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NBA Boosts International Digital Presence With Carry out, DAZN

Australian-born NBA star Ben Simmons is amongst 108 lively worldwide gamers within the NBA. The brand new digital deal between the NBA and Carry out displays the robust worldwide presence. (Photograph by Mitchell Leff/Getty Pictures) Basketball is more and more a world sport, with leagues in Europe and Asia producing gifted gamers who make an influence on NBA courts. To maximise that worldwide presence within the digital realm, the league employed Carry out, a digital media and content material administration firm. The multiyear partnership will convey Carry out’s content material experience to bear on the NBA’s footprint in 15 nations, Carry out introduced Thursday. A few of these markets embrace Spain, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Japan, and Mexico. Carry out will use hyper-native content material to realize an viewers, and in addition present sponsored content material and promote NBA League Cross on OTT service DAZN. Carry out is taking up editorial duties for

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Magic Leap Partners With NBA, Turner On 3D Game Viewing Experiences

Combined actuality startup Magic Leap introduced on Tuesday its first sports partnership — a collaboration with NBA Digital and Turner that may deliver subsequent-era 3D basketball viewing experiences by way of the brand new Magic Leap One and a newly created companion NBA App. Followers will have the ability to watch NBA video games with options that overlay knowledge into their viewing expertise, with screens positioned throughout their setting, Magic Leap managing director Jeff Ruediger wrote. Whereas followers gained’t be capable of watch reside video games utilizing the augmented actuality headset at first, a curated record of archived NBA video games and highlights can be obtainable. “This partnership will permit us to deliver followers a totally new, intimate expertise that has by no means been seen in sports,” Ruediger wrote. “Utilizing Magic Leap’s Screens platform, followers will be capable of summon a number of, digital screens into their su

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NBA Strikes New TV Deal Expanding Digital Services

The National Basketball Association announced an expansion in the partnerships with Turner Broadcasting System, Inc

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The NBA and NBA Digital, which is managed by Turner Sports in Atlanta, held an "NBA Town Hall" on NBA.com and the NBA's Facebook page. Fans were able to take part in the "NBA Town Hall" through live streaming. This last second digital campaign by the social marketers at NBA Digital, fed into the excitement of the season tip off game on Christmas Day like nothing you could ever imagine.

Fans were able to ask questions via Facebook and the #NBATownHall hashtag with the likes of Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, and Amare Stoudemire to answer your questions. Fans also received give aways like tickets and team memorabilia from the league using the hashtag #BIGNBAXMAS.

NBA Digital decided to use Facebook integrated with Watchaloo's multi-streaming collaboration platform as its medium because of the capabilities and the NBA's consistently growing social fan base (over 10 million fans globally). Facebook was the perfect medium for the Town Hall because it allows the fans, players and the league to connect. Fans were able to connect with the a few of the league's top players in real time conversations giving them the opportunity to engage on a personal level.

Will we see this for the NBA Playoffs? My challenge to NBA Digital and the digital team at Turner Sports is to set up a Town Hall for the NBA Finals. What a better way to excite fans about the climax to a completely unpredictable season than a chance to engage with players on the verge of winning a championship?