MLB and Facebook kicked off its 20-game live streaming partnership on Friday night between the Cincinnati Reds and Colorado Rockies. However, a day after Commissioner Rob Manfred said at owners meetings that there would be no blackouts in the United States, those fans in Washington, D.C. were unable to view the broadcast. A manual error related to […]
Tournament organizer and global esports company ESL will soon be streaming 1,500 hours of exclusive esports content on Facebook Live in six different languages. All told, over 5,500 hours of live tournament programming will appear on the social platform in the coming months. ESL will stream an exclusive weekly half hour Counter-Strike:Global Offensive show on […]
Turner Sports’ Catch Sports app, which serves as a digital personal assistant for fans, has developed a number of Alexa skills that can help find where to watch the game or ask for a recommendation on what to watch. In a nod to how viewers are turning to their laptops and phones to stream games, Catch Sports […]
Dave Finocchio isn’t buying some of Mark Zuckerberg’s comments from last month’s Facebook Q1 earnings call. Zuckerberg commented that securing sports rights wasn’t a “long-term goal,” but the Bleacher Report Founder and Chief Executive Officer said on the SportTechie Podcast that he took the remarks “at kind of face value.” “Oh, I think that all of the […]
The WNBA had its first live streamed game on Twitter on Sunday as part of a new three-year deal with the social platform. The game featuring the Dallas Wings at the Phoenix Mercury received more than 1.1 million unique viewers and an average minute audience (AMA) of 62,459. For comparisons sake, the 10 Thursday Night Football […]
