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) […]
Last month, soccer fans in the U.K. were introduced to the “Jeff Bot”, a new chatbot to mimic Sky Sports’ irrepressible Jeff Stelling, host of its wildly popular Soccer Saturday show. Within a day of its launch it had already achieved 10,000 signups, with the average user sending 35 messages. “The engagement and retention we are […]
GameOn, a mobile engagement platform helping premium content providers improve the fan experience, has partnered with Sky Sports to bring Soccer Saturday Chatbot to its English Premier League. “The English Premier League joining the GameOn community of leagues and premium content providers is a great testament to our platform’s purpose,” Alex Beckman, Founder and CEO […]
Premier League highlight and goal videos will be available to everyone in Sky Sports WiFi pubs via the Sky Sports Football Score Centre mobile app. In the past, the only ones who had access to Premier League clips and highlights before 10 p.m. on matchday were Sky Sports residential subscribers. In-game goal clips and key […]
In March, Sky Sports launched its in-house virtual reality production house followed by a tease of an exclusive virtual reality app in July. On Monday, the largest sports broadcaster in the U.K. officially announced the launch of the Sky VR App, a hub for high quality 360-degree video content. With the app’s release, which is free to […]
