Sportradar Confirms Acquisition of SportsData
December 2, 2013
Sportradar, anabolics one of the world’s leading suppliers of real-time sports solution, buy has acquired US data company SportsData it has been announced today.
The joining of the two companies forms a global leader in live sports products, health with comprehensive coverage across over 40 sports and 200,000 events.
Sportradar’s investment is a testament to the strong foundation and rapid growth of SportsData, whose customers include Google, Bleacher Report, Facebook and Twitter. SportsData will focus on providing an expanded product portfolio to media customers and fantasy sports companies. Sportradar, who serves more than 450 businesses in over 70 countries, will complement its European product portfolio with U.S. sports.
“This acquisition marks another important milestone in our endeavor to become the world’s leading global service provider for sports content and information,” said Carsten Koerl, Sportradar’s Group CEO. “With its state of the art infrastructure and its focus on technology, SportsData perfectly matches our strategy of continuously investing in technology and development to provide our customers with an unrivaled product and service quality.”
“Sportradar’s strong position in the European sports market, their experience in growing businesses as well as their financial backing, provide SportsData the perfect backing to continue to rapidly grow our company,” said Rob Phythian, CEO of SportsData.