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The Future Of Live Streaming Sports Lies With Social Media Networks

As a trend, no one has had any doubts about whether live streaming is the future of watching sports. Even a year ago, video streaming services have overtaken live TV programming in popularity within American households, and that is especially true for younger demographics. With this on their radar, several companies have scrambled to become […]

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Samsung Releases Olympics-Themed Smartphone

Since 1997, Samsung has been sponsoring the Olympic games by supplying cell phones as well as a communication services called WOW (Wireless Olympics Works). This year, Samsung released a special edition Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Olympic Edition in Brazil, the United States, China, Germany and Korea. Only 2,016 phones will be sold in Best Buys stores […]

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NBC Enlists BuzzFeed To Produce Their Rio 2016 Snapchat Coverage

NBC and BuzzFeed will be working closely together to help bring coverage of Rio 2016 to a younger audience via Snapchat. Their partnership was announced in late April, but with the Olympics just over two weeks away NBC’s BuzzFeed-curated coverage is almost here. NBC invested $200 million in BuzzFeed last year, and since then the New […]

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