Tag Archives: Conleth Byrne

Cheltenham Festival: a roaring success or room for improvement?

SBC News Cheltenham Festival: a roaring success or room for improvement?

Cheltenham Festival is arguably one of the biggest events in the betting calendar. With 200,000+ bettors descending on the racecourse over a five day period, and even more watching the racing unfold on TV, is it an attractive proposition for sports betting companies? Conleth Byrne, Product Director at SIS, and Alex Beecham, Managing Director of Checkd Media, gave SBC News …

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SportyStuffTV strikes ‘major milestone’ with SIS South African racing deal

SBC News SportyStuffTV strikes ‘major milestone’ with SIS South African racing deal

SIS and SportyStuffTV have revealed that they will be broadcasting live horse racing from South Africa from 4 April. Coverage will include racing from Durbanville, Fairview, Kenilworth, Turffontein and Vaal in a twelve-week transmission trial. Furthermore, SportyStuffTV has outlined that its schedule will change to accommodate three South African race meetings per week: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings. Conleth Byrne, …

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SIS promotes Conall McSorley to oversee global racing product

SBC News SIS promotes Conall McSorley to oversee global racing product

Conall McSorley has moved up the ranks of SIS (Sports Information Services), taking on the responsibilities of Head of International Horse Racing.  Having joined the live betting services supplier earlier this year, McSorley has been working for SIS in the capacity of Commercial Manager for the UK and Europe. In his new position, McSorley will focus on driving growth for …

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How Esports Designed For Betting Can Drive Superior Margins

SBC News How Esports Designed For Betting Can Drive Superior Margins

Esports is one of the fastest growing betting verticals, and according to a recent report from Valuates Reports, the global esports betting market is projected to reach $1.8bn by 2026, up from $692m in 2019. However, despite the significant growth in the value of the esports betting market, margins remains a key challenge for many betting operators.  To delve deeper …

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HUDstats and SIS agree multi-year esports betting data partnership

SBC News HUDstats and SIS agree multi-year esports betting data partnership

Esports data analytics firm HUDstats has partnered with Sports Information Services (SIS) the multi-channel supplier of 24/7 live betting services, to deliver “actionable, real-time data for esports betting purposes”.  Under the terms of the collaboration, HUDstats will use its proprietary Advanced Video Analysis (AVA) technology to collect, standardise and distribute accurate esports data from SIS’ e-basketball and e-soccer streams for …

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SIS announces senior internal promotions to accelerate product portfolio  

SBC News SIS announces senior internal promotions to accelerate product portfolio  

Sports Information Services (SIS) has reorganised its senior management team, as part of its ongoing diversification and international growth strategy.   The supplier of 24/7 live betting services has confirmed the promotion of Head of Trading, Adam Conway, to the newly formed role of Head of Competitive Gaming. A 20-year trading specialist, Conway will be charged with overseeing the full operation …

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SIS launches 24/7 CS:GO content following Oddin.gg deal

SIS launches 24/7 CS:GO content following Oddin.gg deal

SIS will expand the capabilities of its Competitive Gaming esports betting product after agreeing a new partnership with Oddin.gg. Oddin.gg will supply its odds and trading support, which includes an end-to-end package of live streamed videos, commentary, on-screen graphics with betting triggers and data. This extended product range will be used to support the “major launch of round-the-clock Counter Strike …

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Racing Post Greyhound Bet upgrades portfolio with SIS footage

SBC News Racing Post Greyhound Bet upgrades portfolio with SIS footage

The Racing Post Greyhound Bet website has expanded its race offering after confirming that all UK races broadcast on the SIS platform will be available to view via an expanded archive. The archive had previously been limited to races broadcast on RPGTV. However, following a series of upgrades, the archive will now feature the full SIS inventory from the past …

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CEO’s to exchange ‘controversial’ World Cup views at Betting on Football

CEO panel - Copyright: donfiore / 123RF Stock Photo

Gambling bosses preparing to appear at next week’s Betting on Football show have promised ‘controversy’ when they take to the stage for the headline CEO panel.   Taking place at 4pm on Thursday 22 March, Mr Green CEO Jesper Kärrbrink, mybet CEO Markus Peuler, BetBright CEO Marcus Brennan and The Football Pools managing director Conleth Byrne, will discuss the topic …

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Sportech agrees to sell Football Pools for ‘£83 million cash’ to OpCapita PE

SBC News Sportech agrees to sell Football Pools for '£83 million cash' to OpCapita PE

Updating the market, Sportech Plc has confirmed that it has entered a ‘conditional agreement’ to sell its Football Pools division for £83 million to ‘FP Acquisitions Limited’ a newly created company controlled by the funds of London private equity firm OpCapita. Seeking deal clearance, Sportech governance will now present the cash offer to its investors for approval. The Sportech board …

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