Sports Betting
Tabcorp eyes Melbourne Cup domestic rights
Australian gambling and entertainment group Tabcorp has expressed interest in acquiring domestic broadcast rights to the Melbourne Cup, the country's showpiece horse racing event, according to multiple…
TDI engages Champion Data to power live data platform
Tennis Data Innovations (TDI) has appointed Champion Data to develop its Tennis Sport Data Platform (TSDP), which will enable it to ingest, merge and distribute multiple live data sources from across the…
Genius adds integrity remit to data deal with Indonesian Basketball League
Data, technology and broadcast services group Genius Sports has expanded its association with the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) by offering integrity services to tackle the threat of match-fixing…
Fanatics advances betting plans with $150m PointsBet US takeover
Sports retail company Fanatics has made its first major inroad into the betting market by agreeing a deal to acquire the US operation of global sports betting company PointsBet.
The $150m (€137.9
Whoop data to feed into UCI Mountain Bike World Series broadcasts
Fitness tracking technology provider Whoop has agreed a partnership with the UCI Mountain Bike World Series
Twenty First Group launches rankings of sports properties, athletes
Twenty First Group, the UK-based sports consultancy and data intelligence company, has unveiled a ranking of sports products that it says “stimulates debate about the health of sport today and how it c…
Sportradar records ‘solid’ start to 2023 as Q1 revenue hits €207.6m
Sports data and betting services company Sportradar has reported revenue of €207.6m ($228.1m) for the first quarter of 2023, a 24-per-cent increase on the same period in 2022.
Endeavor posts record revenue from owned sports unit, to pay first quarterly dividend
Endeavor, owner of the IMG and WME agencies, is to pay a quarterly dividend for the first time, beginning later this year, following a strong start to 2023 for the sports and entertainment giant
Bet365 pays out compensation to Danish sports stars in image rights case
Bet365, the online sports betting firm, has been ordered to pay millions of Danish Krone in compensation to some of the country's leading athletes for using their names and images on social media without…
Genius Q1 betting uplift compensates for dips in other segments
Data, technology and broadcast services group Genius Sports has posted a year-on-year revenue uplift of 13 per cent for the first quarter, fuelled by a significant increase in income from betting technology,…
Chinese Taipei FA looks to modernise domestic leagues with Genius deal
Sports data and betting services company Genius Sports has agreed a four-year official betting data, streaming and integrity deal with the Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA), the data rights-holder…
RMG generates £118m in media and data rights payments
Racecourse Media Group, the holding company responsible for media and data rights for a host of horse-racing destinations, has announced that it generated £117.6m (€133.3m/$147.1m
ATP to ramp up tracking data with full switch to electronic line calling
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) has announced that there will be Tour-wide adoption of the Electronic Line Calling Live (ELC Live) system from 2025, stating this will open up future commercialisation…
DraftKings to launch streaming service ‘in coming weeks’
Sports betting company DraftKings is reportedly planning to launch a free, ad-supported streaming video service
Yahoo acquires social sports betting app Wagr
Global technology company Yahoo has announced the acquisition of Wagr, the peer-to-peer sports betting app
World Aquatics calls in Sportradar Integrity Services to monitor water polo
The Sportradar Integrity Services arm of sports technology company Sportradar has further expanded its client portfolio by agreeing a two-year deal with World Aquatics
NWSL strengthens IMG connection with betting data, streaming rights deal
IMG Arena, the sports data and technology arm of the IMG agency, has secured the exclusive worldwide betting data and streaming rights for the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) and been appointed a…
Volleyball World nets FanCode deal, expands Stake.com sponsorship
Indian digital platform FanCode has secured a two-year exclusive media rights deal with Volleyball World, the commercial entity created by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) and private equity…