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World football’s governing body used the 2014 FIFA World Cup as a testing ground for three broadcast innovations that, in the long-term, could transform the way fans watch sport’s biggest event. Owen Evans reports.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has taken another step in its process of overhauling the presentation of the sport by signing a three-year partnership with data and media company Infostrada Sports.

Olympic Bronze medallist Tom Daley delivered a how-to guide for athletes on succeeding on social media, at the Leaders Sport Business Summit today.

There are several tried and tested approaches that sports teams need to know about to take full advantage of fan-generated content, according to social media aggregation and display platform Postano. Owen Evans reports.

STAR India and the International Hockey Federation (FIH) believe they can take hockey “to the next level” when their broadcast deal kicks in from 2015.

Owen Evans looks at how mobile digital platform Fanmode is looking to monetise the emotional behaviour of football fans watching a game. 

The value in broadcast rights is almost exclusively in live coverage, so is sport’s proposed crackdown against Vine over-the-top?

Hired for his regional expertise in the sports broadcast space, Asian Tour CEO Mike Kerr has brought a fresh perspective to an organisation he believes is perfectly placed to benefit from golf’s shift of influence eastwards. He spoke to Matt Cutler.

Sports technology, data and content company Stats has struck a deal to acquire the Bloomberg Sports (BSports) division of global data analytics provider Bloomberg.

Sport & Digital Media 2013-14 is designed to give readers a solid grasp of some of the biggest developments in sport and digital media in the 2013-14 period, including: the NFL’s ground-breaking use of Twitter’s Amplify programme, the opportunities being missed with internet-connected TV sets, and the ongoing fallout from the European Court of Justice’s 2011 ruling in the English Premier League’s case against English publican Karen Murphy.

The exploitation of short-form content across multiple platforms has become a central part of North American basketball league the NBA’s global media rights strategy over the last three years.

New players in the domestic broadcast landscape during the last 18 months have created a vibrant sports rights market in New Zealand, and major rights-holders have taken advantage.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has announced a “large-scale” partnership with social media platform Twitter, with the agreement having commenced with the start of the 2014 World Cup on Saturday.

The leading lights from UK pay-TV broadcaster Sky Sports’ channels are used to tackling the difficult questions around a weekend’s football action.

With wheels on President Bach’s proposed Olympic Channel now fully in motion, Timo Lumme, managing director of TV and marketing at the IOC (International Olympic Committee), tells Owen Evans how it will operate.