Longtime sports radio host and play-by-play commentator Brooks Melchior started Sports by Brooks in 2001 to share, analyze and sometimes break news from all corners of the sports media world....
Fancred’s fan-focused platform continues to evolve, with the goal to ultimately become the most comprehensive home for sports fans. Pushing forward through team partnerships, like the Carolina Panthers, is one part to demonstrate marked growth. The collective mobile experience comprises an array of facets, particularly to grasp fans’ engagement interests. Clearly, the live video streaming […]
Whether it’s Facebook, Twitter, or Snapchat, the dominant players in the social networking sphere have been positioning themselves to be the mobile destination for sports fans. Newfound livestreaming services of Meerkat and Periscope offer a new angle to sports rights holders, with each of them, too, likely to devise their own strategies to be an […]
From the start, Fancred entered the sports social networking sphere with a lot to prove.
Any startup vying to be an upstart amidst the likes of Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram would be in for a rude awakening. The uphill battle to compete and break through the major players in this space could easily diminish its claimed value proposition. The level of concentration to build the requisite traction within a specific niche is daunting of a task, in it by itself.
It’s that time of year again. Baseball time. The weather is slowly starting to warm up and each team starts the year with a clean slate and high hopes.
For fans it’s time to get ready to work baseball back into their schedule and prepare to root for their favorite team throughout the season. In recent years, it has become very easy for fans to follow every pitch whether they are at the ballpark, on the couch or at the grocery store. Twitter, apps and DVR have totally changed how fans consume games and by now every fan has a routine as precise as a Greg Maddux two-seam fastball.
