Genius Sports has partnered with Premier League side Brentford FC for the introduction of an innovative live match augmented reality (AR) experience that leverages in-game data streams. Highlight replays during games will now feature AR information such as shot speeds, shot trails, player names and pitch maps. Gtech – Brentford FC’s stadium naming rights sponsor – will also have its …
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Genius Sports has announced that it will power growth with in-play trading services for BetKing. The KingMakers-owned Nigerian operator will benefit from the sports technology company’s portfolio of in-play content. Head of Business Development at Genius Sports, Will Westcott, commented: “Every year, we continue to invest in delivering the highest-quality trading services for the African market. “With the value of …
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Thomas Holland, Product Director at Genius Sports, outlines how automated trading technology is enabling operators to use real-time liabilities across correlated markets to drive margin growth at scale, reducing reliance on manual limit settings to minimise risk. _________________ In many ways, the growth of 24/7 betting content has been both a blessing and a curse. On one hand, the 250% …
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Genius Sports has informed investors that it will review the membership of the board of directors of the NYSE-listed sports, media, data rights, and technology group following the resignation of Gabriele Cipparrone. Effective from 8 April, Gabriele Cipparrone of the London-based private equity fund Apax Partners will resign, leaving Genius Sports’ board without a representative from Apax. The decision follows …
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SIS (Sports Information Services) has confirmed an extension of its agreement with Genius Sports by expanding the distribution rights of its esports products to a US audience. The SIS H2H Global Gaming League suite with over 150,000 matches on offer per year can now be accessed by Genius Sports’ US sportsbook network, significantly increasing the product’s reach. Professional esports games …
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HBA Media has partnered with Genius Sports to launch ‘Crown Jewels Racing Fantasy’ (CJRFantasy), aiming to make horse racing competitive in the world of sports broadcasting. CJRFantasy, the first international horse racing fantasy game, has been launched to help ‘unify the global horse racing calendar’, providing broadcasters and fans around the world with a new platform to improve their knowledge, and compete with each other …
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Genius Sports has launched its latest suite of free-to-play (F2P) games that will cater to operators’ customer acquisition and loyalty needs. The games will provide operators with access to light-touch activations for daily retention and weekend predictor tools, together with services that deliver bespoke gamification strategy design and custom game development capabilities – leveraging Genius’s lengthy experience in partnering with …
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Genius Sports Inc has entered a period of negotiations to extend its official betting data partnership with Football DataCo, the data rights holder of English and Scottish football. The exclusive agreement is still a subject to review and contractual approval by the Leagues and their teams. The ongoing contract is scheduled to run until the end of the 2024/25 season, …
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Genius Sports Inc celebrates its eighth consecutive quarter of growth, as its yearly revenue and earnings results surpass market expectations. In its full-year 2023 report released today, Genius Sports announces corporate revenues of $412m, marking a 21% increase from FY2022’s comparative results of $341m. The growth in headline revenues exceeds the NYSE betting technology, media, and data group’s expected revenue …
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Live betting provider SIS (Sports Information Services) has signed a distribution agreement with Genius Sports for the supply of the former’s Competitive Gaming product. More than 150,000 annual live events fall under the calendar of SIS’s Competitive Gaming solution, which can now be accessed through that global sportsbook network of Genius Sports. The content covers both e-soccer and e-basketball, with …
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