Genius Sports
Jahm Najafi on global sports investment trends
In this week's episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Jahm Najafi, chief executive of The Najafi Companies and vice chairman of the National Basketball Association's Phoenix Suns. Eric and Chris also discuss the recent deal in which venerable trading card entity The Topps Co. will become a public company, the continued growth of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), New York state enacting mobile sports betting, and the emergence of Genius Sports following its landmark agreement to acquire National Football League data rights.
NFL receives Genius Sports stock worth nearly $450m
League gains warrants for 22.5 million shares in addition to rights fees
Genius Sports unites activities under one brand ahead of going public
Specialist sports data and technology firm Genius Sports Group has today (Wednesday) unveiled a company rebrand that will unite its various entities under one identity
Genius Sports lands exclusive NFL data rights
League gets equity in London-based sports data and technology firm
Genius Sports adds Peruvian FA to Latin American live data portfolio
Sports data company Genius Sports Group has signed a long-term deal with the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) covering a range of club competitions
Pietroforte to spearhead Genius Sports’ growth ambitions
Sports data and technology provider Genius Sports Group has appointed Rob Pietroforte, vice-president at merchant bank the Raine Group, as its new director of mergers and acquisitions
Genius Sports Group appoints Turner veteran Levy as chairman
Experienced US sports media industry executive David Levy has been appointed the new chairman of sports data company Genius Sports Group
MLR strikes data, streaming partnership with Genius Sports
Major League Rugby has made its first significant move into the sports betting industry by striking a data and streaming partnership with sports data company Genius Sports
Genius serves up Lega Volley data and streaming agreement
Digital sports content and technology company Genius Sports Group has further enhanced its presence in volleyball by forming an exclusive official data and streaming agreement with Lega Volley, the governing…
Genius launches LiveStats for ice hockey market
Digital sports content and technology company Genius Sports Group has rolled out its LiveStats platform for use among ice hockey leagues and federations
Genius, WynnBET strike multi-state data partnership
Sports data and technology company Genius Sports has announced it has signed a multi-state official data partnership with WynnBET, Wynn Resorts’ online sports betting product.
Genius extends data agreement with NBL
Sports data and technology company Genius Sports has extended its data technology contract with Australia’s National Basketball League (NBL).
Genius Sports sues Sportradar in latest twist in Premier League data rights dispute
Betting data services company Genius Sports has sued rival data company Sportradar in the UK High Court in the latest twist to the companies’ ongoing legal dispute about the data rights to the English P…
SRX, Genius Sports strike official data partnership
Superstar Racing Experience, the new six-race, short-track motorsport series, has struck an exclusive data partnership with Genius Sports to launch its first official betting platform
Genius Sports files IPO statement, expects $145m revenue for 2020
Specialist sports data and technology firm Genius Sports Group has filed its registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as it moves to complete its merger with publicly-traded…
Genius Sports buys Sportzcast
UK-based data services provider makes first US acquisition
Genius Sports strikes betting data and streaming deal with Beach Soccer Worldwide
Sports data and technology company Genius Sports has secured the exclusive data and betting streaming rights for the Beach Soccer Worldwide series
Premier League data rights dispute to be heard by UK competition court
The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has dismissed an application from Football DataCo, the data rights-holder for the English Premier League, English Football League and Scottish Professional F…