Sports & competitions
Private Equity's VAR Takeover
11 min
An investigation into how private equity firms like Silver Lake and CVC Capital Partners are gaining control over football's officiating technology to optimize the game for betting markets and broadcast efficiency.
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Show notes
Analysis of CVC Capital Partners' 2.3 billion Euro deal with La Liga.
Technical breakdown of Genius Sports' 'Dragon' mesh tracking technology.
The impact of semi-automated offside technology on betting market liquidity.
Overview of Silver Lake's 'platform' investment strategy in global sports.
In this episode
- 1Intro1 min
- 2The Infrastructure Play3 min
- 3Officiating as an Asset3 min
- 4Optimizing for Uptime3 min
- 5The Rule-Change Influence2 min
- 6Outro1 min
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