Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg didn’t directly answer a question about his company’s plans for bidding on sports rights but distilled their very ethos and mass appeal when describing the content he would like to include under the social media site’s Watch tab. “We’re going to focus our products on all the ways to […]
Standing on the sideline at the Coliseum as the Oakland Raiders took on the New York Jets last month, Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch shook his dreads back and forth to the beat of the music and danced. This is the Lynch people love to see, especially more than the man who says one or […]
NEW YORK — Tennis icon Serena Williams is casually chatting about how she’s afraid of sharks. Golden State Warriors sharpshooter Stephen Curry is polling fans about which shoes to buy. Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is orchestrating a scavenger hunt to find free tickets. These are just a sampling of a typical day on […]
Facebook has become a go-to platform for streaming live events. Whether it is using Facebook Live or its new show platform, Watch, more and more companies and organizations have turned to Facebook to get the job done. The Miami Dolphins are no different. The Dolphins are working with Facebook and ASBN to live stream a […]
Facebook’s entry to sports livestreaming, to date, has been piecemeal and tentative, either simulcasting a broadcaster’s feed of weekly Major League Baseball games or Champions League soccer matches or exclusively producing feeds for minor conference college football games or of sports outside the mainstream like snooker and surfing. Despite protestations from the company that a […]
