Top India sports stars were among thousands of Twitter account users to lose their verified status effective Thursday, April 20, as Elon Musk made good on his promise to remove the blue check mark from ‘legacy’ accounts.
Oct 23, 2018 12:10
MUMBAI: Sports Flashes, the Times Group owned digital sports radio platform that was launched in January, has extended its services to social media giant Twitter.
Fans in India can now listen to live radio commentary of all English Premier League and Indian cricket matches on Sports Flashes’ Twitter handle.
Oct 17, 2018 15:10
MUMBAI: The Hero Indian Super League (ISL) on Tuesday became the first football league in the world to use conversational video cards to preview matches on social networking giant Twitter.
With the new feature, fans can now enjoy video highlights in multiple Indian languages, including Bengali, Tamil and Malayalam, besides English and also engage with the ISL through conversational video cards.
Oct 01, 2018 13:10
MUMBAI: STAR India announced Sunday that it has received permission to broadcast the AFC Cup Under-16 quarterfinal match between India and South Korea on Monday evening at the Petaling Jaya Stadium in Malaysia. The broadcaster took to Twitter to confirm the development, in response to a tweet by Joy Bhattacharjya, the former CEO of IPL franchise, Kolkata Knight Riders.
Sep 17, 2018 13:09
MUMBAI: Social media giant Twitter has announced that it will be simplifying watching live streams for its users by making them appear at the very top of their timelines. These will include accounts of personalities, any breaking news or sporting events.
Sep 12, 2018 17:09
SINGAPORE: Twitter Wednesday unveiled over 50 premium video content collaborations, bringing hundreds of hours of live stream and video highlights programming, across sports, entertainment and news, to the platform.
Sep 07, 2018 16:09
MUMBAI: Twitter recorded 12 million tweets on the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia, it was announced on Thursday.
The two-week event generated 12 million Tweets, from the opening ceremony on August 18 until the closing ceremony on September 2, according to a statement.
Sep 05, 2018 15:09
MUMBAI: Twitter’s country director Taranjeet Singh has put in his papers.
Singh, who was elevated to the position last May, announced his decision to move on in a series of tweets put out on Tuesday.
Balaji Krish, Twitter’s global head of Revenue Strategy and Operations, will be taking Singh's place as interim country head.
Aug 31, 2018 12:08
MUMBAI: Social media giant Twitter has confirmed the appointment of Reebok India’s marketing director, Kanika Mittal as its head of LCS in North and East India.
Taranjeet Singh, Twitter India’s director tweeted the official announcement on Tuesday which goes: “Excited to welcome @kanikamittal to the @TwitterIndia team. Kanika joins the Twitter team as the head of LCS, North & East India.”
Aug 24, 2018 18:08
LOS ANGELES: Twitter, the global social media platform has won the digital rights for presenting all content of the Overwatch League, the first major global professional eSports league with city-based teams across Asia, Europe, and North America.
The collaboration is expected to break new ground in creative programming and video-on-demand content.
Aug 16, 2018 15:08
PORTLAND, Ore.: adidas and Twitter have announced ‘Friday Night Stripes’ – the first-ever live streaming series of American high school football games on Twitter.