WePlay ROUNDUP: Facebook Launches ‘Sports Stadium’
January 25, 2016
Last week, sale cialis Facebook announced the launch of its ‘Sports Stadium’, clinic a dedicated section for users to experience sports in real-time with friends and serve as a hub for all sports fans’ second-screen activity.
It will take all the content on the platform related to a specific match and curate it into one feed in chronological order.
It will be interesting to see if this new feature gives the platform the title of the ‘sports social network’.
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Twitter offers 30-second, ed skippable pre roll ads
Twitter now offers pre-roll ads that can run for either 15 or 30 seconds, significantly longer than the 6-second ads they initially introduced.
These adverts are shown ahead of videos posted by media partners. This benefits advertisers, who have voiced concerns over fitting a decent advert in just 6 seconds, and also offers a middle ground to users through the introduction of a skip button.
Twitter launches special emojis for the Australian Open
Twitter has been rolling out more special edition emoji integrations to create an increasingly immersive on-platform experience around events.
Last week, the platform launched Australian Open related emojis and gave tennis fans the chance to have their selfies featured on a display wall at the Melbourne event by tweeting in selfies with the hashtag #AOSelfie.
This is not just aimed at people attending the event but also at international fans living in different time zones, who have been called to get involved through tweeting #SleepIsForTheWeak.
Happy Birthday Vine!
On Sunday, Vine celebrated its third birthday. On their Twitter account, Vine posted the 10 stories that made their third year unforgettable. We had hoped Vine would make a celebratory story of their own to mark turning three! Click here to see the most watched vines for yourself.
Which team was crowned the winner in Deloitte’s Football Money League 2016?
Last week, Deloitte released the 19th edition of its annual Football Money League report, which identifies the top 20 highest earning football clubs in the world. The report states that the top 20 clubs generated over £5bn of revenue in the 2014/15 season, an increase of 8% on the previous season.
Real Madrid topped the table for the 11th year in a row, generating revenue of £439m. FC Barcelona came in second with total revenue of £425.5m and Manchester United came third, with £395.2m.
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