Technology
Baazi Games to invest $5m in Indian gaming startups
Indian gaming company Baazi Games, owner of fantasy cricket game BalleBaazi, is planning to invest $5m (€4.5m) in new games-related companies.
Nugent: iX.co has attracted ‘sports adjacent’ clients since launch
The iX.co digital subsidiary conceived by the Infront agency has brought in new business from what it calls the “sports adjacent” sector after launching as a single entity in May.
Atrium Sports buys Cuban-backed analytics provider Synergy in ‘$90m’ deal
Atrium Sports has agreed a deal to acquire US-based sports analytics firm Synergy Sports Technology, whose biggest investor is Mark Cuban, billionaire owner of NBA basketball franchise the Dallas Mavericks
MLB report ties historic home run surge to ball seam height, batter behavior
Report from four-member team of scientists finds "manufacturing variability" at Rawlings
ITTF engages RigourTech for player review technology
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) will introduce a player review system for the first time at one of its events, with Chinese technology company RigourTech engaged to implement the system…
Manchester United eyes Chinese growth with wide-ranging Alibaba deal
English Premier League football club Manchester United has today (Friday) struck an agreement with Alibaba Group, through which a range of content will be distributed across the Chinese e-commerce company’s p…
NFL, Amazon Web Services team up for player health initiative
Collaboration to involve artificial intelligence, cloud computing
Eurovision Sport delivers Austrian skiing fantasy game, FIS game to launch
Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the European Broadcasting Union, and Scout Gaming, the fantasy sports technology company, have designed a fantasy game on behalf of the Austrian Ski Federation (ÖSV).
NBA launches chatbot service with GameOn
Technology company GameOn has partnered with North American basketball league the NBA to launch a new chatbot service through social media platform Facebook that aims to enhance the fan experience
NEP and EVS land Danish Superliga VAR contract
The Danish Superliga, the top tier of club football in Denmark, has appointed production company NEP and video technology firm EVS to supply its video assistant referee (VAR) system
Real Madrid’s global partnership with Microsoft helps club to 30 per cent digital revenue growth
Spanish football giants Real Madrid have grown digital revenues over 30 per cent over the course of five-year partnership with Microsoft, creating a digital marketing platform that allows the club to engage with, and learn from, it's 450 million-strong global fanbase.
Free access to CPL’s Opta-driven fan data platform
The Canadian Premier League is providing free public access to the data collected by Stats Perform, the sports technology company, through the new ‘Centre Circle Data’ programme.
Dutch Basketball League engages Genius for streaming and data platform
Sports data and technology company Genius Sports has been selected by the Dutch Basketball League (DBL) to launch its first live streaming and data platform
Sportradar to continue to fuel DraftKings offering
US daily fantasy sports (DFS) operator DraftKings has agreed a long-term extension to its partnership with sports data and content provider Sportradar
ATP Tour serves up new app developed by Infosys
Men’s tennis competition the ATP Tour has released a new mobile app that has been designed with the support of Infosys, the India-based technology company.
DTM unveils hydrogen-fuelled electric racing concept
DTM has become the latest motor-racing series to embrace the concept of electric racing by spelling out a vision for a new championship that could see touring cars race at Formula One speeds
Cisco lands IT services deal for forthcoming SoFi Stadium
The operators of the forthcoming SoFi Stadium outside of Los Angeles have struck a partnership with global technology giant Cisco for the company to become the official IT network services partner of the…
FeedConstruct unveils basketball data collecting tool at Sportel Monaco
FeedConstruct expands its Live Scouting offering with a new tool for accurate and in-depth basketball data collecting