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How does the PGA, players attract young fans? Social media, of course

Perhaps PGA golfer Grayson Murray said it best when he tweeted this out last month: Imagine if more guys from the PGA tour opened up on social media. Golf would

Sky Sports acquire Diagonal View and look set to shake up the social media landscape

Last week, Sky announced that they had acquired Diagonal View, a social media content producer, probably best known for the production of the football YouTube channel, The Football Daily. The

Thursday Night Football attracts new proposals

After a successful first year, the NFL is looking to sell streaming rights to Thursday Night Football again. According to close sources, there are at least four major suitors—Twitter, Facebook,

Adidas’s ditching of TV shows the digital revolution is moving on apace

The digital revolution is growing at pace. And televising it is not on the agenda. Not for Adidas, anyway, according to latest quotes from the sportswear giant’s CEO Kasper Rorsted.

Innovation in Digital Sport – Meet the Speakers: Alex Trickett

This is our series of interviews with the speakers at the upcoming DigitalSport.co event: Innovation in Digital Sport. We talk presentations and the wider topic around the talks to whet

Twitter to live stream National Lacrosse League next season

Add lacrosse to the growing list of sports Twitter will be streaming to its users. On Wednesday, Twitter announced a two-year deal with the National Lacrosse League that gives Twitter

What’s in a goal? How NHL sides celebrate on social media

Once upon a time, National Hockey League Twitter accounts were strictly business. They announced events, released important information and live-tweeted events with little regard for humour. It simply wasn’t the

Digital Sport’s Weekly Wash-Up 12/03/17

Barcelona comes back to stun PSG It was an historic comeback from Barcelona, as they rebounded from a 4-0 last-16 deficit against Paris St-Germain in the Champions League to win 6-5

Streaming on social benefits everyone involved – but are we moving too quickly?

Last week, Spain’s top football league, La Liga, streamed a live game on Facebook Live. They plan to stream one game a week on the platform. The week before, it

Wayne Shaw’s Pie-eating antics a further warning to clubs about access to their players

On Monday night, one of the great British sporting sights played out in a small suburb of south London. If the FA Cup is loved by football fans, it is