Dentsu Sports International today announced the launch of dentsu Sports Analytics, a new global offering bringing together the best research, data, and analytics capabilities of MKTG Sports + Entertainment (MKTG), Sponsorship Research International (SRi) and dentsu\u2019s Merkle, to help drive better outcomes across the sports and entertainment measurement industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An experienced global leader Glenn Lovett has been appointed Global Managing Director of the new practice. He will be headquartered in New York while.
With offices in North America, EMEA, and APAC, dentsu Sports Analytics will deliver a truly global and local market offer across high-end custom consumer research, syndicated fan and audience data, rights valuation, and measurement services to leading clients worldwide.
Whilst this offering was born out of MKTG and SRi, the addition of the resources of Merkle, one of the world\u2019s largest and most advanced data analytics and customer experience businesses, and dentsu\u2019s broader data and media analytics capabilities, dentsu Sports Analytics has access to unrivalled data, data science, and targeted audience and digital marketing capabilities.
\u201cThrough this combination of entities, dentsu Sports Analytics can provide sports and entertainment sponsors with an unrivalled data set across more than 11,000 attributes for 268 million people in the US alone, and also connecting into dentsu\u2019s global consumer and media data sets across 70 countries,\u201d Lovett said. \u201cIn a nutshell, we are super-sizing our offering and, in turn, our clients\u2019 ability to maximize their reach and achieve their goals through sports and entertainment investments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Glenn Lovett has previously held roles as Global CEO of Nielsen Sports and Regional MD, Europe for Octagon. Before joining Nielsen, Glenn was a key player in the transformation of private-equity-backed Repucom, the world\u2019s leading supplier of sports media and commercial data, ultimately leading to its sale to The Nielsen Company. He has also held key strategy roles at Booz Allen Hamilton and Nike Australia, and was a former professional Australian Rules Footballer (AFL) and club leader for the Melbourne Demons.
MKTG Global CEO and DSI President, Matt Manning, said on Lovett’s appointment the appointment, \u201cThe launch of dentsu Sports Analytics highlights the importance and demand for data to enhance our ability to accurately measure and analyse the true commercial benefits of a partnership. Given his extensive experience at Repucom\/Nielsen and working in North America, EMEA and APAC, Glenn is the ideal candidate and a natural fit to accelerate our global analytics business in these regions. Furthermore, this opportunity becomes a reality by bringing together Merkle\u2019s best-in-class performance data and SRi\u2019s and MKTG Insight\u2019s sponsorship analytics. This unique combination will change how partnerships can be analysed and measured domestically and across borders.\u201d
\u201cAn industry moving at the speed of fans needs data, analytics and insights that can keep up,\u201d Lovett said. \u201cBy bringing the best data resources from across the dentsu group to the sports and entertainment industry, dentsu Sports Analytics will help brands and properties to better understand fans and audiences, and to maximize the value and measure the impact of sponsorship and media investments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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