Sportpost.com launches the new version of its website

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:21:01 GMT

Sportpost.com has launched the new version of its website. The new site sees the addition of the Post Up button, which allows users to indicate to the community what content they 'like'.

Since being released in BETA the button has already been used over a million times. The button is now available for website owners and users with sports blogs who want to encourage their audience to Post Up their content on Sportpost.

Set-up under the mantra 'share your sport with the world', Sportpost.com allows sports fans to find and post content from all over the web and share it with other fans all over the world.

The continued growth of the site and its popularity with sports fans has attracted over 140 premium Sports videos channels onto the site. The new video partners have made Sportpost the largest sports social sharing platform on the web.

Channel partners now include the Ferrari and McLaren F1, Puma, Red Bull, the NBA, ATP Tennis Tour, The PGA Tour, London 2012, FC Barcelona and England Rugby.

Being completely independent, Sportpost is able to utilise external video feeds and media owner's own customised players into the platform to create a huge melting pot of sports content giving the sports fan total choice and access.

"There is a growing move online from users being passive observers to active participants," said Sportpost.com founder, Peter Janes. "The Sportpost platform puts fans back in charge. The site allows users to customise the site to their personal interests in sport, find and post the best content from all over the web and then share that content directly with other likeminded fans. We are very different in that we don't use editors, and all our content is sourced, shared and ranked by the millions of sports fans on the site."

Sportpost users sourced and virally spread the recent drunken efforts of a man attempting to streak an amateur tennis match which become an overnight internet sports video sensation

Sportpost continues to be a truly global proposition with big traffic figures from around the globe, with users from every country in the world having accessed the site. The core user base continues to be in the UK and Western Europe and the site is continually growing in the USA and Canada.

About Sportpost.com:
Sportpost is a social sharing platform for sports fans. The site allows users to find the very best sports content that is relevant to them - combining the best sports content on the web in the form of football videos, blogs, sports news stories, twitter feeds - in fact anything and everything to do with sport.

The Post Up button allows users to show the stuff they like and also see what's hot based on content other people are Posting Up. Users can customise the site to what they like, then create, promote and share their sport with the world.

Sportpost.com is the brainchild of three co-founders, Loughborough University alumni and sporting fanatics, Peter Janes (CEO), Paul Stewart (CFO) and Charlie Cooper (design and CTO), Sportpost.com is expected to dramatically impact the way sports fans consume and share content in future.

The site is completely independent and aims to work with athletes, brand owners and media partners to give sports fans access and choice.

TubeMogul teams up with top site Sportpost to utilise its OneLoad video service

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:16:41 GMT

TubeMogul, the leading company at getting videos watched and watched longer, announced that its free OneLoad video distribution and analytics service is now automating video upload to over 150 sites, from popular outlets like Flickr, iTunes and YouTube to category-specific sites like new sports destination Sportpost.com.

TubeMogul OneLoad's large list of available distribution outlets is made possible by the company's recent launch of Destinations, which lets anyone create a custom venue to automatically transcode and distribute videos to. Prominent outlets created so far include Hulu, Internet Archive, Kewego and Volvo Racing.

Building on this momentum, TubeMogul announced deeper partnerships with three top sites: Sportpost.com , Cardomain and Flickr. Under the terms of the deal and resulting integration, TubeMogul OneLoad users will not only be able to upload a video once and then automatically distribute it to these venues. From there, OneLoad automatically tracks realtime viewership and engagement data on video viewership and performance.

Cardomain, Flickr and Sportpost are counting on the over 175,000 users of TubeMogul's OneLoad service to enrich their content mix. Since Sportpost are also utilizing TubeMogul's InPlay technology to power their site analytics, detailed data on advertising and content performance promises to increase the companies' bottom lines.

"Sportpost.com has high aspirations of becoming the premier sports VOD service on the web. As an independent platform we are open to working with a variety of content partners from all over the world and the Tubemogul service works brilliantly at helping us achieve our aims. It makes the whole process of distributing content so easy," says Peter Janes, Managing Director of Sportpost.

