Largest-ever media partnership deal
Sports wagering media giant Better Collective, the parent company of Action Network, has inked its largest-ever media partnership deal via a commercial agreement with the New York Post.
Denmark-based Better Collective shared news Friday of its deal with the Post via Twitter:
With the deal, content, data, and statistics from Better Collective’s sports betting platform, Action Network, will reach the Post’s audience of over 92 million unique users. Over 11 million of those users will come from the recently regulated New York state market.
educate and empower […] online bettors”
According to an official news release, Better Collective’s sports betting content and technology will “educate and empower […] online bettors” in navigating the rapidly expanding US online wagering and iGaming market.
While Better Collective did not divulge the financial terms of the deal, the company stated it would be responsible for the “monetization of the joint business, and will hold and own accounts with the betting operators.”
Enhancing bettor experience
In its news release, the sports media firm said the commercial relationship with the Post gives Better Collective and Action Network an extra marketing channel, which they will use to market, operate, and manage customer databases to US-based betting operators.
Better Collective US CEO Marc Pedersen said his firm believes that furnishing iGamers and bettors with pertinent information, statistics, and data enhances their wagering experience. He added the Post deal will allow his brand — which forecasts its US revenue to top $100m by 2022 — “to reach a very large number of potential users [and] provide betting and iGaming information to a growing audience.”
the best resources to navigate sports betting with ease”
New York Post COO Brad Elders underlined his publication’s commitment to providing sports fans with “unrivaled sports coverage.” That vision aligns with Better Collective’s technology and content, which Elders said “will provide our fans with the best resources to navigate sports betting with ease.”
All eyes on New York
As a long-standing American media brand established in 1801, the Post gives Better Collective significant home turf buy-in to the lucrative New York online sports betting market.
Action Network CEO Patrick Keane said the launch of the regulated online New York market represented “the biggest weekend in Action Network history.” The CEO added his firm was looking forward to providing Post-reading sportsbook users with “unique sports betting insights, data and content.”