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15Jul/26

The 2026 World Cup breaks traditional TV

July 15, 2026MediaBrazil, Casimiro Miguel, CazéTV, Cristiano Ronaldo, CTV Television Network, FIFA, FIFA World Cup, Haiti, Japan, Livestreaming, Morocco, Netflix, Norway, Over-the-top media service, Roblox, Scotland, Streaming televisionadmin

The Death of the Living Room: How CazéTV and YouTube’s 21-Million-Device Milestone Just Ended Linear TV’s Monopoly

The 2026 FIFA World Cup has arrived as a definitive inflection point in media history, signaling a massive disruption in how global sporting events are distributed and monetized. While the tournament’s expansion to 48 teams has provided a gargantuan spectacle on the pitch, the real story is the tectonic shift in consumption habits. We are witnessing the final transition from the “old way” of sports—passive viewing via traditional linear TV—to the era of the “Connected Fan,” defined by mobile-first interaction and creator-led broadcasting.While 6.25 million fans (99.7% occupancy) have packed physical stadiums, these numbers pale in comparison to the digital milestones being set. For strategists and analysts, 2026 isn’t just another World Cup; it is the moment digital platforms effectively decapitated the traditional broadcasting monopoly.
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23May/23

Racism has relegated La Liga to EPL

May 23, 2023Football2014–15 La Liga, 2016–17 La Liga, Association football, Barcelona, Cristiano Ronaldo, Football in Spain, History of association football, La Liga, Lionel Messi, Luis, Madrid, Neymar, Real Madrid CFadmin

May, 23 2023 — La Liga, officially known as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, is the men’s top professional football division of the Spanish football league system. Administered by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, it is contested by 20 teams, with the three lowest-placed teams at the end of each season being relegated to the Segunda División and replaced by the top two teams and a play-off winner in that division. Continue reading →

13Jan/23

2022 wasn’t the year of Cleopatra – so why was she the most viewed page on Wikipedia?

January 13, 2023Science.google, Alphabet Inc., Android, Bryant, Cleopatra, Creative Commons, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dublin, Elon Musk, Google Search, Jeffrey Dahmer, Johnny Depp, Julius Caesar, Murder, Open-source intelligence, Philip, SHUTTERSTOCK, Social information processing, Taha Yasseri, Ukraine, United States, Websites, Wikipedia, World Wide Webadmin

Taha Yasseri, University College Dublin

At the end of every year, I gather statistics on the most viewed Wikipedia articles of the year. This helps me, a computational social scientist, understand what topics captured the most attention and gives me a chance to reflect on the major public events of the year. I try to use data to determine how the public (and more specifically here, English-language Wikipedia readers) will collectively remember the past year.

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15Aug/22

Nearly 70% of Premier League footballers are abused on Twitter – we used an AI to sift through millions of tweets

August 15, 2022FootballAbuse, Alan Turing, Angus Redlarski Williams, Bertie Vidgen, Computing, Creative Commons, Cristiano Ronaldo, Cyberbullying, Harms, Harry Maguire, MANCHESTER UNITED, Marcus Rashford, Microblogging, Operating systems, Real-time web, SHUTTERSTOCK, Software, South of Market, San Francisco, Text messaging, Twitteradmin

Bertie Vidgen, Alan Turing Institute and Angus Redlarski Williams, Alan Turing Institute

As the new Premier League football season gets underway, a few things are certain. There will be goals, drama and excitement, and unfortunately, players will be subjected to vile abuse on social media.

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