"Thanks to our users distributing some of the Web's best content, OneLoad became the de facto gold standard for online video distribution and tracking," says Brett Wilson, CEO and co-founder of TubeMogul.

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About Sportpost.com:
Sportpost.com is the world’s first sports distribution platform. Set to revolutionise the consumption of sports content globally, the site is a pioneering, personalised multimedia portal combining the best funny sports videos, sports blog posts, sporting forums, golf videos news and debates from the world of sport into one central location. Having only launched in March 2010, SPORTPOST.com has smashed forecasts, registering more than nine times the expected traffic numbers

Set-up under the mantra 'share your sport with the world', Sportpost.com allows sports fans to create, promote and share the best sports content with other fans all over the world. It also provides a smarter, more cost-effective and targeted alternative for brands and sports stars, with Nike Football, Red Bull, Monster Energy, UFC, the FA and Euroleague Basketball already rushing to take advantage of the premium High Definition channels on offer. For no cost Sportpost offers sports media owners access to the platform to help build audiences and drive traffic and advertising revenue. In return, sports fans via sportpost have total access and choice to the best sports content around the world in one location.

Sportpost.com to become the largest sport specific video on demand site in the world

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:15:40 GMT

Sportpost.com, the new sports social media portal, has taken another giant step towards its goal of becoming the largest sport specific video on demand site in the world, after signing unique deals with the Football Association, and Europe's largest action sports portal, MPORA.com.

The media partnerships, unique to Sportpost.com, have been designed to give media and brand owners the ability to freely distribute premium sports content via their own video players that simply plug in to the Sportpost network. Media owners can engage with sports fans from all over the world whilst at the same time remaining in control of their own advertising revenue.

Peter Janes, Managing Director of Sportpost.com explained: "Previously, media owners would never share their content with each other, as they would lose the control and potentially the revenue associated. We are in talks with some of the world's largest media producers and our new independent distribution model is proving very attractive. For no cost we can give all sports media owners access to the platform to help build audiences and drive traffic and advertising revenue. In return, sports fans via sportpost have total access and choice to the best sports content around the world in one location."

Having only launched in March 2010, Sportpost.com has smashed forecasts, registering more than nine times the expected traffic numbers. The pioneering site encourages fans to 'share your sport with the world'. It combines the sports videos, blogs, news and debates from the world of sport into one central location. It also gives a voice to the superstars of world sport, with exclusive deals to publish personal sport blogs from athletes including 2010 Grand National winner, A.P. McCoy, Formula 1 driver Heikki Kovalainen and tennis stars Kim Clijsters, Caroline Wozniacki and Robin Soderling.

Already, just over two months since launch, brands including Nike Football, Red Bull, Monster Energy, UFC and Euroleague Basketball are running premium High Definition channels on Sportpost.com. A number of innovative partnerships have also been set-up, including a Ladbrokes-powered betting portal, and content agreements with over 150 different sources. The additional partnerships with the Football Association, and Europe's largest action sports portal, MPORA.com, will see Sportpost.com move towards becoming the largest sport specific video on demand site in the world, with the widest choice of football videos and ice hockey videos available.

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About Sportpost.com:
Sportpost.com is a pioneering, independent sports social media site combining the best videos, blogs, sport news and debates from the world of sport into one central location. Currently revolutionising the consumption of content amongst sport fans globally, the site allows users to create, promote and share the best sports content under the mantra 'share your sport with the world'. Sportpost.com also gives voice to the superstars of world sport, with exclusive deals to publish personal blogs from athletes like England rugby international James Haskell and 2009 US Open winner, Kim Clijsters; plus premium channels with High Definition content from brands like Nike Football and Red Bull; and innovative partnerships including a Ladbrokes-powered betting portal and a Brightcove online video platform. The site is completely independent and aims to work with athletes, brand owners and media partners to give sports fans access and choice.

