With the Six Nations tournament well underway and the World Cup coming later this year, new research reveals that over half of rugby fans (52%) multi-task on their smartphones when they watch rugby at home on the TV and this ‘second-screening’ is not just a sofa habit, with 44% of fans also multi-tasking at the … [Read more…]
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