Stats Perform recruits new CPO and adds darts and esports to live service
CS:GO esports tournaments and darts PDC Home Tour to be made available worldwide
Stats Perform has sealed agreements which will bring esports and darts to its live streams for its global Watch&Bet service.
In esports, Stats Perform will deliver hundreds of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) streams over the following months, starting with qualifier series for the BLAST Spring Series Showdown on 30 April.
A brand-new tournament, BLAST Rising, developed in association with Stats Perform’s rights team, will run from 4 May and promises to provide the fastest available stream to the esports betting market.
The move to bring live darts to the platform has been secured with the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Home Tour.
The PDC Home Tour sees elite darts players competing live from their homes each night, in a novel way to combat the social distancing measures in place due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Alex Rice, Stats Perform chief rights officer, said: “We are pleased to bring these new properties to the licensed betting market, and help our clients during a period when high quality live action is at a premium.
“Live streams help bettors make more informed betting decisions and create a more complete betting entertainment experience, and we are working hard to find and develop more quality properties that will have a similar impact during this period.”
Elsewhere, Stats Perform has hired former IBM executive Nancy Hensley as its new chief product and marketing officer.
Hensley will oversee the supplier’s teams that focus on innovation across technology and sportsbook.
Hensley held several positions at IBM since joining in 1999, including director of strategy and growth for IBM Hybrid Cloud and director of offering management.
Prior to that, Hensley served as a senior project manager for McDonald’s, focusing on operations technology.
Speaking on her assumption of the role, Hensley noted that she was joining a team with “some of the best talent” in the industry.
Hensley added: “I am thrilled to be joining an impressive team that is driving the sports tech industry forward with leading technology and software platforms.
“I look forward to leveraging the unique combination of our data, along with some of the best talent in sports data science to build some exceptional customer products and experiences,” she added.