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Twitter Deepens Sports Content With ESPN

Twitter wants to be taken seriously as a major player in sports. The social media site announced new content collaborations on Monday with a number of leagues and sports media companies, headlined by ESPN through an elaborate content and revenue-sharing partnership with The Walt Disney Company.  Twitter and Disney said they plan to work closely […]

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ESPN Finds Success With Katie Nolan Hosting SportsCenter On Snapchat

Victor Cruz, the 31-year-old former New York Giants wide receiver, spoke earlier this month at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas about how the consumption of sports content among players is changing, and it didn’t necessarily sound good for ESPN. “I think it’s all on their phones,” Cruz said. “I think it’s all on […]

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Why Snapchat Is The Platform For ESPN’s New SportsCenter Show

BOSTON — Since 1979, SportsCenter has been a pioneer by completely redefining how fans receive their daily sports news. Now, almost 40 years later, ESPN is looking to take their award-winning show to Snapchat — the first time that SportsCenter will be aired on a separate platform. Currently on Snapchat, ESPN has a daily publisher […]

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Skillz Introduces First Esports Streaming Ticker

Forty-three million unique viewers were reached during the 2016 League of Legends World Championship. Thirty-one million watched game seven of the 2016 NBA Finals — arguably one of the greatest games in league history. There’s no debate over the popularity of esports broadcasts. Just as networks like ESPN have made improvements to broadcasts, it’s important […]

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