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Five Ways the NBA is Educating Its UK Fanbase

This is a guest post by Emily Clark, Marketing Manager at Surrey Cricket. American sports have infiltrated the European market in recent years. Both the NFL and NBA sell out fixtures in

BT Sport warms up for a winter of cricket with free live streaming

When the Ashes approach, it’s always time for England cricket fans to get excited. But it can also – just like the World Cup in football – be one of

Man City try out Facebook polls, as social media platforms try out real-time engagement

It was only last week when Facebook rolled out its new GIF poll feature, allowing users to vote on their answers to questions based on an above GIF. The first

Data football clubs could see their Instagram accounts take over Twitter very soon

This week, Italian digital consulting agency IQUII announced the findings of their first focus report, highlighting the follower bases of football teams in Europe’s top five football leagues and integrating

BBC pledges to air an extra 1000 hours of sport as live streaming becomes free to air

The BBC has pledged to “reinvent free-to-air broadcasting” with a commitment to show 1000 hours of live sport on iPlayer and on the BBC Sport website a year, showcasing an

Podcast: James Dickens of Yahoo! Sport on the conflict between publishers and Facebook

Not even the jarring urgency of a blaring fire alarm could stop the Digital Sport Insider podcast in its track this week. As Dan McLaren sat down with James Dickens,

Real Madrid make Weibo their official social media partner in China

Real Madrid have partnered with Chinese social media platform Weibo, who will become the Spanish champions’ official social media partner in China. The deal will see the platform deliver the

Southampton’s YouTube sensation is a timely reminder not to take things too seriously

Southampton Football Club have a reputation in the Premier League for great producing young footballers. Now they’re gaining a reputation for producing quirky social media videos. One of this summer’s

It’s not attention spans that are getting shorter – the content is

More and more we hear about declining attention spans as social media and, more broadly, the internet change our lives. Whilst it’s certainly true, for example, that there has been

Barcelona team up with Verizon to stream content in the US

“One year ago we opened our Americas office in New York City with the primary goal of bringing the club closer to its millions of fans here,” said Francesco Calvo,