23/01/2016
Where are the sports lovers?
Facebook has just launched sports stadium, fans to experience sports in real-time
There are over 650 million sports fans on Facebook (that makes Facebook the world’s largest stadium). These sports fans turn to Facebook to celebrate, commiserate, and talk trash with their friends and other fans.
To make the sporting experience more fun and engaging, Facebook has announced the launch of Facebook Sports Stadium, a dedicated place to experience sports in real-time with your friends and the world.
With Facebook Sports Stadium, all the content on Facebook related to a game is in one place, and it comes in real time and appears chronologically.
“…we’ve built a place devoted to sports so you can get the feeling you’re watching the game with your friends even when you aren’t together,” Facebook stated.
On Facebook Sports Stadium, fans can see posts from friends, and their comments on plays; posts and commentary from experts, like teams, leagues and journalists, with easy access to their pages; live scores, stats and a play-by-play, and Game info like where to find the game on TV.
Fans can follow the action as the game unfolds with a live play-by-play, and even like, comment on, and share individual plays. They can also get up to speed quickly with live scores and the most discussed plays.
Also, fans can get to Facebook Sports Stadium by searching for the game they want, and it will be surfaced with ways to get there.
“Sports is a global interest that connects people around the world. This product makes connecting over sports more fun and engaging, and we will continue listening to feedback to make it even better,” Facebook stated in a blogpost.
At the moment, Facebook Sports Stadium is available to American football lovers in the States who own an iPhone.
In the coming weeks, the service will be available across the world on both the Android and Apple platforms – and other platforms too – complete with other sports like basketball and soccer.