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Christy Malyan — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 16:35:29 +0000

As we find ourselves propelling deeper and deeper into the internet age, downloading Hollywood blockbusters with a single click of remote control and replying to Mary from New Zealand’s tweets with a litter of angry face emojis to convey disagreement with her views on Love Island, the business of creating content around football – and most specifically writing about football – is as open yet as…

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Snack Insight: Building a sports predictor game using WordPress multisite

Harriet Lewis — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 15:38:42 +0000

Back in August, Snack Media’s technical team headed to a WordCamp in Brighton to join fellow WordPress users in an attempt to share their experiences and learn more about the content management system they use day to day. One of the speakers at the event, WordPress Multisite consultant, Sabrina Zeidan, took an interest in the work that Snack Media’s technical director, Sam Burdge…

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Snack Media launches StreamFOOTBALL in collaboration with Stream Time

Harriet Lewis — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 10:41:02 +0000

Snack Media, today announced it has launched StreamFOOTBALL.tv – a service that enables football fans worldwide to discover live content based on their interests and viewing preferences. With fewer fans watching TV and more going online to watch sport, Snack Media and StreamTime teamed up to create this ground-breaking service. StreamFOOTBALL will aggregate the live football content landscape…

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Why social media at Russia 2018 will be unlike any other World Cup.

Harriet Lewis — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 09:43:11 +0000

World Cups and Olympic Games are epochal events in history. People measure their lives by these events. It feels that way because four years is quite a nice chunk of time to look back over – long enough ago for things to have changed, but not too long ago that it feels like a completely different time. Especially when it comes to football: most of the players haven’t changed, but some of the…

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Snack Summary: Sky and BT sign channel sharing deal and EA Sports, along with Adidas announce Digital Fourth Kits

Jodie Cormack — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 12:01:56 +0000

BT and Sky released this week a channel sharing deal. This is a clear defensive move against new online giants like Amazon or Google securing Premier League rights. Both the Premier League and the clubs are keen to see the digital players enter the broadcast rights. Not only will this allow for the price to significantly increase but so will the digital reach. This would increase global…

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Snack Summary-Premier League clubs look to take advantage of new fan engagement tools and Manchester City and Amazon agree a deal to create a documentary series

Jodie Cormack — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 13:55:06 +0000

More Sports organisation are looking for real-time fan engagement. As a result, clubs are taking advantage of new innovations on social network platforms. As interactions tools go, polls and GIF’s are a great way to communicate with followers. Last week saw Facebook roll out its new GIF poll feature, allowing users to vote on their answers to questions based on an above GIF. It was reported by…

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Snack Social Summary-Twitter increases character limit and Facebook signs multi-year deal with the NFL

Jodie Cormack — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 07:59:35 +0000

Twitter this week released plans for a global test of raising their iconic 140 character limit to 280 in order to expand their current content offering. As the 140 characters have become something of a trademark for the platform, the news of the change has provoked a range of emotions with users. Many believe this will help create more emotion in posts due to 140 characters being limiting…

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Snack Social Summary-Twitter upgrades its Xbox One App and potential revenue stream social media ads provide organisations with

Jodie Cormack — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 16:08:59 +0000

This week Twitter released a range of new features for their Xbox One app which was first released in 2016. This allows users to view all live streams from their own TV screens absolutely free. These latest updates make for a much more integrated experience. Users with a Twitter account can now sign in, view their timeline as well as see commentary to other videos. Another new option is to watch…

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Snack Social Summary-Twitter drops the username tag when replying to a tweet, Snapchat’s search feature for stories, and non-verified Facebook pages earn freedom

Jodie Cormack — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 13:43:06 +0000

Twitter has drawn attention recently as it attempts to let users get better use out of their allotted 140 characters. Now, when users reply to a fellow tweeter, their username is no longer included in the tweet. While it seems the 140-character limit will stay, at least Twitter is doing what it can to help users expand on their thoughts. Recently, Twitter has brought its pre-roll…

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Snack Social Summary-The race to secure broadcasting rights, Facebook’s live-stream 360 technology, and Instagram’s two factor verificaiton

Jodie Cormack — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 16:02:20 +0000

Broadcasters and social networks are racing to secure sport live streaming rights. The top social networks site like Twitter, Facebook and Snapchat have all recently secured sports streaming rights helping to raise awareness and viewing figures, because of this broadcasters now have extra competition. UK broadcasters such as BT, SKY, BBC and ITV have all recently started talks or signed new…

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