Tag Archives: ASAP Italia

Catena says ciao to Italy following €19m media divestment

Catena Media

Catena Media has shed further insight into the full sale of its sports betting and casino media assets for Italy. The transaction was announced this morning, separate from its Q3 trading update, in which Catena detailed continued revenue declines as it transitions its North American network from cost-per-acquisition (CPA) contracts to a revenue share model. A deal to sell its …

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Catena gains Italian Vision with ASAP Sports acquisition

SBC News Catena gains Italian Vision with ASAP Sports acquisition

Industry affiliate marketing network Catena Media enters the Italian online betting market confirming that it has acquired digital sports media publisher ASAP Italia for a total consideration of €16 million. Updating the market, Catena governance has put forward €12.5 million cash deal to acquire all ASAP portals and lead generation services. Furthermore, the Stockholm-listed enterprise will add ‘€3.5 deferred consideration’ …

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Sportito introduces Chatbot in fantasy sports first

SBC News Sportito introduces Chatbot in fantasy sports first

Sportito has become the first daily fantasy sports (DFS) provider to introduce a Chatbot – a computer program designed to stimulate intelligent conversations and actions over the internet – to its users. The Sportito IT team has developed the platform with an innovative robotics system, which includes important characteristics such as allowing users to play on Sportito directly via Chatbot. …

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Five top class London venues for networking focused Betting on Sports

London venues

Betting on Sports 2017 (12-15 September) will deliver an unrivalled source of networking and business opportunities across five top class London venues. Starting with a pre-registration event at Hilton Olympia Hotel on Tuesday 12 September, which includes networking drinks and Champions League football, #boscon2017 delegates can take advantage of the full industry gathering with numerous opportunities to learn from the …

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Strongest ever speaker lineup for next week’s Betting on Sports

Speaker lineup

There’s just one week left to secure your ticket to Betting on Sports 2017 (12-15 September), an event stocked with the strongest lineup of speakers the sports betting industry has ever seen. Next week Olympia Conference Centre will open its doors to more than 1,200 high-level delegates, including representatives of more than 120 operators, 80 high-level affiliates and hundreds of …

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ASAP Italia confirms appointment of Paolo Farinella as new CTO

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ASAP Italia, the company behind new DFS platform Sportito, has confirmed the appointment of Paolo Farinella as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Farinella will be responsible for leading the technological development for ASAP Italia across Sportito, Bettingrunner, Superscommesse, and a portal dedicated to citizen journalism, Super News. Farinella’s experience in working with top brands such as eBay will help …

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Riccardo Mittiga: DraftKings and FanDuel merger opens doors

SBC News Riccardo Mittiga: DraftKings and FanDuel merger opens doors

Last week’s merger between DFS giants DraftKings and FanDuel was the first major piece of consolidation in the fantasy sports arena. But what are the implications in Europe? Riccardo Mittiga, CEO of ASAP ITALIA and founder of DFS operation Sportito believes that there are huge opportunities now for a nimble operator. SBC: DraftKings and FanDuel have finally merged – was …

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Sportradar forms strategic DFS joint-venture with ASAP Italia

SBC News Sportradar forms strategic DFS joint-venture with ASAP Italia

Expanding its product portfolio and services within the European online betting sector, sports data and insights provider Sportradar has announced that it has entered a strategic joint-venture with ASAP Italia, the operator of leading Italian betting player portal Superscommesse.it. Updating the market Sportradar informs that partnership will aim to develop a ‘new frontier’ for sports betting in the form of …

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