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'''STATS''' was founded in 1981. As of 2015, it has expanded to become a global company and is the world's largest sports technology, data, and content company. Its stated mission is to revolutionize the way sports contests are viewed, understood, played and enjoyed. It was founded on April 30, 1981<ref name="timeline">[http://biz.stats.com/timeline.asp STATS website: Timeline]</ref> by John Dewan,<ref>[http://www.actasports.com/detail.html?id=9780879463670 ACTA Sports: The Bill James Handbook 2009]</ref> who became the company's CEO. STATS was an outgrowth of the grassroots non-profit [[Project Scoresheet]], a volunteer network created to collect [[sabermetrics|baseball statistics]], prompted by a suggestion made by [[Bill James]], who later joined STATS for a time.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Keep Score, Project Scoresheet–Style|url = https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/baseball-hacks/0596009429/ch01s04.html|first = Safari Books|last = Online}}</ref>
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'''STATS''' is a sports technology, data, and content company. It was founded on April 30, 1981<ref name="timeline">[http://biz.stats.com/timeline.asp STATS website: Timeline]</ref> by John Dewan,<ref>[http://www.actasports.com/detail.html?id=9780879463670 ACTA Sports: The Bill James Handbook 2009]</ref> who became the company's CEO. STATS was an outgrowth of the grassroots non-profit [[Project Scoresheet]], a volunteer network created to collect [[sabermetrics|baseball statistics]], prompted by a suggestion made by [[Bill James]], who later joined STATS for a time.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Keep Score, Project Scoresheet–Style|url = https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/baseball-hacks/0596009429/ch01s04.html|first = Safari Books|last = Online}}</ref>
STATS provides sports technology, data and content to multimedia platforms, television broadcasters, leagues and teams, fantasy providers and players as well as major B2B and B2C brands. STATS also offers Associated Press editorial content and maintains relationships with many major sports leagues worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Evolution of STATS LLC And Its Place In The Sports Technology Landscape|url = http://www.sporttechie.com/2015/04/16/the-evolution-of-stats-llc-and-its-place-in-the-sports-technology-landscape/|website = SportTechie|accessdate = 2015-07-16}}</ref>


Using a proprietary system of sports data collection and processing, STATS covers more than 300 leagues and competitions across the globe for a total of 83,000 events annually.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title = With clients like the NBA and Google, STATS is the coolest data company you&#039;ve never heard of|url = http://www.builtinchicago.org/2014/02/25/clients-nba-and-google-stats-coolest-data-company-youve-never-heard|website = Built In Chicago|accessdate = 2015-07-16}}</ref>
STATS provides content to multimedia platforms, television broadcasters, leagues and teams, fantasy providers and players as well as major B2B and B2C brands. STATS also offers Associated Press editorial content and maintains relationships with many major sports leagues worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Evolution of STATS LLC And Its Place In The Sports Technology Landscape|url = http://www.sporttechie.com/2015/04/16/the-evolution-of-stats-llc-and-its-place-in-the-sports-technology-landscape/|website = SportTechie|accessdate = 2015-07-16}}</ref> They cover more than 300 leagues and competitions across the globe for a total of 83,000 events annually.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title = With clients like the NBA and Google, STATS is the coolest data company you&#039;ve never heard of|url = http://www.builtinchicago.org/2014/02/25/clients-nba-and-google-stats-coolest-data-company-youve-never-heard|website = Built In Chicago|accessdate = 2015-07-16}}</ref>


STATS is headquartered outside of Chicago, Illinois, with offices globally.<ref name=":1" />
STATS is headquartered outside of Chicago, Illinois, with offices globally.<ref name=":1" />


==Unique Data==
==Products==
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X-Info™: Provides detailed summaries of events that occur in a game and integrated them with traditional play-by-play coverage to create its content, which includes information used by sports operations in a variety of formats, including coaching, front office and scouting. X-Info is available for NFL, NCAA Football and the MLB.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Football Is Closer to Becoming Moneyball Than You May Think (NWS)|url = http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/03/05/nfl-big-data.aspx|website = www.fool.com|accessdate = 2015-06-30|first = Jake|last = Mann}}</ref>


STATS provides several products to leagues, teams, and the media.
SportVU®: Uses player tracking data to bring fans next-generation statistics, including real-time player and ball positioning, by extracting and processing X, Y and Z coordinates through software and statistical algorithms. SportVU's speed, distance and possession data provides key insights and analysis points for player tracking and combines it with STATS' historical information database to launch a comprehensive data stream.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = NBA.com/Stats|url = http://stats.nba.com/tracking/#!/player/|website = stats.nba.com|accessdate = 2015-06-30}}</ref>


