Genius to provide ESPN with NCAA top-tier women’s basketball content

Genius Sports, official partner of the National College Athletics Association (NCAA), will provide data from the top-tier women’s basketball division to ESPN. The agreement with...

Genius details confidence in 2022 prospects in full year earnings report

Genius Sports recorded total revenues of $262.7 million in 2021, as the newly-NYSE listed sports tech and data firm details confidence in its trading...

Rainbow Sports to track African football development with new data centre

Rainbow Sports Global has detailed plans to track the commercial development of African professional football leagues via the launch of its ‘African Football Data...

Mid-American Conference establishes data deal with Genius Sports

Genius Sports has formed an official sports data, fan engagement and integrity partnership with the Mid-American Conference (MAC).  The MAC, a National Collegiate Athletic Association...

NBC’s Super Bowl LVI coverage hits ‘record’ 112.3 million viewers

The National Football League (NFL) has revealed that the Super Bowl LVI averaged an audience of 112.3 million viewers, and is the most-watched show...

Sportadar extends HBL betting and gaming partnership

Sportradar and Bundesliga-Handball (HBL) have extended their existing agreement, focused around fan engagement for sports followers and bettors, for a further six years.  Covering the...

Players vote to keep World Cup every four years in FIFPRO...

FIFPRO has revealed a 1,000-person survey that suggests 75% of men’s professional footballers want to keep the FIFA World Cup every four years. Following a...

Athletes Unlimited becomes latest Sportradar Integrity Services client

Sports tournament organiser Athletes Unlimited has partnered with Sportradar Integrity Services (SIS), identifying a need to safeguard its competitions due to increasing interest.  The multi-year...

Horse Racing Ireland reports ‘remarkable resilience’ post-pandemic

Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) has reported ‘growth, confidence and resilience’ following the COVID-19 pandemic, after suffering strict restrictions on attendee limitations. In its 2021 year-end...

Brendan Tinnelly joins Sportradar in newly created Head of Paid Social...

Brendan Tinnelly, a ‘highly experienced digital marketer’, has joined Sportradar as Head of Paid Social Advertising for its ad:s marketing performance platform.  The position will...