencies and media about why sport and

NFL viewing figures show why Amazon have a long way to go to take on TV

Anyone looking at the trend of media rights being held by streaming services will have had eyes on Amazon Prime’s first Thursday night broadcast of an NFL game last week.

Swansea and Roma break new social media ground, but the lessons will be the same always

This week, AS Roma signed up to the social media platform Steller. In all honesty, I’d never heard of the platform until the Italian club announced they’d joined it. Looking

Weekly Wrap – Man United chief’s prediction, NFL graphics, and the return of the WSL

This weekend sees the Women’s Super League return as a winter league for the first time in its history, switching from playing summer soccer this autumn. That in itself is

Man United chief predicts major development in TV rights landscape

Amazon and Facebook will join the bidding for Premier League broadcast rights, or so predicts Manchester United chief Ed Woodward. On a regular conference call with investors, Woodward made the

Sports broadcasting and social media platforms: A symbiotic relationship?

Social media services offering online streaming are seen as the upstart challengers to traditional sports broadcasters – but the relationship can still be a symbiotic one.