Liga BBVA: FC Barcelona launch their BlackBerry Messenger Channel

News Tank Football - Paris - News #18879 - Published on 12/05/14 at 13:00

FC Barcelona (Liga BBVA) announced the launch of their official channel on BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), which will allow users to follow news from the Catalan club, on 30/04/2014.

FC Barcelona's channel on BBM gives subscribers access to information about the club and promotional offers via alerts sent to their mobiles or tablets. This channel is freely available in Catalan, Spanish and English on iOS, Android, and BlackBerry (RIM), and also allows users to use emoticons with images of Barcelona players.

"In the first four months of the year FC Barcelona have reached over 25m new followers on social networks," said Didac Lee, director of media and communications, and also head of new technologies for the club. "These figures show the passion with which fans around the world live Barcelona, and in real time. Now, with our official channel on BlackBerry Messenger, Barcelona fans will be able to enjoy club news even more, and at all times."

  • FC Barcelona are the most followed club in the world with more than 115m fans total on their social networks.
  • According to BlackBerry, 85m people…

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