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Last February, Better Collective, global gaming’s biggest media group completed its €176m acquisition of Playmaker Capital, diversifying its media portfolio once more to take leadership in South American markets. Ahead of the inaugural SBC Summit Rio (5-7 March), Simon Hovmand-Stilling, CEO of Better Collective South America details no compromise in the strategy to take Brazil’s top spot, building its most …

Magnus Linder, Director of Northwest Europe for Better Collective A/S, opens up on the latest developments for the company, including acquisitions, strategy and its vision to become a preferred partner and industry leader. ________________ SBC: Last summer you acquired four Swedish websites from the Everysport Group: SvenskaFans.com, Hockeysverige.se, FotbollDirekt.se and Innebandymagazinet.se. Circa six months on from that deal, what have …

Better Collective has announced the completion today of its acquisition of Toronto-based sports media group Playmaker Capital. The brand owns and operates a number of sports media brands in the Americas.  Simultaneously, Better Collective’s Board of Directors has “resolved to increase the company’s share capital with nominally EUR 17,554.29”. Accordingly, 1,755,429 new ordinary shares, each with a nominal value of …

Better Collective A/S has confirmed the appointment of Guy Harding as Senior Director of Group Media Partnerships at the Stockholm-listed global betting and gaming media publisher. An expert in all disciplines related to player acquisition, partnership management, and campaign ROI, Harding joins Better Collective from iGaming media network Legend, where he most recently served as Commercial Director. Updating media, Better …

This November, Better Collective executed its second biggest M&A acquiring Playmaker Capital for €196m, a deal which significantly amplifies its media network for sports audiences across South American markets. Simon Hovmand-Stilling, Better Collective CEO of South America, tells SBC of the active commercial opportunities on-boarded by the Playmaker acquisition and how Better Collective will apply its most diverse and localised …

Better Collective A/S maintains its full-year financial targets, reporting on its most eventful quarter in business, executing strategic M&As, opening its new office in Copenhagen, and finalising its dual-listing on the Danish Nasdaq. Publishing its Q3 trading update, Better Collective registered corporate revenues of €75m, up 26% on 2022 comparative results of €60m. Investors were informed that recurring revenues accounted …

Better Collective A/S has struck definitive terms to acquire Toronto TSX-listed Playmaker Capital for a total consideration of €176m. Executing its second-largest M&A transaction, Better Collective will expand its media network across North and South America, taking control of Playmaker’s extensive coverage of sports portals including FutbolSites, Yardbarker, and The Nation Network. Of distinction, Playmaker’s media portfolio attracts over “200 …

Playmaker Capital’s media business, Futbol Sites, has been named a media partner of Chilean women’s football tournament, the National Women’s Championship 2023. The company has also secured the position of streaming partner for professional football teams, Colo Colo and Universidad de Chile.  This will see Futbol Sites’ Chile-based media property, Redgol, now lead the partnerships and livestream productions. On the …

Playmaker Capital has made three senior hires, two in its Latin America team and one in its US division, as it targets an enhanced presence across the Americas. Joining the group’s Buenos Aires HQ of its Futbol Sites brand are Agustín Gutiérrez Scussel and Matias Paget, taking on responsibilities as Chief Technology Officer and Head of Digital Product respectively. Scussel …

Toronto-listed sports media publisher Playmaker Capital has significantly bolstered its Mexican and Hispanic sports presence by acquiring all assets of the JuanFutbol network.  Playmaker announced to the TSX market that it had agreed to take control of JuanFutbol’s portfolio of digital assets that has garnered over six million followers across the YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook platforms. Each month, JuanFutbol …