The long- awaited sports data and technology partnership between International Basketball Federation ( FIBA) and the Genius Sports Group has been extended for another two years as stated by FIBA. The extension period of the partnership will serve to allow Genius Sports to gain more additional elite rights to issue FIBA live data to gambling operators, and also in opening its information system to more than 2000 FIBA certified games. FIBA governance announced the renewal of the partnership in Lausanne Switzerland. It also named Genius Sports the Official FIBA Data and Statistics League and Federation Partner.
With the extension of the partnership the national basketball federations and leagues will continue to have an advantage. The FIBA LiveStats tool and related services will bring significant value in sport growth and fan supervision. The French Basketball Federation (FFBB) and Argentina’s Association of Basketball Clubs is being aided by the Genius Sports in the monetization of their LiveStats data through the implementation of various data rights contracts. The FIBA Secretary General and International Olympics Committee (IOC) Member Patrick Baumann announced that they were happy to be in association with the newly- named Genius Sports.
He also added that he was also glad to be in collaboration with them in regards to their statistical and competition management tools for various federations and leagues worldwide. In addition to all that he said that the agreement was a sign that Genius Sports was committed to provide the FIBA family with the best technology solutions available in the market. The Genius Sports Chief Commercial, Nick Maywald also pointed out that the FIBA and IBF were totally committed to the growth of basketball all over the globe. He also said that they were looking forward to have more partnerships with other federal and leagues all over the world. This will make basketball one of the most popular sports in the community, Nick Maywald added.
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