Mark Sweney
MediaGuardian
May 5, 2011 9:21 AM
Digital sports rights company Perform has reported a 51 percent rise in revenue to £21.7m in the first quarter, the first market update since the company floated on the stock exchange last month.
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Robert Andrews
Apr 7, 2011 6:09 PM
Online sports broadcaster and facilitator Perform Group may not have a high profile, but that’s about to change. It has set a share price of 260p in its upcoming IPO, giving it a hefty £586 ($955.58) million market cap (announcement).
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Robert Andrews
Mar 10, 2011 5:00 AM
Perform Group, an online sports broadcaster that is amongst the most effective but least known in the field, is planning to float on London’s main stock exchange to fund ongoing growth and acquisitions.
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Robert Andrews
Feb 23, 2011 7:01 AM
Digital sports content house Perform is buying up the Goal.com soccer site, as it looks to add a direct-to-consumer division to its business.
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Robert Andrews
Dec 6, 2010 6:37 AM
Last month, Reuters (NYSE: TRI) reported that UK-based sports webcaster Perform Group was considering a public flotation. Yesterday, The Sunday Times reported (via Reuters) it’s hired Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse to manage a New Year IPO to raise up to £200 ($312.41) million.
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Patrick Smith
Feb 4, 2009 12:35 PM
Having previously only licensed third-party publishers to broadcast its long list of live, online sports video rights on a white label basis, Perform is now playing a different ball game: building its own site. The rights holder today launches its first B2C site, Omnisport.tv, a part paid-for sports VOD portal…
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Patrick Smith
Jan 16, 2009 2:48 PM
—Perform: Online sports media rights distributor Perform has signed a five-year deal with broadcaster Matchroom Sports that will bring professional darts, snooker, pool and championship boxing to its online e-player, writes sportbusiness.com. It’s the latest addition to Perform’s list of online sports broadcast rights which include Premier League football, thanks…
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Robert Andrews
Sep 3, 2008 8:50 AM
—Ovo/Flypaper: Documentary maker Ovo has become the second big client announcement after MySpace for Flypaper.tv, an IPTV strategy consultancy started by former Ministry Of Sound TV head Assia Grazioli-Venier. Flypaper.tv will direct strategy for the programme maker; the pair are talking with MySpace and others about distribution. —Perform ads: Sports…
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Rafat Ali
Jun 7, 2008 5:00 PM
Perform Sales, the ad network arm of UK online publisher Perform, has acquired rival No. 9 Media for an undisclosed sum. The deal creates a a major UK player in sports media with combined online traffic of over 11.5 million monthly unique users and over 105 million monthly page impressions,…
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