Sportrtadar signs major partnership with NFL teams

Sportrtadar signs major partnership with NFL teams

Sportradar signs groundbreaking agreements with New York Jets, Baltimore Ravens to maximize teams’ sports betting-related performance.

Press release.- Sportradar, a leading global provider of sports betting and sports entertainment products and services, today announced strategic partnerships with the New York Jets and Baltimore Ravens to support their efforts in maximizing sponsor performance and unlocking new opportunities for their partners in the rapidly growing legal sports betting category.

These new alliances mark the first-time major U.S. professional sports teams have partnered with a sports technology company to address these types of marketing needs in such an innovative manner.

Sportradar will utilize ad:s, its full service, data-driven marketing solution, to help each team enhance and refine their sponsorship and affiliate marketing strategies for legal sports betting partners.

The company is specifically delivering technology that will inform dynamic creative assets and produce data-driven content to be featured in programmatic advertising campaigns, in the interest of personalizing the fan experience and deepening the degree of engagement.

This disruptive approach will also create efficiencies in sponsorship activations and increase the effectiveness of customer acquisition initiatives.

What Sportradar expects from the partnership

“Sportradar is thrilled to be working with the Jets and the Ravens on this strategic initiative in the ever-evolving US market,” said Mike Smith, Head of Advertising, US, Sportradar.

“Legalized sports betting presents new and unique opportunities for teams, as well as betting operators, and the Jets and Ravens are taking a step in raising the value of their brands for their respective betting sponsors. Our end-to-end platform provides each team a number of levers they can pull to ensure they’re delivering a personalized experience based on their distinct fanbases, while maximizing their marketing investment,” he added.

With the continued expansion of legal sports betting in the US, finding an innovative technology partner that knows how to navigate the fragmented marketplace and uncover potential areas for growth is paramount.

Sportradar, has deep expertise in both areas and strong relationships across the sports betting and sports entertainment ecosystem, is uniquely positioned to help businesses maximize the wide range of opportunities brought about by legalized sports betting.

The teams’ expectations

“This innovative relationship with Sportradar will allow the New York Jets to optimize the overall performance of our legal sports betting partners, both inside and outside of our ecosystem,” said Jeff Fernandez, New York Jets Vice President, Business Development + Ventures

“The ability to engage, acquire, convert and retain customers in this super competitive and rapidly growing space is of the highest priority for operators.  Sportradar’s proprietary technology and expertise in reaching sports bettors via predictive analytics will be extraordinarily valuable to Official LSB Sponsors of the Jets.” 

Ravens Chief Sales Officer Kevin Rochlitz, added: “As we continue increasing our visibility in the world of sports betting and digital gaming, the Baltimore Ravens are honored to be among the first NFL teams to partner with an industry leader in Sportradar.”

“Through its unmatched sports data intelligence, Sportradar provides an efficient and robust outlet for our partners to better engage with and cater to fans in this rapidly evolving industry.”

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