Digital Sport – Snack Media https://www.snack-media.com Digital Sports Network & Content Marketing Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:49:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://cdn.snack-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Digital Sport – Snack Media https://www.snack-media.com 32 32 Why Rights Holders need to incubate in order to innovate https://www.snack-media.com/2019/01/why-rights-holders-need-to-incubate-in-order-to-innovate/ Thu, 24 Jan 2019 17:22:40 +0000 https://www.snack-media.com/?p=14699 Reflecting on a number of the key takeaways from our last Digital Sport London event made me realise not only how challenging technology innovation is in the UK but more so in sport which is a complex and multi stakeholder sector. Most importantly, it is happening primarily via private enterprise and individuals not by the sports governing bodies themselves and that they as ever risk becoming…

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]]> Digital Sport London’s OTT event shows how content is now a democracy https://www.snack-media.com/2018/11/digital-sport-londons-ott-event-shows-how-content-is-now-a-democracy/ Fri, 16 Nov 2018 12:39:33 +0000 https://www.snack-media.com/?p=14554 This week, Snack Media attended Digital Sport London event hosted at Pinsent Masons and presented by Sportradar. We love Digital Sport events, but this was one of the best yet – a packed auditorium listened to representatives from Yahoo Sport, Eleven Sports, Sportradar and Stream Time give their expertise on one of the most important topics in the sports industry: OTT. Over the top streaming…

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]]> Snack Social Summary-Snooker’s Olympic Programme, Gambling in Football https://www.snack-media.com/2017/10/snack-social-summary-155/ Fri, 13 Oct 2017 15:54:04 +0000 https://www.snack-media.com/?p=13918 Snooker has had a long-term goal of securing a place on the Olympic Programme, and to help achieve this target The World Snooker Federation (WSF) has been launched. The aim of the organisation is to help form part of an international structure for the sport. Based out of Lausanne, The WSF joins the WPBSA and the World Confederation of Billiards Sport, which is recognised by the International…

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]]> Snack Social Summary-Facebook cracking down on clickbait and a sneaky update to Instagram https://www.snack-media.com/2016/08/snack-social-summary-96-2/ Fri, 19 Aug 2016 10:42:03 +0000 https://www.snack-media.com/?p=13355 Facebook Cracks Down On News Feed Clickbait Facebook wants to put an end to clickbait headlines, which are driving some users away from their feeds. The company on Thursday said it is updating its news feed algorithm to show users noticeably fewer clickbait headlines and reduce the ranking of spammy links that exaggerate what readers will discover in a story or leave out crucial information in…

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]]> SportHackTag – a digital recap https://www.snack-media.com/2016/05/sporthacktag-a-digital-recap/ Fri, 27 May 2016 10:45:02 +0000 https://www.snack-media.com/?p=13221 Ushering in an era where the sports landscape is now directly impacted by rapidly changing technology, the first event exclusively dedicated to digital innovation in sport took place earlier in the week at the Emirates Stadium in North London. Converging on the home of Arsenal Football Club were representatives from the biggest clubs, leagues, organisations in the world as well as some of the…

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]]> How is the sporting world using Periscope nowadays? https://www.snack-media.com/2016/04/how-is-the-sporting-world-using-periscope-nowadays/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 11:15:51 +0000 https://www.snack-media.com/?p=13110 Two months after analysing how athletes, clubs and brands are using Snapchat, it’s time to focus on another platform which is also a big trend in the world of social media, Periscope. The live-streaming application owned by Twitter celebrated its 1st birthday just a few days ago and the results are already very impressive. Indeed, in 12 months, Periscope has racked up over 200 million broadcasts…

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]]> How is the sporting world using Snapchat nowadays? https://www.snack-media.com/2016/02/how-is-the-sporting-world-using-snapchat-nowadays/ Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:30:55 +0000 https://www.snack-media.com/?p=12982 Everyone knows it now: Snapchat is definitely the top social trend of these last few months. With more than 200 million new users in one year, 6 billion views and 400 millions snaps sent per day, the little ghost is a giant on social media and has found its way into companies’ social strategies, the fashion business (Burberry) and even politics (The White House). In the sporting world…

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