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Tackling Tech: How the NFL, NBA & More Use Social Media to Expand Brands Overseas

Where once expansion meant building stadiums, adding teams and landing broadcast TV contracts, the NFL, NBA, and others have turned to social media to reach fan followings in foreign countries. The NFL teamed with Twitter to live stream 10 games this season worldwide for free (after testing the approach with Yahoo for one game a year earlier. And when it ... Read More »

Twitter May Bring Live NFL Games to Apple TV: Report

Shares in US social media giant Twitter jumped Monday, lifted by news reports of discussions to make its streaming broadcasts available on Apple TV. The stock was up 6.58 percent at $20.82 in midday trading on the New York Stock Exchange, marking the first time since early January that Twitter shares have topped $20. The rise came after a New ... Read More »

NFL’s Twitter Account Hacked, Commissioner Is fine – NFL

The country wide football League’s Twitter account changed into hacked on Tuesday and a fake tweetbecome despatched that Commissioner Roger Goodell had died, an NFL spokesman said on his Twitter account. “The @nfl Twitter account changed into hacked. @nflcommish is alive and well,” league spokesman Brian McCarthy stated. McCarthy showed to Reuters that the account had been hacked. “we’re reviewing ... Read More »