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The NBA Digital Reach Added 240 Million Fans This Year

Attracting and engaging more fans on social media is a goal for every company today. Especially in sports.  Although the NBA saw a season in which marquee franchises performed poorly and superstars such as Kobe Bryant, Paul George, Kevin Durant and Derrick Rose missed significant time, the league did have a successful year in terms […]

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Floyd Mayweather Will Live Stream His Workout Via Periscope Tomorrow

With less than a month until the most anticipated boxing match in decades, Floyd Mayweather will be will be having his media workout live streamed on Periscope by @CBSSports tomorrow, April 14, from the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas, according to CBS Sports. If you’re a boxing fan or simply curious about how Periscope can work in […]

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Periscope, Meerkat And Sports Broadcasting Rights Will Make For Interesting Bedfellows

Earlier this year, Twitter purchased and subsequently re-branded Periscope, a free application that allows users to broadcast live videos from their mobile devices. Periscope’s re-launch late last month followed the almost instant success of Meerkat, a similar application that made its debut during Austin’s South by Southwest festival in early March. It’s too early to […]

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AOL Airing New Comedy Sports Show 2 Point Lead Today

AOL launches 2 Point Lead today, a daily comedic video show that will air on AOL Sports’s website and mobile app. 2 Point Lead brings together sports and satire. Each new episode will be available at 2 p.m. EST every day. The shows will run between 90 seconds and three minutes and features sports and […]

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Sports Teams Using Periscope Will Make Cable Companies Nervous

Twitter’s much-hyped launch of Periscope last week could lay the foundation for more sports fans to find different options to consume their regular sports programming offered on cable. On Saturday, the Seattle Reign FC, a member of the National Women’s Soccer League, streamed their pre-season match on Periscope. According to Reign FC owner Bill Predmore, […]

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