Data Analytics

The Indian Premier League 2024 registered a record 510 million viewers for the first 51 matches of the tournament, broadcaster Disney Star announced, extrapolating data provided by the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC). 

This marks a 5% increase compared to the previous high recorded in 2019 for the same number of matches, the network declared. Additionally, the broadcaster asserted it has experienced an 18% increase from the previous edition in terms of total watch time, with viewers spending 356,000 million minutes.

Jul 28, 2022 17:07
FOR MORE THAN 100 years, the scarf has been the ultimate symbol of football fandom. It’s seen the highs and the lows; and captures the blood, sweat and tears of fans, week in and week out. On Wednesday, Manchester City, together with technology partner Cisco, shared an innovative upgrade to the scarf that purportedly allows a "better understanding of the emotion at the heart" of the world’s beautiful game.
Jul 19, 2022 19:07
NEW YORK: Engagement marketing solutions major KORE Software Tuesday announced the acquisition of London-based, fan data management, and digital marketing solutions provider, Sports Alliance. 
Jul 12, 2022 16:07
MUMBAI: Hansa Research announced Tuesday the appointment of Sandeep Ranade as executive vice president (EVP) & National head of Quantitative Research. 
Jul 11, 2022 17:07
MADRID: The 2022 Global MotoGP Fan Survey has now drawn to a close. Launched by MotoGP commercial rights holder Dorna Sports and Motorsport Network on 16 June, it was available in 15 languages across Motorsport Network’s flagship Motorsport.com website and motorcycle platforms. 
Jul 07, 2022 16:07
NEW YORK: Major League Soccer (MLS) has selected IMG Arena as its Official Data Distribution Partner after an extensive RFP process.  The long-term, global partnership will utilize the latest technology to drive the next generation of fan engagement in MLS and MLS NEXT Pro.
Jul 06, 2022 18:07
ZURICH: FIFA has announced that semi-automated offside technology will be used at the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar starting on 21 November, offering a support tool for the video match officials and the on-field officials to help them make faster, more accurate and more reproducible offside decisions on the biggest stage of all.
Jul 06, 2022 16:07
MUMBAI: Sportz Interactive (SI), the Mumbai-based digital sports fan engagement solutions provider, which began operations in 2002, turns 20 on July 10.
Jul 05, 2022 17:07
BENGALURU: Alyal Samal and Ashis Kumar Parida, final-year B.Tech students at NIT Rourkela, Odisha, have been declared the global winners in the ‘Football Hackathon– Data-Driven Players Performance Assessment’.  In addition, the team formed by graduated Andalusian engineers and mathematicians Alvaro Beltran, Sergio Cabezas, and Francisco Ruiz obtained the highest score among the participants from Spain.  
Jun 30, 2022 14:06
LONDON: Sports tech company Stats Perform Wednesday announced expanded capabilities in its PressBox platform that gives media a streamlined set of tools powered by AI to deliver content to fans.  Enhancements to PressBox Graphics, PressBox Live and PressBox Video enable access to data, historical context and mobile content creation on an integrated platform.
Jun 28, 2022 18:06
LONDON: Sports data and technology company Genius Sports Limited and Clue, a leading provider of intelligence and investigations software, have launched what is claimed to be the "most comprehensive integrity intelligence platform in world sport".