Livesport

Livesport Ltd.
IndustryInstant sports data and sports news
Founded2006; 18 years ago (2006)
Headquarters
Prague
,
Czech Republic
Area served
Worldwide
Revenue€114 million (2021)
Owners
  • Martin Hájek
  • Jiří Mareš
Number of employees
1000+ (January 2023)
Websitewww.livesport.eu

Livesport Ltd. is a Czech based media and technology company headquartered in Prague, founded in 2006 by Martin Hájek and Jiří Mareš. Livesport provides websites and mobile apps with live scores, sports news, statistics and other information from over 35 major sports. Livesport's flagship product, the Flashscore network, is visited by approximately 100 million monthly users.[1]

The history and the present

In April 2006, the company launched Livesport.cz, its first local project providing instant live scores. Livesport then began to expand its service to other countries and also launched a global service Flashscore.com which gave its name to the entire Flashscore network. As of 2021, Livesport operates in 46 countries.[2]

In October 2013, Livesport released the first version of its Flashscore mobile app for iOS and, in 2014, also for Android. As of 2021, mobile apps developed by Livesport have been globally downloaded by more than 100 million users.[3]

In January 2023, Pavel Krbec became the CEO of the company.[4]

Investments

In January 2015, Livesport acquired a share in the Danish B2B sports data provider Enetpulse. After a few months, Livesport became the sole owner.[5] The company is also a sole owner of the international broadcasting rights trader Pragosport[6] and holds shares in the Y Soft Ventures investment fund, and in the technological platform Liftago.[7]

Partnerships and corporate social responsibility

Livesport is a general partner of EDUin, a non-profitable organisation focused on education.[8] Furthermore, the company supports several charitable projects like the Czech affiliate of SOS Children's Villages. In 2020, Livesport became a general partner of the men's top floorball league in the Czech Republic[9] and the partner of both men's and women's national floorball teams.

In 2021, Livesport became the general partner of the WTA tennis tournament currently branded as Livesport Prague Open.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Livesport slaví jubileum. Udržel tržby, má sto milionů uživatelů a mění tvář" [Livesport celebrates jubilee. It kept turnover, has 100 million users and changes image] (in Czech). forbes.cz. 1 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Company report 'Livesport 2021'".
  3. ^ "Livesport roste. Poprvé překonal 100 milionů uživatelů a ve svém pražském sídle otevřel nové kanceláře" [Livesport is growing. The company has got over 100 million users for the first time and has opened new offices in its Prague headquarters] (in Czech). cc.cz. 1 June 2021.
  4. ^ Holzman, Ondřej (2022-10-21). "Livesport už nebude řídit jeho zakladatel Martin Hájek. Nahradí ho šéf pojišťovací služby Rixo". CzechCrunch (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  5. ^ "Český Livesport koupil dánskou Enetpulse. Vstoupil tak na globální trh se sportovními informacemi" [Czech Livesport bought Danish Enetpulse, entering the global market for sports information] (in Czech). hn.cz. 19 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Vlastníka televizních práv na fotbalovou ligu koupil Livesport" [The owner of the television rights to the football league was bought by Livesport] (in Czech). sport.cz. 25 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Taxikářská investice: majitel Livesport.cz vstupuje do Liftaga" [Taxicab investment: Livesport.cz owner is entering Liftago] (in Czech). seznamzpravy.cz. 16 October 2018.
  8. ^ Zuzana Krajíčková (3 December 2019). "Nekupuj, podaruj. Úterý otevřených srdcí je tady" [Do not buy, give. Tuesday of open hearts is here] (in Czech). forbes.cz.
  9. ^ "Livesport Superliga. Florbal získal nového partnera na pět let" [Livesport Superliga. Floorball has gained new partner for five years]. denik.cz (in Czech). 3 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Livesport Prague Open - Největší mezinárodní tenisový turnaj na území České republiky". www.tennispragueopen.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-05-14.
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