The ICC, cricket’s governing body has released its 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup schedule, powered by ECAL!

Held in New Zealand from 13 January to 3 February 2018, the event will replicate a major ICC tournament in terms of organization and playing facilities giving players their first taste of competing on the global stage.

10 full members of the ICC automatically qualify for the event, alongside the highest placed Associate team, Namibia from the U19 Cricket World Cup 2016 and one qualifier respectively from the Africa, Americas, Asia, East Asia Pacific and Europe regions.

ECAL’s ‘Add to Calendar’ button on the Under-19 Cricket World Cup fixtures page will allow fans across the globe to sync the complete tournament schedule straight to their personal calendar program on mobile or desktop.

The tournament kicks off on Saturday January 13th with Australia opening its campaign against India.

Pacers, Raptors and Wizards fans, get excited!  The NBA has released its schedule for the 2017/18 season.

Basketball fans can easily sync the complete schedule of the Indiana Pacers, Toronto Raptors and new ECAL client the Washington Wizards, straight to their calendar of choice.

Basketball lovers will never miss a moment with match details updated dynamically throughout the season, with direct access to Ticketing, Latest News, Online Shop, Social Engagement and Broadcast information.

Big conference matchups, featuring stars in new places, dominate the first two nights of the world’s premier men’s professional basketball league.

The Wizards host the Philadelphia 76ers, with Australian No.1 draft pick Ben Simmons in action. The Pacers kick off the season at home to the Brooklyn Nets whilst the Chicago Bulls travel to Toronto to face the Raptors.

Follow the Pacers, Raptors or Wizards throughout the 17/18 Season and join thousands of NBA fans who rely on ECAL to stay up-to-date and connected to their favorite team via the calendar!

The KFC Big Bash & rebel Women’s Big Bash, Australia’s professional Twenty20 cricket league has released its 2017/18 Fixture, powered by ECAL!

Fans of the eight-team men’s and women’s competitions are treated to a live and dynamic feed of game details, delivered straight to their digital calendar of choice.

Cricket lovers will never miss a moment with match entries automatically updated with TV broadcast information, official game hashtags and direct access to Buy Memberships, Tickets, Online Shop and more, just a click away.

Follow your team throughout the 17/18 Season and join thousands of Twenty20 fans who rely on ECAL to stay up-to-date and connected to the Big Bash via their calendar!

Fox Sports, the leader is sports broadcasting in Australia has launched it’s new ‘Add to Calendar’ feature, powered by ECAL. This is just one of a suite of feature upgrades as part of its new Score Centre, which provides fans with live scores, real-time results, latest updates and commentary on current events across all major sports.

ECAL’s ‘Add to Calendar’ feature provides fans with the world’s best dynamic digital calendar service, so they can sync the schedules of their favourite team(s), straight to their personal calendar program on mobile or desktop.

The feature is dynamic and keeps fans up-to-date, always. It drives tune-in with handy alerts, broadcast details and ‘direct links’ to live in-game information, including stats, video and fantasy sports scores, to enhance the live in-game experience.

AFL, NRL and Cricket fans can follow their team(s) fortunes throughout 17/18, with more major sports leagues rolling out soon!

The NBL, Australia and New Zealand’s pre-eminent professional men’s basketball league has released its 2017/18 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 Buy Memberships, Online Shop and more, just a click away.

Follow your team throughout the 17/18 Season and join thousands of basketball fans who rely on ECAL to stay up-to-date and connected to the NBL via their calendar!

ECAL has partnered with CONCACAF to provide football fans with its world-leading, dynamic ‘digital calendar’ service – to drive ticket sales, data collection and fan engagement.

CONCACAF, (The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football) is the governing body for association football in North America. Since 1991, the Gold Cup Tournament has been the region’s major competition for international men’s football.

Our ‘Add to Calendar’ feature on the Gold Cup website allows fans to sync the complete tournament schedule or schedules of their favourite team(s), straight to their personal calendar program on mobile or desktop.

Fans receive game alerts and ‘direct links’ to purchase tickets, latest Gold Cup videos, match centre, merchandise and more.

