Covid-19's brutal impact on the global sports economy is forcing the pace of necessary change according to Two Circles chief executive Gareth Balch, who believes that while some properties will go to the…
Video | How real-time engagement creates new revenue opportunities for sport
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The Numbers Game: Big Data and the Business of Sport | Defining big data
The specific nature of on-field metrics has enabled sports analytics to come a long way in a comparatively short time: from goal expectancy and earned run average to strike rate and line breaks, almost every aspect of play and performance is now being tracked, benchmarked and fed into tactics, training programmes and transfer strategies by almost every major team in every major league worldwide.
Ares Management secures $150m Inter Miami investment as Claure, Son sell minority stakes
Inter Miami CF minority owners Marcelo Claure and Masayoshi Son have finalized the sale of their investments in the Major League Soccer team to Jorge and Jose Mas
Dortmund plans to raise €86m through new shares issue to offset pandemic losses
German Bundesliga team Borussia Dortmund has announced a capital increase via the issuance of over 18 million new shares as it attempts to counteract the losses accrued over the course of the Covid-19…
Mediaset shows signs of recovery with first-half results
Italy-based commercial broadcaster Mediaset has posted a net profit of €226.7m ($266.5m) for the first half of 2021, a significant increase on the same period in 2019.
Dorna CFO Aldama appointed as independent director of World Padel Tour
The World Padel Tour has named Enrique Aldama, the long-serving chief financial officer of MotoGP organiser Dorna Sports, as an independent director as it continues its push to become an international…
Francini: PE poses threat to agencies, but it won’t make them irrelevant
Ioris Francini, the former co-president of WME IMG, current chairman of IMG Media and now specialist commercial advisor to the sports industry, gives his take on the shifting dynamics in rights brokerage and distribution and the spate of private equity deals sweeping through sport. Ben Cronin reports.
Jaguars look to use Lawrence effect to transform fortunes on and off field
Thanks to the arrival of superstar quarterback Trevor Lawrence and the approval of a $120m football performance center, there is a renewed sense of excitement and optimism surrounding the Jacksonville Jaguars, as team president Mark Lamping tells SportBusiness.
Mediapro fights back after Ligue 1, Serie A setbacks and Covid
In his first major interview since the collapse of the media rights deals for France’s Ligue 1 and Italy’s Serie A, Mediapro founder Jaume Roures strongly defends the company’s approach in both markets and insists that neither deal fell through on concerns about Mediapro guarantees.
Sportradar looks ahead to accelerating future despite rocky IPO day
Shares in global sports data provider Sportradar fell more than 7 per cent in their first day of trading in the United States. But company officials remain resolute in their long-term growth prospects. US editor Eric Fisher reports.