Euro 2016
Virgin Media debuted their #bethefastest campaign tonight during ITV’s coverage of the Portugal vs Wales game in Euro 2016. The 100 second advert, narrated by British sprinter Michael Johnson, features brand ambassador Usain Bolt. The voiceover asks us to think about what can be achieved in 9.58 seconds
live
Twitter has quietly revealed how its upcoming partnership with the NFL to show games live alongside tweets may look. Using Wimbledon to demonstrate how tweets look alongside live video, the new feature was revealed in a number of tweets from staff at the company as well as the @Wimbledon [http:
Morgan Schneiderlin
Southampton and France midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin posted a cryptic tweet on Tuesday evening voicing his apparent unhappiness at current events. > 6 years of an amazing journey #saintsfc [https://twitter.com/hashtag/saintsfc?src=hash] DESTROYED in 1 hour !!! — Morgan Schneiderlin (@SchneiderlinMo4) July 29, 2014 [https://twitter.com/SchneiderlinMo4/status/
Everton
Everton have became the first Premier League club to ban a supporter from attending matches after being alerted to a series of racially abusive and homophobic tweets. The supporter, who tweets using the handle @WhereAreYaEFC, had directed a torrent of abuse at fellow Blues fan Ric Wee. Wee hit the
PeerIndex
PeerIndex have revealed details of a World Cup version of their audience insights tool PiQ. According to the founder Azeem Azhar the resource, called PiQ Rio, will “give marketers a real-time view of what people care about during the World Cup and who to pay attention to. [http://www.thedrum.
Iran
Every nation at next month’s World Cup will be represented on Twitter after three Iranian footballers joined the platform even though it’s banned in the Islamic Republic. Hossein Mahini, Sardar Azmou and Mohammed Reza have now had their accounts verified by Twitter and it seems they have the