ECAL has partnered with the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), to help promote it’s expanding global circuit of tournaments via the calendar.
In addition to popular TV events such as the William Hill World Darts Championship and betway World Cup of Darts, the PDC now live stream events via PDCTV, their own HD streaming service. With the help of ECAL’s dynamic ‘Sync to Calendar’ technology, dart fans from around the globe can easily know what’s on, when and how to watch, straight from their personal digital calendar, so they never miss a moment.
As part of the calendar solution, fans can choose to receive ‘PDCTV Streamed Events’, ‘TV Events’ and even ‘Ticket On-Sale Dates’ to calendar. Events via ECAL automatically update in the user calendar, and entries are rich with features, including handy alerts, event info and links for direct access to Buy Tickets, Watch Live on PDCTV, Latest Video, News and Player Profiles.
ECAL’s ‘Sync to Calendar’ feature is integrated across the PDC website, with buttons located on the ‘Tournament Calendar’ page and splashed across the PDC’s official facebook and twitter pages.
An Australian-based technology company, ECAL is a world-leader in delivering rich communications and marketing to calendar. ECAL works with hundreds of major brands in sports, ticketing, and entertainment, and is relied upon and trusted by over 7m users globally.
It’s ‘Game On’ for darts fans!. Sync your calendar with PDC events here.
ECAL has partnered with the South Australian Tourism Commission (SATC), to help promote the State’s world-class events direct to calendar.
South Australia is renowned for its food and wine, arts festivals, cultural and sporting events. Now, at the click of a button, international and local visitors can easily ‘sync’ events they are interested in, straight to their personal digital calendar.
Events dynamically update in the calendar, so if there are any event updates or changes, they’ll be the first to know. Events include handy alerts, event details and even pricing information, with direct access to purchase tickets straight from the calendar.
ECAL’s ‘Sync to Calendar’ technology is integrated across the SATC website, with ‘Sync to Cal’ buttons located on each individual event page. The feature is another great addition to the recently redesigned southaustralia.com website, designed to increase awareness and engagement in events across the state.
An Australian-based technology company, ECAL is a world-leader in calendar communications and marketing. ECAL works with hundreds of major brands in sports, ticketing, and entertainment, servicing many millions of users globally. SATC’s ‘Sync to Calendar’ feature is a first for the tourism sector, and an exciting initiative for both ECAL and South Australian Tourism.
Visit southaustralia.com now to see what’s on, and sync to cal!
ECAL has partnered with business financing company OnDeck, to help execute its ‘Repayment Holiday’ promotion.
A promotion exclusive to MYOB customers taking their first business loan with OnDeck between 30th October and 30th December 2018, customers are being offered a deferred repayment schedule, whereby their first repayment is not due until week beginning Wednesday 2nd January 2019.
ECAL, the world’s leading calendar communications solution, delivers a handy ‘payment reminder’ service direct to calendar, so OnDeck customers know exactly what day their first repayment is due, and how much. The service is designed to help borrowers best manage their funds at such a busy time of year.
It’s one small but effective way, that OnDeck put their customers’ needs first by providing repayment relief over the festive season, and supporting this concept with helpful communications at the right time, in the right place.
OnDeck was launched in Australia in 2015 to solve a major issue facing small businesses: efficient access to capital. OnDeck provides loans up to $250,000 across over 700 different industries and has issued over US$10 billion in loans in the US, Canada and Australia since 2007.
ECAL has partnered with NBA, the globe’s number one basketball league, to provide the official ‘sync to calendar’ service for fans across Europe.
The feature allows basketball fans to sync their favourite NBA team(s), League or NBA Saturdays and NBA Sundays Prime Time TV schedule, straight to their personal digital calendar.
NBA matches dynamically update in the calendar, and include handy alerts, localised broadcast information, and direct access to watch live, latest video, news and results.
Promoted across five major European markets including United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, France and Germany, all ECAL displays feature complete language translations and EU GDPR compliance. The feature is being promoted across the official NBA regional sites, NBA social media channels and email.
ECAL has partnered with US sports team management software company, AdminSports to help keep parents up-to-date and on-time for their kids’ weekend soccer commitments.
The Boston Area Youth Soccer (BAYS) league has launched ECAL’s dynamic ‘Sync to Calendar’ technology for 1,500+ teams across the league, at all levels of competition.
