As the Euro 2016 comes to an end, with France setting up a date with Portugal in the Final, new data from Flurry shows 2016’s tournament has been the most mobile-centric yet. Sports app usage across the UK, Germany and France has rocketed by two thirds (65%) compared with 2015, as football fans rush to their […]
Speaking June 15 as Wimbledon launched its digital strategy for 2016’s tournament, Desmond acknowledged the impact of social in gaining a younger audience for tennis. He said the Wimbledon mobile website saw visits up 125% to 5.6m last year, while ‘likes’ on Facebook grew 55% (to 3.3 million) and ‘followers’ rose 74% (to 2.2 million) […]
With the Euro 2016 currently on in way in France, Wochit co-founder & CEO Dror Ginzberg argues that this might be the last major international football tournament to be aired exclusively on television. “UEFA auctioned the television rights to Euro 2016 for a record total of £782m across 230 territories a number of years ago before the fragment of sports […]
Snapchat is teaming up with NBC for the upcoming 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro this summer, in a major deal that could propel the youth-centric social media app to a wider global audience. Under the US-only deal, Snapchat will present “unique perspectives” from the games via the service’s Live Stories.” Snapchat will have […]