With the NBA Playoffs in an open night on Thursday, the NHL’s Stanley Cup playoffs filled the gap and dominated the Social TV buzz on cable last night while ‘American Idol’ was the top show on broadcast for the second night, according to Trendrr’s report this morning.Read more
Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins, playing with a broken jaw, scores on the New York Islanders in Stanley Cup playoffs. (Gif via thepensblog.com)
After an completely open schedule, the NBA playoffs return tonight with the four conference semifinals series tied 1-1 — the first time in the 25 years of this playoff. Read more
VIDEO ROUND TABLE: Social TV, Where’s the Money? With Turner Sports, Socialite, and the Padem Group on a panel at the recent Streaming Media West conference.
‘American Idol’ won the social-tv buzz and the ratings battle with ‘The Voice’ last night and leads our mid-day roundup of must-read stories for the Social TV industry. Read more
‘American Idol’ on Fox increased its Social TV buzz by 38 percent last night with 294,694 mentions by 129,516 people on Twitter, Facebook, Viggle and GetGlue, Trendrr reported this morning.Read more
Click the jump to see gallery of social-media analytics for teams and athletes on Twitter and Facebook as of May 9, 2013
We are testing a new feature, a look ahead at the weekend in sports, on Thursday, as we prepare for the Sports Social TV Summit and Awards on May 29 in Los Angeles. Read more