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The X-Info system provides [[National Football League|NFL]], [[NCAA Football]] and [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] teams with detailed statistics and information to help them interpret the various metrics.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Football Is Closer to Becoming Moneyball Than You May Think (NWS)|url = http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/03/05/nfl-big-data.aspx|website = www.fool.com|accessdate = 2015-06-30|first = Jake|last = Mann}}</ref>
In 2013, STATS was named the Official Player Tracking partner of the NBA.<ref name=":0" /> SportVU's soccer product is utilized by FIFA, UEFA and a host of flagship European soccer teams. SPORTVU player tracking data, highlighted shot distance, player speed, distance covered and positional heat maps was also used in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|title = GOAL! Wait, was that in? How tech will answer the question at the World Cup|url = http://www.digitaltrends.com/sports/goal-wait-tech-will-answer-question-world-cup/|accessdate = 2015-07-16}}</ref>


Their SportVU system uses an array of cameras and image processing software to provide real-time player tracking and ball positioning data, as well as statistical analysis of that data.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = NBA.com/Stats|url = http://stats.nba.com/tracking/#!/player/|website = stats.nba.com|accessdate = 2015-06-30}}</ref> SportVU is used by the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]],<ref name=":0" /> FIFA, UEFA and a host of flagship European soccer teams.<ref>{{Cite web|title = GOAL! Wait, was that in? How tech will answer the question at the World Cup|url = http://www.digitaltrends.com/sports/goal-wait-tech-will-answer-question-world-cup/|accessdate = 2015-07-16}}</ref>
==Awards==
In February 2014, STATS was named to FAST Company's annual list of the most innovative companies and businesses. Other honorees for 2014 include Google, Amazon, Airbnb and Nike.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Stats|url = http://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2014/stats|accessdate = 2015-06-30}}</ref>


In January 2015, STATS was recognized for the accuracy of its fantasy football and baseball projections by the Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA) in a head-to-head competition among industry leaders.<ref>{{Cite web|title = FSTA Award Winners - Fantasy Sports Trade Association|url = http://www.fsta.org/?AwardWinners|website = www.fsta.org|accessdate = 2015-06-30}}</ref>
Nearly every franchise in North America's four major professional sports leagues (NFL, NBA, MLB, and [[National Hockey League|NHL]]) use products from STATS.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Evolution of STATS LLC And Its Place In The Sports Technology Landscape|url = http://www.sporttechie.com/2015/04/16/the-evolution-of-stats-llc-and-its-place-in-the-sports-technology-landscape/|website = SportTechie|accessdate = 2015-07-16}}</ref>

== Partnerships with Teams, Leagues and Federations ==
STATS partners with leagues and federations around the globe to store and deliver their data to fans. Nearly every franchise in North America's four major professional sports leagues- NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL - use STATS' in-depth data, technologies or analytical reports.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Evolution of STATS LLC And Its Place In The Sports Technology Landscape|url = http://www.sporttechie.com/2015/04/16/the-evolution-of-stats-llc-and-its-place-in-the-sports-technology-landscape/|website = SportTechie|accessdate = 2015-07-16}}</ref>


== Ownership ==
== Ownership ==
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== Growth ==
== Growth ==
In September 2014, STATS acquired Bloomberg Sports to become a premier resource for sports analytics, offering multi-media, team, league and technology customers a complete suite of sports data products and services. In February 2015, STATS added The Sports Network and [[Automated Insights]] (Ai) to its portfolio. AI's natural language generation (NLG) platform Wordsmith allows STATS to automatically transform raw data into sports content. In 2014, the platform created over a billion articles and reports for customers such as The Associated Press, Yahoo! and Comcast.<ref>{{Cite web|title = STATS Gets Into the Robot News Game With Automated Insights Acquisition|url = http://chicagoinno.streetwise.co/2015/02/12/stats-acquires-automated-insights/|website = Chicago Inno|accessdate = 2015-07-16}}</ref> In May 2015, STATS purchased Prozone, a U.K.-based athlete-performance and analytics company. <ref>{{Cite web|title = Stats LLC Makes Athlete Performance Outfit Prozone Its Latest Acquisition
In September 2014, STATS acquired Bloomberg Sports, and in February 2015, STATS acquired The Sports Network and [[Automated Insights]] (Ai). In 2014, the platform created over a billion articles and reports for customers such as [[The Associated Press]], [[Yahoo!]], and [[Comcast]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = STATS Gets Into the Robot News Game With Automated Insights Acquisition|url = http://chicagoinno.streetwise.co/2015/02/12/stats-acquires-automated-insights/|website = Chicago Inno|accessdate = 2015-07-16}}</ref> In May 2015, STATS purchased Prozone, a U.K.-based athlete-performance and analytics company. <ref>{{Cite web|title = Stats LLC Makes Athlete Performance Outfit Prozone Its Latest Acquisition|work= SportsBusiness Daily|publisher= SportsBusiness Journal |url = http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2015/05/05/Finance/Stats.aspx|website = www.sportsbusinessdaily.com|accessdate = 2015-07-16}}</ref>
- SportsBusiness Daily {{!}} SportsBusiness Journal {{!}} SportsBusiness Daily Global|url = http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2015/05/05/Finance/Stats.aspx|website = www.sportsbusinessdaily.com|accessdate = 2015-07-16}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 14:43, 6 August 2015

