Sony Corporation has announced that Sony welcomed STATSports Group, one of the industry leaders in athlete monitoring solutions and performance analysis, into their sports businesses, with the acquisition through a majority share of STATSports.
Founded in 2008, STATSports offers solutions that empower over 800 of the world’s top sports clubs including Arsenal FC, Liverpool FC, Manchester City, Juventus, national football teams such as England and Portugal, New Zealand All Blacks and South Africa Springboks in international rugby, as well as NFL’s Washington Commanders and MLB’s LA Dodgers. STATSports also provides a range of products to grassroots clubs and individual athletes.
With its accurate and reliable active tracking technologies including wearable devices with GPS, heart rate and accelerometer sensors, STATSports’ range of solutions provides more than 70 real-time metrics processed on-board for immediate feedback.
Sony’s sports businesses leverage sports data acquired through the marker-less optical tracking technologies of Hawk-Eye Innovations and KinaTrax, both Sony group companies, to deliver trusted solutions and insights for teams, athletes, and fans.
The products include trusted officiating services and new forms of entertainment content by visualization technology of Beyond Sports, also a Sony group company.
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