PGA TOUR host John Swantek and veteran analyst Billy Kratzert are used to dissecting the game of golf through a traditional flat environment, but for the first time at THE PLAYERS Championship, the duo highlighted the new No. 12 hole via augmented reality. According to Scott Gutterman, Vice President of Digital Operations at the TOUR, it […]
Nearly a month after losing its NFL live streaming deal to Amazon, Twitter touted some key figures from the live sports programming it has left. In its Q1 2017 letter to shareholders, the social media platform revealed that its live streaming of early-round PGA TOUR LIVE, which it won the exclusive streaming rights earlier this year, has […]
NEW YORK — After two months of the PGA Tour using Twitter as its exclusive global live stream distribution platform, both organizations have expressed how pleased they are with the deal. For free, golf fans have been able to use Twitter to watch live competition with coverage typically including the first 60 to 90 minutes […]
The PGA TOUR announced Thursday that Twitter was chosen as the property’s exclusive global platform, distributing more than 70 hours of free live event and competition coverage during the rest of the 2016-17 season. Both Twitter and Facebook tested with the PGA TOUR last summer as the two companies streamed more than 14 hours of PGA TOUR […]
After a beta release during the RBC Canadian, last week at the Quicken Loans National the PGA Tour officially launched PGA Tour Live; an over-the-top streaming service delivering Thursday and Friday footage to fans of the Tour. To see how PGA Tour Live performed and was received in its debut we spoke with the PGA’s […]
