Matchroom Sport has secured a deal with ITV, which will see some of darts and snooker’s flagship events broadcast on the free-to-air terrestrial network. Some of the flagship events from darts and snooker will be broadcast on free-to-air terrestrial network television, following a deal between Matchroom Sport and ITV. The contract, that was also signed by the Professional Darts Corporation …
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Sportradar has been selected as the official video and data distribution partner to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), in an eight-year agreement running from 2021 to 2028. The global data and video rights deal, which was negotiated by Football Marketing Asia (FMA), will see Sportradar collect and distribute audio-visual content and match-related data from AFC national team tournaments and club …
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Sporting Solutions’ customers will gain access to fully automated pricing and risk management solutions for in-play tennis, with official data for the WTA Tour supplied by Stats Perform. Last month, Stats Perform acquired the exclusive rights to distribute umpire data for its tour from 2021-2026. Using this data, Sporting Solutions will supply in-play pricing for approximately 80 tournaments held annually …
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Stats Perform will distribute content from the European Handball Federation’s (EHF) premium Club and National Team competitions to licensed sportsbook operators via its Watch&Bet streaming service. As part of the 10-year agreement, Stats Perform will stream more than 500 handball matches per season which will be made available to the data provider’s betting partners. Stats Perform Chief Rights Officer Alex …
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Stats Perform has backed up its landmark data deal with the WTA Tour by reaching a six-year agreement with GVC Holdings, soon to become Entain Plc. As part of the deal, it will provide a new and exclusive, official WTA tennis data service enabling in-play bets to be placed across GVC, whose sportsbook brands include bwin, Coral, Crystalbet, Eurobet, Ladbrokes, …
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Stats Perform has continued its strong commercial momentum by confirming that it has become lead data distributor and AI innovations partner for New Zealand Cricket (NZC). Under the agreement, Stats Perform’s analytics unit Opta will lead NZC data collection and insights, revitalising syndicated NZC match data for commercial and integrity purposes, and providing a greater depth of match insights and …
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Stats Perform has been commissioned to undertake a sweeping reform of the WTA’s AI and data capabilities, enhancing professional women’s tennis’ commercial opportunities. Marked as a ‘landmark agreement for women’s sport’, Stats Perform will take charge of the WTA data feed arrangements, content distribution and AI-driven innovations, to bolster the commercial capacity of WTA syndicated matches and events for broadcast, …
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Stats Perform has pledged its full support for the announcement made by the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA), who this morning issued a set of minimum standards governing the procedures for the collection of sporting event data for betting. The auditing process, said IBIA, will be conducted by industry specialist eCOGRA, while those parties that pass that independent audit will …
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Delivering the keynote for the Sports Integrity track at the Betting on Sports Europe – Digital conference and exhibition, FIFA Head of Integrity Ennio Bovolenta spoke about the federation’s steps to protect football from match manipulation and promote integrity. The ‘Protecting the Beautiful Game’ session, sponsored by Stats Perform, outlined FIFA’s role to prevent outside influences from affecting the sport. …
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Stats Perform will retain the worldwide exclusive live betting streaming rights for Matchroom Multi Sport and PDC TV events after the data supplier extended its partnership with the sporting event promotions company. The five-year deal, which builds upon a long-term partnership between Stats Perform and Matchroom, will cover some of the biggest tournaments in sport from the Mosconi Cup, World …
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