STATS
Company typePrivate
Industrysports technology, data, and content
FoundedApril 30, 1981 (1981-04-30)
FounderJohn Dewan
HeadquartersChicago, Illinois
Key people
John Dewan (CEO)
ProductsX-Info, SportsVU
BrandsBloomberg Sports, Prozone, TVTI, Automated Insights, The Sports Network, BSports
Websitestats.com

STATS is a sports technology, data, and content company. It was founded on April 30, 1981[1] by John Dewan,[2] who became the company's CEO. STATS was an outgrowth of the grassroots non-profit Project Scoresheet, a volunteer network created to collect baseball statistics, prompted by a suggestion made by Bill James, who later joined STATS for a time.[3]

STATS provides content to multimedia platforms, television broadcasters, leagues and teams, fantasy providers and players as well as major B2B and B2C brands. STATS also offers Associated Press editorial content and maintains relationships with many major sports leagues worldwide.[4] They cover more than 300 leagues and competitions across the globe for a total of 83,000 events annually.[5]

STATS is headquartered outside of Chicago, Illinois, with offices globally.[5]

Products

STATS provides several products to leagues, teams, and the media.

The X-Info system provides NFL, NCAA Football and MLB teams with detailed statistics and information to help them interpret the various metrics.[6]

Their SportVU system uses an array of cameras and image processing software to provide real-time player tracking and ball positioning data, as well as statistical analysis of that data.[7] SportVU is used by the NBA,[7] FIFA, UEFA and a host of flagship European soccer teams.[8]

Nearly every franchise in North America's four major professional sports leagues (NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL) use products from STATS.[9]

Ownership

STATS operated as a private company from 1981 to 2000. STATS was purchased by FOX Sports in 2000 before a joint venture between News Corporation and The Associated Press was created in 2005. VISTA Equity Partners purchased the company from FOX Sports and The Associated Press in June 2014.[10]

Growth

In September 2014, STATS acquired Bloomberg Sports, and in February 2015, STATS acquired The Sports Network and Automated Insights (Ai). In 2014, the platform created over a billion articles and reports for customers such as The Associated Press, Yahoo!, and Comcast.[11] In May 2015, STATS purchased Prozone, a U.K.-based athlete-performance and analytics company. [12]

References

  1. ^ STATS website: Timeline
  2. ^ ACTA Sports: The Bill James Handbook 2009
  3. ^ Online, Safari Books. Keep Score, Project Scoresheet–Style.
  4. ^ "The Evolution of STATS LLC And Its Place In The Sports Technology Landscape". SportTechie. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
  5. ^ a b "With clients like the NBA and Google, STATS is the coolest data company you've never heard of". Built In Chicago. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
  6. ^ Mann, Jake. "Football Is Closer to Becoming Moneyball Than You May Think (NWS)". www.fool.com. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  7. ^ a b "NBA.com/Stats". stats.nba.com. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  8. ^ "GOAL! Wait, was that in? How tech will answer the question at the World Cup". Retrieved 2015-07-16.
  9. ^ "The Evolution of STATS LLC And Its Place In The Sports Technology Landscape". SportTechie. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
  10. ^ "FOX Sports and AP announce sale of sports data company STATS LLC". www.ap.org. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
  11. ^ "STATS Gets Into the Robot News Game With Automated Insights Acquisition". Chicago Inno. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
  12. ^ "Stats LLC Makes Athlete Performance Outfit Prozone Its Latest Acquisition". www.sportsbusinessdaily.com. SportsBusiness Journal. Retrieved 2015-07-16. {{cite web}}: More than one of |work= and |website= specified (help)

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