NEW YORK — New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. works on one-handed catches in pregame warmups, and now thanks to the NFL’s new social media policy, the team can take that experience right to the fans in real-time. Because the NFL recently allowed Facebook Live to be used on game days, the Giants […]
The massive behemoth media company known as Facebook is currently in talks to license shows on its platform, including game shows, scripted shows and sports, according to Recode. Company executives, led by Head of Global Creative Strategy Ricky Van Veen, have been conducting meetings with television studios and video producers in an effort to further explore […]
Showtime Sports will offer boxing fans in the U.S. for the first time on Saturday streaming of two undercard bouts that are available exclusively on Facebook Live. The broadcast features multi-camera views and dedicated announcers Scott Hanson and Mark Kriegel following the action as junior welterweights Sergey Lipinets (10-0, 8 KOs) and Lenny Zappavigna (35-2, 25 […]
During the Big Ten football championship game between Penn State and the University of Wisconsin, FOX Sports play-by-play announcer Gus Johnson and analyst Joel Klatt took fans behind the scenes of their broadcast on Facebook Live. On the video during the third quarter of the game, fans could see Johnson and Klatt commentating from the […]
Daniel Tate wants Mercer Athletics to be one of the “trendsetters” when it comes to live streaming sports content. It’s why Mercer recently partnered with Facebook to live stream Tuesday’s men’s basketball game against Davidson at Hawkins Arena, making it the first individual school to broadcast a Division I college athletics event exclusively via Facebook Live. “We […]
