Daily fantasy sports site FanDuel is being taken over by U.K.-based betting house Paddy Power Betfair, a deal that will give one of Europe’s largest bookmaking companies access to the U.S. market in a new era of legalized sports gambling. Paddy Power Betfair agreed to pay $158 million for 61% of FanDuel. It will up […]
Tennis superstar Andy Murray wants to get more people in the UK playing his sport. So he’s investing in a startup called Deuce that will help users find nearby open courts at next-to-no cost. The app’s founder, Matt Willcocks, dubs it the “AirBnB for tennis.” Deuce was launched regionally as a pilot earlier this month […]
A facial-recognition app developed for a Japanese university student competition that can immediately access athlete profiles has caught the attention of Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic Committee. Eisuke Sugitani, 20 and a junior at Doshisha University in Kyoto, developed the idea that would allow users to direct their smartphones at the television and receive biographical information back. […]
NEW YORK — As cord cutting hits ESPN, the network is making a big push to seek out fans where they already congregate, producing content tailored specifically for Snapchat and streaming. For some of ESPN’s veteran hosts, this shift requires some adaptation. For newer faces, the format feels more natural. Scott Van Pelt, who joined the […]
Minor League Baseball (MiLB) has extended its official partnership with technology and payment service provider FIS Global through 2022. The deal will impact both fan experience and backend operations. The league will look to implement FIS’s payment and fan engagement technologies as the preferred payment and loyalty technology provider across MiLB’s 200-plus member teams. In […]