Sportpost.com has attracted sports fans from 202 countries, with the UK, North America, and South East Asia pro

Horse Racing teams up with Sportpost.com to attract a younger audience

Wed, 05 May 2010 16:01:52 GMT

Sportpost, sports social media site, has become an odds on favourite for fans of horse racing as the sport battles for viewers and looks to attract the next generation of fans. This week both Racing UK and 'At The Races' (The UK's biggest broadcasters of horse racing content) have joined the growing list of channel partners at Sportpost.com. This move also works hand in hand with the sports move to overhaul betting and utilise decimals which is a language much more familiar to the younger generation.

The two channel partners join recent Grand National winner and jockey legend A.P.McCoy who already has his own blogging portal within the Sportpost site. The move is highly significant in that horse racing, which has always previously used traditional distribution methods, has now fully embraced social media. Social media is increasingly being seen as the medium of choice for engaging younger viewers and increasing brand awareness, sportpost.com is at the forefront of this shift.

Richard Fitzgerald, Chief Executive of Racing UK said: "Racing should always be looking at ways to introduce the sport to a new audience, and Sportpost is an innovative solution to do just that. Racing UK's strong video content will contribute to the success of the site."

Sportpost (Europe's first sports social media site) is proving very popular with sports stars, rights holders and media owners as an exciting promotional tool. The multi-sport site already boasts, after less than a month since its launch, media partners such as Red Bull, Nike Football, the UFC, Euro League Basketball and now the two premier horse racing broadcasters in the UK. The full list of channel partners can be found within the sports videos portal at Sportpost.

Matt Taylor, Head of Online for At The Races said, "Exclusive content is very important to any broadcaster or publisher, but it is impossible to ignore the opportunity to drive fresh viewers through social media. Sportpost is a fantastic tool as it enables At The Races to widen racing's overall appeal and grow awareness of our brand."

Sports stars are also seeing the potential of the sports blogs portal within Sportpost. The site partners with stars such as tennis world No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki, England rugby stars James Haskell and Danny Care and recent Grand National winner AP McCoy, who immediately blogged of his success exclusively through his Sportpost blog.

AP.McCoy was in high praise of the site, "The way I can now communicate directly with fans through Sportpost is great. I can tell my side of things very easily and quickly."

Sportpost.com bridges the gap, giving brands and sport stars a smarter, more cost effective and targeted alternative for reaching passionate fans compared with the creation of their own websites or micro-sites. Sportpost.com is smashing all expectations since its launch in March 2010.The site aims to build on this fantastic first month and plans to stream live content with partners within the next three months.

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About Sportpost.com:
Sportpost.com is a pioneering, independent sports social media site combining the best videos, blogs, sports news and sport forums from the world of sport into one central location. Set to revolutionise the consumption of content amongst sport fans globally, the site allows users to create, promote and share the best sports content such as football videos and blogs under the mantra 'share your sport with the world'. Sportpost.com also gives voice to the superstars of world sport, with exclu

Sportpost.com release World Cup Virals

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:00:07 GMT

With the world cup just around the corner, sports social media site Sportpost.com has got into the spirit by releasing a number of funny videos of alternative world cup moments. The series of four videos are aimed at football fans and have been posted on the Sportpost site and its YouTube channel.

The four animated football videos include alternative endings to famous world cup moments including Zinedine Zidane's head butt in the 2006 final; Gazza crying at Italia '90; Maradona's hand of god and Beckham's red card against Argentina. The videos have been created for anyone who has ever wondered what Materazzi really said to Zidane, or how Gary Lineker tried to cheer up Gazza. As the sports world gets geared up for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the highly controversial videos are already causing a stir amongst football fans and are proving popular on YouTube as well.

Peter Janes, Sportpost founder and director said, "The World Cup is the greatest show on Earth and as Europe's first sports social media site we felt it was only natural to get involved."