Featuring ECAL’s latest ultimate ‘next generation’ widget, the world’s most advanced calendar marketing technology provides CONCACAF with the highest levels of customisation, more marketing power and smarter data insights (like geo-detection), that is set to engage football fans across the globe.

Check out the official Gold Cup website and follow your team’s fortunes by syncing their schedule straight to your calendar!

The tournament kicks off on Saturday July 8th, sync now.

English Football side Aston Villa has launched a clever pre-launch campaign, ahead of the 2017/18 Fixture release.

The ‘Get Prepared’ campaign promises fans first access to the fixtures as soon as it is released. By connecting their calendar ahead of time using ECAL, fans will be the first to receive the new season Villa fixtures straight to their personal calendar of choice.

There is standout creative used consistently across a variety of digital channels, including website, with dedicated splash page, feature article, facebook and twitter mastheads and feature social posts.

Fans calendars will be kept up-to-date with the latest game details, media information and direct access to Buy Tickets, Match Centre, Online Shop and more throughout the season.

ECAL is proud to be the official calendar provider of the Premier League and teams including Aston Villa.

 

Premier League, the world’s most popular football league, has released its 2017/18 Fixture, powered by ECAL!

Football lovers across the globe are treated to a live and dynamic feed of game details, delivered straight to their digital calendar of choice.

Fans will never miss a moment with match entries automatically updated with localised TV broadcast information, official game hashtags and direct access to Buy Tickets, Livestream, Match Centre, Online Shop and more, just a click away.

Here’s some of the cool promotional strategies used by Premier League and Premier League team clients including Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United and others.

Follow your team throughout the 17/18 Season and join hundreds of thousands of football fans who rely on ECAL to stay up-to-date and connected to Premier League via their calendar!

 

At ECAL, we’re pleased to announce the release of our Ultimate ‘next generation’ widget display, now live and available in your admin!

Designed for even greater customisation, more marketing power and smarter data insights, this widget comes with some pretty cool, game-changing features (note that all existing widgets will be auto upgraded shortly).

Here’s a few of our favourite things!

 

Category Selector

Filter schedules via categories. Users can browse through Schedules across different categories, via a simple ‘Browse” drop-down list.

Geo-detection

Uncover the location of your users, right down to post / zip code level!

Google & Outlook.com OAuth

Direct API connection to the ‘master’ calendar of users, plus fast, real-time updates and communications.

Returning User Recognition

Our system instantly recognises verified ECAL users (across clients), and their preferred calendar, for a very slick, ‘one-click’ subscription process.

CSS Styling

Override the look and feel of the standard widget options, by uploading custom CSS for a totally unique, on-brand design.

Facebook Pixel ID

Track ECAL conversions from your Facebook ad campaigns.

Social Sharing

Customise the social sharing message that appears for users following subscription, to increase viral spread.

The 8th ICC Champions Trophy in England has commenced, with the eight highest ranked ODI teams competing in the tournament that is second in importance only to the World Cup.

The ICC, International Cricket’s governing body chose ECAL to provide fans with its world-leading, dynamic ‘digital calendar’ service – to drive last-minute ticket sales, data collection and fan engagement.

‘Add to Calendar’ buttons on the Champions Trophy fixtures page allow fans to sync the complete tournament schedule or schedules of their favourite team(s), straight to their personal calendar program on mobile or desktop.

Fans are advised of the Ticket Availability Status (eg: ‘sold out’, ‘selling fast’, ‘available’) for each game, plus handy alerts, TV / social broadcast info, and ‘direct links’ to Live Streaming, Match Centre, Video, Merchandise and more.

Featuring ECAL’s latest ultimate ‘next generation’ widget, the world’s most advanced calendar marketing technology provides the ICC with high levels of customisation, more marketing power and smarter data insights (like geo-detection as standard), that is set to engage cricket fans across the globe.

Future ICC tournaments, including the upcoming Women’s World Cup will also be available soon.

Check out the feature on the official ICC website here, and stay up-to-date and connected.