FC Barcelona defeated overwhelming favorite Manchester United on Wednesday in the UEFA Champions League Final. At the same time ESPN2 scored a major victory for soccer in the US. According to TV By The Numbers, the game drew an average of 1.43 million users making it the most watched UEFA game in US cable history [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Bandwagon Fans Create Advertising Opportunities
27 May
Posted by: Patrick ONeil in: Advertising, FanSection, General Musings, NBA, Social Media, Sports, Statistics, polls
The Lakers and Nuggets series is heating up, and so are their communities. The two communities are growing at a rapid rate. The Lakers community has grown by about 4% since the series began last week. This is impressive, but it pales in comparison to the more than 13% growth that the Nuggets community has [...]
It all started with a diehard Atlanta Braves fan who has always been somewhat distraught that so few people attend most games, but had no clue how to rally more support. In 2007, he stumbled upon our Atlanta Braves Fans application, and that is where his journey to bring fellow fans closer to the team [...]
We’re excited to announced our new widget partner - FanSided.com. FanSided is one of the fastest growing blog networks dedicated to providing the best professional sports blogs on the Web. The company is still relatively new and are still getting their portal site up and running, but you can’t beat the content their bloggers are [...]
Disney joins Hulu, but ESPN stays behind
05 May
Posted by: Bryan Bennett in: Broadcast Networks, ESPN, Video
When it was reported all over the Web last week that Disney was officially joining Hulu, one of the first things that went through my mind was that it would finally be easier to watch ESPN clips and replays. Not that it’s exceptionally difficult today, but if you want to watch a full replay of [...]
