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OpenSponsorship lands new capital to bring brands, athletes together

TechCrunch

Ishveen Anand grew up in England playing sports all of her life, including during her time at Oxford. However, what she found was that the process was inefficient — the sports world was slow-moving in terms of brands getting contracts with athletes. OpenSponsorship deals page.

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Draftea kicks off LatAm fantasy football with NFL partnership, fresh funding

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Draftea , which calls itself the first daily fantasy sports company in Spanish-speaking Latin America , is taking fantasy football (not fútbol) to the region in a new partnership with the National Football League (NFL) and the NFL Player’s Association, a labor union representing the league’s athletes.

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NEX raises $25M, launches Active Arcade to get people moving

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It also previously raised a $4 million seed round from Charmides Capital, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment Ventures and Mandra Capital, Steve Nash, Jeremy Lin and Mark Cuban in 2018. Many other leaders in sports, media and technology have also baked NEX. This latest round comes after NEX raised an $8.5

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How Infosys and Tennis Australia are harnessing technology for good

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It was also the motivator behind every presentation and technology investment discussion at this year’s Infosys APAC Confluence event. Tennis Australia was one of the first signatories of the UN Sports for Climate Change Action Framework globally five years ago. Such scale means improving sustainability for TA is a daunting task.

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Nothing But Net: Perficient Scores With Minnesota Timberwolves Partnership

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READ MORE: Learn About Perficient’s Brand Ambassadors and Partnerships Wow, it sounds like we have quite a few fantastic sports partnerships. With these strong partners, Perficient is reaching fans across the globe while showcasing our brand and sharing our love for competition and performance. Several reasons.

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The Subtle Details of Livestreaming Prime Video with Embedded CDNs

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It has been interesting to observe how professional sports have moved the transmission onto the internet instead of requiring their viewers to sit at home and watch their TV. Each viewer receives a separate stream of data, which means that as more users watch a live event, the load on the network increases.

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Daily Crunch: Hackers pinched LastPass customers’ encrypted password vaults, parent company admits

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Now here’s five more: Nothing but net : Kyle attended a Niantic event about NBA All-World to give you an inside look at why the Pokémon GO maker is trying its hand at sports. Money management, but juicier : Plum’s money management app is now in five more countries, Romain writes.

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