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OneUp Sports offers live-action, edge of your seat, split-second decision making mobile sports platforms that offer a deeper and more engaging live-sports experience. Their platforms use the power of mobile and social technology, live sports data and content to bring professional sports teams, fans and friends together like never before. The company has really started …
Sometimes Americans in sports business are so caught up in the goings on in the lower 48 that we forget that there are some pretty smart best practices going on north of the border. The Blue Jays and the work MLSE has done from a marketing standpoint rivals anything in the U.S. this year, and …
Several years ago, Mike Vaccaro for the New York Post wandered into a legal betting parlor in London prior to a Giants appearance in and NFL London game and asked to place a bet. The clerk looked stunned, wandered away from the window and came back a few minutes later, telling him that it was …
This weekend the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins will play the latest NFL London game while just a few miles away Rugby World Cup will fill one stadium and Barclays Premier League soccer will fill another, making it one of the most diverse sports weekends in the UK in some time. While some may …
Usually when brands align themselves with the biggest and boldest in sport there is a pretty straightforward attempt at ROI. You tie yourself to a team, an athlete or a league, you spend money against the marketing build out, and you sell more widgets or you up your client base or you use the spend …
There were so many announcements last week around the evolving world of eSports crossing into the mainstream; Milwaukee Bucks owner Mark Lasry making an investment in a property, FanDuel buying into another, and the most curious, Turner and IMG/WME announcing plans to create their own “league.” However the one that perhaps made the most sense …
The following also ran in The Daily Payoff This past week the two phenomena chasing the sports and entertainment industry, eSports and Daily Pay fantasy, came crashing into each other as both DraftKings and Fan Duel announced deals or initiatives to put themselves into the space, and Turner and IMG/William Morris Endeavor announced their own …
The phrase “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” has been used to death, but when you talk about a combination of sports business savvy and the food industry well…the shoe fits (to use another wornout phrase). Meet the engine behind a new emerging platform called “The Hungry Fan, ” media personality, sports business …
The social space can be a tricky place to do business if you are a massive brand like Chase. What platforms do you use and what exactly are you trying to convey? Can you use events to leverage your brand message effectively, and how many of you current or potential consumers actually want to engage …
This past week as hundreds of New York City Cabs lined up to receive some of the 61,000 people attending the US Open and another 30,000 at CitiField on a hot Tuesday night in New York, it became apparent that a new category will be opening up in the coming months for those in the …