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Sportradar aims to raise $504m with IPO

SBC News Sportradar aims to raise $504m with IPO

Sportradar has confirmed its Initial Public Offering (IPO), with the aim of raising $504 million through floating of shares in addition to a further $159 million via concurrent private placements. The Swiss-based sports data and technology company will offer 19 million shares at a price range of $25 to $28, with the concurrent private placements taking place with Eldridge, entities …

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SBC Leaders: Why technology is an ‘enabler’ for player entertainment

Jette Nygaard-Anderson, Entain CEO

“Technology is all about what it can do to the player experience, how it generates excitement and even the social elements that it creates,” Jette Nygaard-Andersen, CEO of Entain, told SBC Leaders as she highlighted the ways technology can enable new consumer behaviours. In an exclusive interview with SBC Leaders, Nygaard-Andersen shone a light on the first six months as …

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Every sports content site is driven by video – why should betting be different?

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A seasoned marketing executive who previously headed up the sportsbook division at 888 Holdings, Yuval Benyamini joined content platform WSC Sports in February 2021 as Head of Betting Business Development. Fast forward just a few months and we learned that WSC Sports had teamed up with Sportradar to launch the sports betting sector’s first ‘Live Video Notification’ push service.  We …

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Austrian Tennis safeguards events with Sportradar integrity systems

SBC News Austrian Tennis safeguards events with Sportradar integrity systems

The Austrian Tennis Association has inked a two-year agreement with Sportradar Integrity Services for the monitoring of the Energie Burgenland ÖTV State Championships. As part of the collaboration, Sportradar Integrity Services will provide bet monitoring and reporting via its Universal Fraud Detection System (UFDS) for both the ladies’ and mens’ singles and doubles draws, as well as the tournament’s mixed doubles matches. The UFDS, which is already …

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SBC Digital Italia: Retail gambling faces its ‘adapt-or-die’ moment

SBC News SBC Digital Italia: Retail gambling faces its ‘adapt-or-die’ moment

Having observed Europe’s strictest national lockdown orders, Italy’s retail incumbents have reawakened to a myriad of new challenges, disrupting all components of their traditional business models. Day-One of the SBC Digital Italia Summit saw market experts shed light on the ‘adapt-or-die’ scenario of Italian gambling finally accepting its digital convergence as incumbents recognise that there will be no return to …

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Sportradar extends LNB contract to provide range of data and streaming services

SBC News Sportradar extends LNB contract to provide range of data and streaming services

Sportradar has strengthened its foothold in European sports, announcing a ‘comprehensive extended agreement’ with France’s basketball league, the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB). Beginning at the start of the 2021/22 season, the multi-year agreement will see Sportradar become the official data partner of the LNB, collecting and distributing the league’s in-game data through Synergy Stats. The new agreement will cover …

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Sportradar appoints Lynn S McCreary to strengthen legal team

SBC News Sportradar appoints Lynn S McCreary to strengthen legal team

Sportradar has strengthened its legal department by appointing Lynn S. McCreary as Chief Legal Officer, as the company continues to press ahead with international growth. McCreary brings over three decades of experience in legal, business and executive leadership roles to Sportradar, having worked at financial services and payments firm Fiserv for 11 years, serving in the capacity of CLO since …

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Sportradar renews ITTF deal to underscore global table tennis integrity

SBC News Sportradar renews ITTF deal to underscore global table tennis integrity

Sportradar Integrity Services has extended its partnership with the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), covering a range of global tournaments until 2023, building on a collaboration beginning in 2017. The multi-year contract renewal will see Sportradar use its Fraud Detection System (FDS) to monitor potentially suspicious betting activity at all events organised or sanctioned by the ITTF and its affiliates, …

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