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MLB And NHL Take Opposing Stance On Periscope And Meerkat

The NHL banned the use of live streaming apps like Periscope and Meerkat just two weeks after Major League Baseball confirmed it would not ban their use. “Without limiting the generality of the credential language, any streaming of footage in violation of the NHL’s Broadcast Guidelines (including, for example, live-streaming inside the arena less than […]

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MLB All-Star Ballots Are Now Exclusively Digital

On Wednesday, Major League Baseball launched the 2015 Esurance MLB All-Star Game Ballot, opening up fan voting for the starting positions at the 86th All-Star Game on July 14.  But it won’t be business as usual with paper ballots at ballparks this year.  For the first time ever, ballots will be cast online only.  Welcome […]

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How EA Sports Updates Madden With New NFL Draftees In Real Time

On Thursday night, NFL fans around the world were glued to the TV, hoping that their team would find the right combination of new talent to lead their franchise to success.  However, one team of Madden developers were hard at work during this time, trying to implement the new draftees into Madden Ultimate Team (MUT) […]

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The Top 10 NFL Draft Prospects By The Social Numbers

It’s time! Today the NFL Draft returns to Chicago for the first time in five decades. To approach this Draft from a social reach standpoint, MVPindex has compared the top 10 projected athletes in the NFL Draft to their list of the 10 draftees with the best digital brand value. Among other things of note, there […]

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