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Perform - Acquisition and placing

August 2013

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Perform, which re-sells sports content to bookmakers so the latter can stream those live TV pictures onto their â€œin-playâ€ betting websites, unveiled a positive update for the six months ended June. Year-on-year revenues grew 37% to Â£92m while Â£166m of revenues are contracted for the full year compared with just Â£131m at the same point a year ago. Perform's content distribution revenues increased 43% to Â£58m with growth coming through additional content sales and new licensees. 2014 licence renewal renegotiations amongst clients of its Watch & Bet product are said to be going well. Advertising and Sponsorship saw year-on-year growth of 38% (even without the benefit of Euro 2012) while subscription revenues rose 18%. ...

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