Under the deal, in addition to collecting and databasing data from grounds, Press Association Sport will have the worldwide supply rights to the information. They will also work with STATS, the Chicago-based sports information provider, as an exclusive data supply partner in North America and Japan.
Football DataCo, set up by the leagues to provide data services, granted the contracts following a tender process which also saw Satellite Information Services (SIS) – data and programming supplier for the betting industry - given the exclusive rights to supply football data into the betting sector.
“The relationship between Press Association Sport and DataCo/ the Leagues set a template for sports handling the specifics of their own data sales and development – a template that is now being used elsewhere in the sporting world,” said David Folker, general manager of Football DataCo. “We are also excited by the prospects of the new relationship with SIS a market leader in the provision of sporting data to the betting industry, this marks a new departure in the development of DataCo.”
Ian Campbell, managing director of Press Association Sport, added: “We are absolutely delighted and privileged that football has placed such faith in our ability to collect, manage and monetise its data worldwide. The DataCo relationship is at the heart of our business and we will do all in our power to repay that faith by not only meeting, but exceeding expectations.”
Press Association Sport has worked with Football DataCo on gathering and supplying data since DataCo’s formation by the football leagues in 2001.
