eSports has always been a medium that has done well with live streaming. With online video platforms like Twitch, eSports have grown up on the Internet rather than more conventional broadcast platforms. To further this digital environment for eSports, Twitter just added eSports to their ever-broadening array of live streamed sporting events, by hosting a feed of Eleague’s […]
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 […]
The ACC has long been one of the top athletic conferences in the NCAA, with power-packed football programs like Florida State and Clemson, and historic basketball teams in Duke and UNC. But, they have strayed behind other conferences like the Pac-12 and the SEC in the realm of having a consolidated television network. In conjunction […]
Twitter is slowly becoming the de facto location for sports live streaming. In April, Twitter won the rights to digitally broadcast ten Thursday Night Football games. But in preparation for live streaming those high-volume matchups, Twitter is broadcasting a major tennis tournament across the pond—Wimbledon. The live stream began yesterday, and it was Twitter’s first […]
The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro are just over a month away. NBCUniversal’s coverage of the 31st Olympiad will be bigger and more digitally ubiquitous than ever. NBCUniversal will have roughly 6,755 hours of coverage across 19 days, bookended by the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Women’s soccer officially kicks off their coverage on August 3rd. Rio is […]
