The West Virginia University baseball team during its historic season utilized Periscope, a mobile live streaming app that allows followers to view events in real-time while having the ability to comment, ask questions, or “heart” the post. West Virginia’s use of Periscope is a transcending idea that not only promotes the program for fans and […]
From a couch in a home office in the Bay Area, two huge NBA fans have amassed a Twitter following for their live broadcasts and have unwittingly ushered in a new way to watch sports. Nate Duncan and Danny Leroux are living their childhood dreams. From a cushy couch in Duncan’s home, a large #twitterNBAshow […]
The NFL will no longer have digital streams of live Thursday Night Football games on Twitter this season after reaching agreement with Amazon instead. But that doesn’t mean Twitter won’t be a major player in how the NFL seeks to engage fans. Twitter and the NFL continue to be partners with a “great relationship” after […]
NEW YORK — Live broadcasting isn’t a novel concept as it’s been around for decades, according to Kayvon Beykpour. Still, in the modern digital era, the Periscope Chief Executive Officer and his team at the streaming arm of Twitter are changing how sports fans interact with the content they love. He sat down with SportTechie at the […]
Twitter is once again taking its live streaming initiatives overseas as it is partnering with Sky Sports to deliver three hours of non-exclusive coverage and analysis of the Premier League Transfer Deadline Day on Tuesday. It is Twitter’s first live streaming partnership with a European-based organization. The live global broadcast on Twitter (7-8am EST, 12-1pm, 5-6pm) […]