BAYS manage over 14,000 games for its 1,500+ teams, involving 23,000 girls and boys from 71 Massachusetts cities and towns. That’s a lot parents that need to know where to be, and at what time each weekend for soccer!
Coaches, players and parents can sync their specific team schedule straight to any personal calendar program on mobile or desktop, so they never miss a match. Game entries feature handy reminders, dynamic updates, game day information and links directly to stats, standings and even league policies.
This is a wonderful initiative by Admin Sports, in partnership with the team at ECAL to better serve community sports in the Boston area.
The 2018/19 Chemist Warehouse WNBL Championship, Australia’s pre-eminent women’s basketball league has released its schedule for the 2018/19 Season, powered by ECAL.
Fans of the eight-team competition are treated to a live and dynamic feed of game details, delivered straight to their digital calendar of choice.
Basketball lovers will never miss a moment with match entries automatically updated with TV broadcast information, official game hashtags and direct access to Tickets, Membership, Online Shop and more, all just a click away
2018/19 is the beginning of a new and exciting era, with Australia’s longest running elite female competition celebrating its 38th year with a brand-new naming rights partner in Chemist Warehouse and broadcast partner in FOX SPORTS Australia.
The season will tip off on October 12 with the Chemist Warehouse Wellness Round, to be spread over both round one and two, a fun and exciting fan orientated activation that will take place across all teams opening home games. Also featured will be several double headers, the Adelaide Lighting and Brydens Sydney Uni Flames to play alongside their NBL counterparts.
FOX SPORTS Australia will again broadcast one live game per round, as well as every finals game.
You can follow your team throughout the 18/19 Season and join thousands of basketball fans who rely on ECAL to stay up-to-date and connected to the WNBL via their personal calendar. Sync your team fixture here.
The NBA has released its 2018/19 regular season schedule for what is sure to be another blockbuster year ahead, and ECAL is proud to play its part!
Fans of leading NBA teams including the Cleveland Cavaliers, Indiana Pacers and Toronto Raptors can easily sync team games, broadcast details, ticket alerts and more, straight to their personal calendar. Powered by the world’s leading calendar communications service. With direct access to Tickets, Latest News, League Pass, Video, Team Shop and more, from the convenience of their calendar, fans will never miss moment of the action.
See here a selection of just some of the great launch promotion created by NBA teams using ECAL.
The 73rd NBA season will tip off on Tuesday 16th October 2018, with the 76’ers taking on the Celtics in Boston. The Indiana Pacers and Toronto Raptors are both tipped to contend for the Eastern Conference title, whilst new LA Laker, LeBron James, will return to play Cleveland on 21st November.
Follow the Pacers, Raptors or Cavs now, with the compliments of ECAL.
The NBL, Australia and New Zealand’s pre-eminent professional men’s basketball league has released its 2018/19 Fixture, powered by ECAL!
Fans of the eight-team competition are treated to a live and dynamic feed of game details, delivered straight to their digital calendar of choice.
Basketball lovers will never miss a moment with match entries automatically updated with TV broadcast information, official game hashtags and direct access to Tickets, Membership, Online Shop and more, all just a click away
The 2018/19 Schedule includes a number of highlights, including Andrew Bogut’s debut for the Sydney Kings against the Adelaide 36ers, the first ever Melbourne Cup eve clash between the Sydney Kings and Melbourne United, two matches to bring in the New Year, matches across regional New Zealand and and a basketball extravaganza held across the Australia Day weekend.
You can follow your team throughout the 18/19 Season and join thousands of basketball fans who rely on ECAL to stay up-to-date and connected to the NBL via their personal calendar. Sync your team fixture here.
The largest online food ordering service in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, HungerStation, used ECAL to drive engagement and orders around the FIFA World Cup.
Part of the Delivery Hero group, HungerStation delivers food from over 100+ restaurants to your doorstep, and promises high standards of service and guaranteed food delivery.
Managed by TTP Creative Agency, and promoted on social media via Facebook and Twitter, the HungerStation ECAL offered customers the ability to sync the World Cup schedule (or games of your favourite teams), straight to their personal calendar on mobile or desktop, complete with timely alerts and promotional discounts.
