Sportradar is one of the big beasts of the sports business, providing software, data and content through subscription and revenue share arrangements to sports leagues, betting operators and media firms. It serves more than 1,600 customers across 120 countries, including DraftKings, Twitter and ESPN, and is an official partner of the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League and the NASCAR. In 2001, it went public with an IPO on the NASDAQ , which valued the company at $8billion.

Our guest is Mike Falconer,  VP of Strategy, who was one of the stars of the Unofficial Partner Convergence event at Olympic Park in London last year.

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