Noel Leslie's voice cracked momentarily as he recounted the night last year when his team at SBS rescued the broadcast of the 2018 FIFA World Cup from Optus Sports' streaming service meltdown.
While Australia’s flesh and blood soccer team retains a slim hope of reaching the final of the FIFA World Cup in Russia, that dream is sadly over for their robotic counterparts that competed in Montreal this week.
Australians who exceeded their mobile data caps during this year's World Cup should blame their telcos for providing restrictive limits, according to broadcaster SBS.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is urging caution following the reporting of a number of spam-fuelled scam attempts linked to the World Cup.
Twitter is the newest company to contract World Cup fever, launching a new site specifically to cater to the event that expected to cause mass insomnia the world over.
Optus is to stream 2010 FIFA World Cup matches live to customers 3G mobile for free. The service, which will available from 11 June to 11 July 2010, will also offer 500 FIFA archived video on demand clips, FIFA wallpapers, screensavers and ringtones, match scores, news, statistics and highlight clips and 200 hours of World Cup action and footage.
Australia’s bid for either the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World Cup has gone viral, with a huge social media drive underway by Football Federation Australia(FFA).