Following the announcement that keynote speaker Ben Jeffries will be headlining the fourth annual AffiliateFEST agenda, organisers Affiliate Insider have confirmed three new principal sponsors for the event, which is being held at the Hilton Hotel, Olympia on Wednesday September 19. Among the sponsors already agreed, newcomers Novibet, Videoslots and affiliate site – YourFreeBet.com are joining this year’s line-up in …
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Stockholm-listed industry affiliate marketing network, Catena Media maintains its strong 2018 momentum achieving a number of KPI ‘all-time highs’, as governance continues to diversify the company’s verticals and further seeks new market opportunities. Updating investors, Catena reports a group revenue increase of 65% to €50 million (H1 2017: €30 million), driven by growth across its organic and acquired network assets. …
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Nasdaq-listed Caesars Entertainment Corporation has released its ninth ‘Corporate Social Responsibility – CSR Report’, detailing its sustained commitment to its employees., communities and wider stakeholders. The US gambling group continues its corporate guidance under the ‘People, Planet, Play’ framework which seeks to deliver a positive corporate impact on society. ‘People, Planet, Play’ focuses on five core responsibility dynamics; improving employee …
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Reports are suggesting that The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) is going to follow the lead of the English Football Association, in cutting ties with gambling companies. The FAI’s current deal with Ladbrokes culminates this year, however a report in the Times is suggesting that Irish football’s governing body may cut the deal short in the same way the English …
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888 Holdings has confirmed that it will relocate Yaniv Sherman, current Head of Group Commercial Development to its New Jersey strategic office. Sherman will be tasked with expanding 888’s commercial opportunities within the radically changed US gambling market post PASPA. An 888 executive since 2007, Sherman has led group-wide commercial initiatives and projects, for the London-listed online gambling group B2B …
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This week’s 6 of the Best comes from Robin Hutchison, Director at Square in the Air. Read on to find out about cricketing craziness, a favourite album dilemma and a very good time at the races. Best Holiday Shelter Island in upstate New York at my mate’s pool house last summer. Beautiful place, great weather, and fabulous food. Watched Mayweather …
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The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has sanctioned new research exploring ‘whether some gambling products and environments are more harmful than others’. The study into gambling products and environments will be supervised by the Responsible Gambling Strategy Board (RGSB) and commissioned by industry charity GambleAware. The UKGC will seek to gather consumer information and data from industry stakeholders, focusing on understanding product …
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Last weekend with the help of UK sportsbook operator FansBet, Shrewsbury Town FC made history launching a safe standing area at the club’s all seater stadium. FansBet sponsored the campaign which was led Shrewsbury Town’s fan group, the Supporters’ Parliament, who pushed the case for 555 railing seats at the Montgomery Waters Meadow Stadium. Unfortunately for last season’s League One play-off …
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Betfred launches its ‘The Agony…The Ecstasy’ multi-media marketing campaign ahead of the start of the new English Premier League season (10 August 2018). The campaign has been developed by Liverpool-based creative marketing agency Zut Media and seeks to capture punters emotions for the start of a new football season. Betfred’s ‘The Agony…The Ecstasy’ has been launched across TV, radio and …
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Gaming software and services provider Nektan has unveiled a new deal with Yggdrasil, which will see content from the slot developer go live on its operated online casinos. Expanding its suite of games, Nektan details that this latest agreement “greatly increases the variety of games” at the disposal of its operator partners. Michael Byrne, chief operating officer of B2C at Nektan, commented: “We’re …
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