Peter added "Everyone remembers key moments from World Cup history, however we wanted to know what football fans would have wanted to see if those famous moments had turned out differently and so the idea behind our alternative world cup moments were born".

With constantly updated football news, user comments and videos from around the world, the four new animated alternative endings football videos are already helping to ensure sportpost.com is the world's premier sports social media, video and highlight website. The site has already attracted sports fans from over 200 countries around the world and is causing a huge stir within the sports industry already since its launch in March.

About Sportpost.com:
Sportpost.com is a pioneering, independent sports social media site combining the best sports videos, blogs, sports news and forums into one central location. Set to revolutionise the consumption of content amongst sport fans globally, the site allows users to create, promote and share the best sports content under the mantra 'share your sport with the world'.

Sportpost.com also gives voice to the superstars of world sport, with exclusive deals to publish personal sports blogs from athletes including England rugby international James Haskell, renowned jockey A.P. McCoy and England football star, West Ham striker Carlton Cole. Additionally, brands including Nike Football, Red Bull, Monster Energy, UFC, Laureus Sports and World Sport TV have already rushed to take advantage of its premium High Definition channels.

Sporting revolution starts at Sportpost.com

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:17:08 GMT

Sportpost.com launches Europe's first sports social media site.

Set to revolutionise the consumption of sports content globally, the pioneering new site encourages fans to 'share your sport with the world'. It combines videos, blogs, news and debates from the world of sport into one central location.

Uniquely, Sportpost.com also gives voice to the superstars of world sport, with exclusive deals to publish personal sports blogs from athletes including England rugby international James Haskell, Cheltenham challenger renowned jockey A.P. McCoy and England football star, West Ham striker Carlton Cole. Additionally, brands including Nike Football, Red Bull, Monster Energy, UFC, Laureus Sports and World Sport TV have already rushed to take advantage of its premium High Definition channels.

"Sportpost.com aims to be the world's premier sports social media site," said the Managing Director of Sportpost.com, Peter Janes. "The site is a fun, interactive alternative to traditional sports media and news sites. To date, fans have been on the sidelines looking in. They have never really had a voice or the ability to create and share sports content before. Being completely independent, we can work with all athletes, brand owners and media partners to give our users total access and choice. We are confident Sportpost.com will change sports consumption habits significantly."

The brainchild of three co-founders, Loughborough University alumni and sporting fanatics, Peter Janes (Managing Director), Paul Stewart (Sales Director) and Charlie Cooper (Technical and Design Director), Sportpost.com is expected to dramatically impact the way sports fans consume and share content in future.

David Brooks, Head of Digital Media, Red Bull said: "Red Bull is always looking for new and innovative ways for us to get our brand message and media in front of sports fans. Sportpost.com is such an exciting platform for us to hit our ideal target demographic and draw eyeballs to Red Bull's products and events."

Sportpost.com has been in development for more than 15 months and has now gone fully live for the first time. The original test site attracted over 800,000 unique users from over 200 countries, with the UK, USA, India, Brazil, Germany, Canada, China, the UAE and Russia featuring highest. Sportpost.com bridges the gap, giving brands and sports stars a smarter, more cost effective and targeted alternative to reaching passionate fans than the creation of their own websites or micro-sites. Testing demonstrated the site demographics to be male (over 90%) in the 18 - 40 age bracket (over 70%). The vast majority are ABC1 (over 70%), university educated (over 50%) and almost all have high disposable incomes.

Sportpost.com will be monetised via site advertising, joint promotions with channel partners and innovative partnerships with premium service providers such as the Ladbrokes-powered betting portal and Brightcove video platform. Within six months the site will be streaming live premium sports events from selected partners.

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About Sportpost.com:
Sportpost.com is a pioneering, independent sports social media site combining the best sports videos, blogs, sports news and sports forums into one central location. Set to revolutionise the consumption of content amongst sport fans globally, the site allows users to create, promote and share the best sports content under the mantra 'share your sport with the world'.

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