Twitter is continuing to rack up the alliances and deals in a massive attempt to stand out from its social media rivals. With the NCAA Tournament fully underway in earnest, Twitter is streaming a live pregame show, “March Madness Now,” produced by the NCAA Tournament rightsholders, CBS and Turner Sports.
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Noah Coslov of Sirius XM NBA Radio and former basketball player Jarvis Hayes are the co-hosts for the first week of the program. They’ll be joined by former UConn star Caron Butler during the Final Four in two weeks.
Twitter continues to make deals for live content. This week, it announced it will air a live weekly game from the National Lacrosse League spanning this and next season. You already know that it streamed Thursday Night Football last year and is streaming one NHL game a week. That NHL deal also allows Twitter to stream one MLB game a week during the regular season.
It also signed a contract to livestream eSports competitions and to top it off, Twitter also has a content deal to stream NBA-centric shows. And it’s streaming live golf as well.
Whether these deals are attracting new users, no one can say for now, but the fact that Twitter has been aggressive in making deals for live content shows that it cannot stay pat in this day and age.
Twitte hopes by providing exclusive content, it can not only keep its current users, but also bring in those who have been reluctant to join the service.
[CNET]
