![]() Monumental Sports & Entertainment and spectator app 15 Seconds of Fame have extended their partnership to continue using an image-recognition system at Capital One Arena during Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals home games.įans at Capital One Arena can upload a selfie to the 15SOF mobile app to receive video clips of their faces when captured by broadcast TV cameras or in-stadium video boards. The biggest coup for Genius came in April when it struck a betting data deal with the NFL. The $200 million acquisition is the latest boost to Genius’s portfolio, which also acquired free-to-play gaming company FanHub earlier this week. The Los Angeles Clippers, whose owner Steve Ballmer is an investor in Second Spectrum, partnered with the company in 2018 to launch CourtVision, a platform for watching games with augmented reality overlays. ![]() “Adding additional fan engagement technology to our already diverse and cutting-edge portfolio of products and services will create compelling, unique content, that will transform user experiences and create additional revenue streams for our customers,” Genius Sports CEO Mark Locke said in a statement. The company’s cameras are placed in stadiums to calculate real-time movement of balls and players during play, generating data that can be used to engage fans during broadcasts or by sportsbooks to create new prop bets. The price will be paid in both cash and shares of Genius stock.įounded in 2013, Second Spectrum’s data tracking system is used by the NBA, MLS, and EPL. ![]() Player tracking technology company Second Spectrum has been acquired by Genius Sports, a leading betting data rights owner for major sports leagues, for $200 million. ![]()
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