The ECAL display and all calendar entries were entirely in Arabic, and the service worked to engage customers around the World Cup to order their food, take advantage of discounts, and have the food delivered in time to watch the game!
Another awesome example of how ECAL enterprise technology can deliver a brilliant customer experience with amazing, measurable success to a global audience.
3 July 2018
Sydney
TEG, Australasia’s leading Ticketing, Live Entertainment and Data Analytics company, is delighted to announce that the TEG-owned Ticketek has entered a partnership with ECAL, a global leader in calendar marketing and communications technology.
The partnership sees Ticketek, Australasia’s leading ticketing and data-driven marketing company, integrate ECAL’s ‘Sync to Calendar’ technology across the breadth of the ticketing experience on its website and email communications. The integration will incorporate everything from event search and discovery, to waitlist and post-purchase scenarios.
With just a couple of clicks, fans can easily add their favourite sports, teams,music and entertainment events directly into their personal calendar for free. Dynamic updates keep fans informed of important ticket on-sale dates, specialticket offers and other specific event details, with direct access to purchase; all from the convenience of their personal calendar.
A recent online survey by ECAL reports that 70% of Australian adults rely on their digital calendar most to manage their life, with over 47% reliant on their mobile calendar. ECAL’s smart calendar marketing system enables events to bypass the inbox and sync directly to a calendar.
TEG CEO Geoff Jones said the new ‘Sync to Calendar’ feature adds to the suite of innovation under the Ticketek Ignition™ program.
“The ECAL platform will enable Ticketek to help our partners engage in exciting new ways, gather invaluable consumer insights, continually learn and refine the calendar communications service to optimise sales,” said Jones.
“This represents a new media channel that is ideally suited to the sports and entertainment market, given that event dates, start times and venue details are the most relevant pieces on information when it comes to the show.
Ticketek Ignition™ opens Ticketek’s internal network and systems to enable multiple ticket purchasing experiences across multiple platforms and partner systems”.
“The new ‘Sync to Calendar’ feature is a wonderful initiative by our product and marketing teams, and reinforces our commitment to deliver the most personalised, connected and intelligent ticketing experience for today’s modern, mobile consumers,” said Jones.
Ticketek’s network of partners across sports, venues and entertainment promoters would reap the benefits of enhanced fan engagement and digital marketing.
ECAL Founder and CEO Patrick Barrett said: “ECAL is thrilled to partner with Australasia’s leading ticketing platform in Ticketek, to work hand-in-hand with TEG Analytics to uncover insights into purchase behaviour, and further develop our smart data and ‘decisioning’ platform.”
“We are looking forward to delivering a highly beneficial service for entertainment fans, and more sales and support for sports, venues and promoters, with ECAL’s in-calendar marketing logic typically working at up todouble the normal ‘purchase rate’.”
About Ticketek
Ticketek in Australia and New Zealand is the region’s number one ticketing agency, powered by advanced data-driven marketing and technology solutions. Ticketek has over 150 venue and sport partnerships, issues 28 million tickets per year, and by ticket sales volume Ticketek is in the top three
ticketing companies in the world. Ticketek’s website has 26 million impressions monthly, and is a leader in mobile commerce with over 1.3 million app downloads.
About ECAL
ECAL was founded by technology entrepreneur Patrick Barrett in 2010, and is the world’s first purpose-built ‘calendar marketing’ platform that delivers ‘rich’ and dynamic communications to the personal calendars of users. ECAL services millions of users globally, and works with some of the world’s
best known brands in sports, ticketing, media, conferences, banking, and payments. ECAL is an Australian based company headquartered in Melbourne.
About TEG
TEG is Australasia’s leading Ticketing, Live Entertainment and Data Analytics company. TEG includes Ticketek, TEG Live, TEG Dainty, TEG Analytics, TEG Rewards, Softix, Qudos Bank Arena, Eventopia, Life Like Touring, The Entertainment Store, The Brickman Experience and TEG Asia.
Further information
Kyle Patterson
Head of Communications and Corporate Affairs
TEG
E: kylep@t-e-g.com.au
M: 0412 193 148
O: +61 2 9266 4073
Patrick Barrett
Founder & CEO
ECAL
E: patrick@ecal.com
M: +61 (0)411 650 445
O: +61 (03) 9956 5000
