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Opta Sports partners with Sixty to deliver enhanced data powered services to broadcasters worldwide
The partnership will deliver engaging, interactive sports video broadcast experiences combining on-screen clickable graphics technology from Sixty with Opta’s comprehensive sports data services to deliver greater value and ensure more immersive sports viewing experiences. Opta becoming a certified data partner of Sixty enables broadcasters to leverage the power of live data and respond to the ever growing demand for interactive mobile video and OTT streaming services.
“Sixty’s Ease Live solution combined with our proven experience in collecting, collating and editorialising a diverse pool of live sports data, we have the perfect tools to radically enhance the way broadcasters deliver sports video experiences,” said Adam Bowley, Head of Broadcast Data Services, at Opta Sports. “We look forward to Opta and Sixty providing fans with the best possible broadcast, and OTT, sports experiences.”
“Our partnership responds to the need for broadcasters, content owners and distributors to engage with future audiences by unifying all relevant data and video into one seamless user experience,” said Kjetil Horneland, CEO of Sixty. “By supplying Opta Sport’s market-leading, live sports analytics within our Ease Live solution, broadcasters can now respond to the growing demand for non-linear viewing by enabling viewers to explore, play, interact and communicate with the sports content they know and love.”
Ease Live: a flexible solution that unifies the linear and online TV experience with a consistent brand and design, providing on-screen graphics that come to life in the hands of the audience by making them “viewer clickable” across all devices. The product can be used by any broadcast system or online video platform and integrates seamlessly into current workflows.
Further information on Sixty and its products is available at http://www.sixty.no or by phone at +47 91 72 56 01
Note to editors: Sixty will be attending IBC this year, showcasing a number of products and partnerships. Please get in touch with Andy Horden, andy@platformcomms.com, +44 207 486 4900.
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About Opta Sports
Opta is a world-leading global provider of live, detailed sports data. Part of Perform Content, a division of Perform Group, detailed Opta data is used by the world’s leading sports broadcasters, digital media outlets, governing bodies, clubs, bookmakers, brands and sponsors. We collect, package, analyse and distribute more live data, in more detail, than anyone else, bringing an added dimension to the world of sport.
About Sixty
Sixty (www.sixty.no) empowers broadcasters, operators and content owners to stand out in the rapidly changing, competitive world of multi-platform TV with solutions that make TV look good and feel right to demanding global audiences. Developed by teams of graphic, broadcast design professionals and developers – a talent pool unique to our industry – Sixty wraps content in a compelling look and feel to drive viewers to broadcasters’ programming. Sixty enables easy implementation of interactive TV, and allows users to quickly design and launch television experiences across any platform or device including linear, web, mobile phones, and tablets. Based in Norway, Sixty innovation creates the Future of Television by delivering rich TV Experiences that make a critical first impression on all-important viewers.
Sixty Media Contacts:
David Bramley
Platform Communications
Tel: +44 207 486 4900
Email: david@platformpr.com
Henriette S. Sæther
Chief Commercial Officer
Tel: +47 976 02 236
E-mail: henriette@sixty.no
LONDON, UK and BERGEN, Norway ― 22 August, 2017, Sixty, today announced that it has partnered with world-leading live sports data company, Opta Sports, to enable its broadcasting customers to leverage Opta’s sports data analytics through Sixty’s interactive TV solution, Ease Live.
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