The PGA TOUR announced Thursday that Twitter was chosen as the property’s exclusive global platform, distributing more than 70 hours of free live event and competition coverage during the rest of the 2016-17 season. Both Twitter and Facebook tested with the PGA TOUR last summer as the two companies streamed more than 14 hours of PGA TOUR […]
Ana Ivanovic, the former No. 1 tennis player in the world in 2008 when she won the French Open, had something important to tell her fans. “There’s something I want to share with you all,” Ivanovic wrote last week on social media sites, telling her supporters to tune in the following day. It was on Facebook […]
It’s commonly said that there is no true offseason for professional athletes. The same could possibly be said for professional sports fans. Even when their favorite team is not in-season, fans never stop watching highlight reels and player interviews and doing research on their favorite athletes. Earlier this month, the New York Mets helped their […]
After becoming the first athletic conference to sign a live streaming deal with Facebook earlier this Fall, the Atlantic 10 announced Wednesday it had secured a presenting sponsor for its package of 10 to 15 men’s basketball games airing on Facebook Live this season. Starting Wednesday night when Dayton hosts Vanderbilt, promotion of SportsPITTSBURGH — a […]
FOX Sports reporter and host Rachel Bonnetta has creatively leveraged Facebook Live during a few soccer broadcasts in 2016. Bonnetta, who joined the The Buzzer on FOX in early December, and her colleagues utilized the social media platform to bypass the traditional linear broadcast restrictions. Recently, she went ‘Live’ on her own Facebook account from […]
