The new entity will be called PA SportsTicker and will build on SportsTicker's position as a major player in delivering real-time content to the North American market.
The two companies have had a long relationship in supplying content to each other and PA SportsTicker will continue to be a supplier of worldwide sport information to ESPN.
The deal represents UK-headquartered PA Sport’s first venture into the North American market.
SportsTicker’s client list includes Yahoo Sport, Microsoft, Sportsline.com and Fox Sports.
The company has more than 850 reporters feeding stories to various media platforms. It is officially licensed to distribute stats from MLB, the NBA, the NFL, the NHL and the PGA Tour.
SportsTicker's general manager Jim Morganthaler will remain at the head of the company in the role of ‘head of sport, US’.
Information provider PA Sport has agreed a deal to acquire US content firm SportsTicker from ESPN.
