Alibaba has built a Tmall shop for the International Olympics Committee (IOC) as part of its 10-year agreement to digitise the games. The online store is the first online store of the IOC in China, allowing fans to buy official Olympics products developed for the store. According to Alibaba, this is a precursor to building a […]
Alibaba has built on its partnership with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as official cloud service provider by launching a new broadcasting solution for the Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) through its cloud computing division. It was announced on September 19 on stage at Alibaba’s cloud computing conference in Hangzhou by Simon Hu, senior vice president […]
In its first global branding campaign, Alibaba is making a big play for higher international visibility by focusing on “the greatness of small”. Launched for the upcoming PyeongChang 2018 games, the campaign features a cast of multinational athletes who have made, or may make, outsized impacts. The three-part series by BBDO China, which debuted Monday, […]
Toyota is working with Amazon, ride-hailing companies Uber and Didi, automaker Mazda and Pizza Hut to develop an electric autonomous shuttle that can be used to deliver people—or the packages they’ve ordered—to their destination. And it might just make it to the Olympics in 2020. Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda revealed the so-called e-Palette concept vehicle […]
The preparations for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games are well documented, from building infrastructure to battling corruption, pollution, and disease. But as the Games wind down, a different kind of work begins: analysis to understand what this year’s Summer Olympics can teach us about consumer engagement. Leading up to this summer’s Olympics, Phunware conducted […]
65 per cent of all views on Olympic-related YouTube video over the past 12 months came from mobile – a figure that jumps to 75 per cent in the UK, and 87 per cent in Saudi Arabia. That’s according to figures released by YouTube ahead of the 2016 Rio Games, kicking off on August 5, […]
In collaboration with global digital production company MediaMonks, Google Zoo presents O Brasil Inteiro Joga / Brazil Plays. The platform has been in development over the course of the past year and provides video, gaming and geographic content to Olympic fans leading up to the Games and on the ground in Rio. In a truly […]
The summer and winter games have long been one of the television advertising world’s signature events. In fact, advertisers are estimated to spend over $1 billion on official television spots during the broadcast of the Rio games on NBC in August, according to Variety. Though it’s unsurprising that advertisers flock to secure TV ad spots […]
Nissan’s Virtual Face Paint App ‘Nissan Olympics Die Hard Fan‘ has gone Global, allowing sports fans to show and share their national pride for the sports teams that will be heading to Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics this summer. The app has 2,000 designs that fans can use to paint their face via their […]
Hundreds of millions of people are expected to watch the summer Olympics in August, but only users of Samsung phones with a paid TV subscription will have the chance to watch the tournament in virtual reality for the first time, NBC Sports announced on Thursday. The London summer Olympics in 2012 attracted 217 million viewers, […]