Tag: Facebook
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Facebook Plans to Spend Billions on Sports Streaming Rights
Sports streaming is becoming one of the hottest markets in the world of cord cutting. Amazon, Twitter, Stadium, Facebook, and other companies are all fighting it out for sports streaming rights. Now Facebook is stepping up their efforts to get streaming rights to sporting events. According to Sports Business Journal Facebook has set aside a…
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Facebook & Stadium to Stream 47 College Basketball Games Exclusively on Facebook
Yesterday it was announced that Stadium and Facebook have teamed up to stream 47 college basketball games. This deal will include games from leading conferences such as the Mountain West, West Coast Conference, Conference USA, and the Atlantic 10. It also includes a long list of nationally prominent programs such as Pittsburgh, UNLV, Utah, Washington…
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HGTV & The Travel Channel Are Creating New Shows for Facebook
Do you love shows from channels such as HGTV and the Travel Channel? Their parent company is going to make exclusive shows for Facebook with some of them based on popular HGTV and Travel Channel shows. “This partnership with Facebook is a great complement to our efforts to engage passionate fans with compelling, premium content…
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The NFL & Facebook Team Up
Want to watch the best highlights and recaps of NFL games? Well Facebook will soon be the place to do that. Facebook and the NFL today announced a new multi-year deal that will allow Facebook to distribute official NFL video, including game recaps and official highlights. According to the NFL, the videos and recaps will…
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Amazon & Facebook Are Bidding for Premier League Streaming Rights
For months now we have been hearing reports that both Amazon and Facebook have been looking for new streaming rights. Now it looks like they are busy trying to spend money on more sports. Amazon and Facebook are likely to bid for Premier League streaming rights, according to the Manchester United vice-chairman, Ed Woodward. Amazon already has…
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Facebook Is Rolling Out a New Way to Discover Their Original Shows
Facebook has made it clear that it wants to dive deeper into original content in an effort to help the site grow. Now to push its original content to new viewers Facebook has added a Watch tab on Facebook’s website, apps, and TV apps. This new tab will allow you to browse its original shows,…
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Facebook Will Live Stream 15 Mountain West & Conference USA College Football Games
Facebook has been jumping deeper and deeper into live streaming recently. Now they have struck a deal to stream 15 college football games for free. Today Facebook announced a deal with Stadium, the 24/7 digital sports broadcaster, to stream 15 college football games exclusively on the platform. Stadium owns the rights to the games, and…
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Facebook Officially Announces Their New TV Streaming Service
Today Facebook announced a new TV streaming service called Watch. The service will launch on mobile, desktop, laptops, and TV apps. “We think Watch will be home to a wide range of shows, from reality to comedy to live sports. To help inspire creators and seed the ecosystem, we’ve also funded some shows that are…
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Facebook’s New TV Service Is Launching in August
It seems as though everyone wants to get in on the rush to produce original content. Now Facebook is about to jump into that market with new original programming. According to Bloomberg, Facebook is asking its partners to have its first episodes of what are called “Spotlight shows” ready for a mid-August release. These will…
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Be Careful of Scams on Facebook Targeting Cord Cutters
Recently Facebook moved to officially ban the sale of so-called “Kodi Boxes.” These so-called “Kodi Boxes” are just Android boxes that come preloaded with third-party add-ons that allow you to stream pirated content for free online. Amazon and eBay have worked hard to ban these devices. While Facebook has also started to ban the sales…