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Successful deal: adesso takes over club platform technology from SPORTFIVE

adesso, a leading IT service provider from Germany, has taken over the club platform of the international sports marketing agency SPORTFIVE and the associated mobile applications as of 1 November 2024. With the backend solution, which will operate under the name adesso Sports Platform in future, adesso is adding an innovative fan experience solution to its range of solutions for the sports industry. At the same time, adesso and the agency SPORTFIVE, which in future will concentrate entirely on its core business of sponsorship marketing, are intensifying their sales partnership.

The adesso Sports Platform supports clubs in serving various digital channels such as mobile applications, voice assistants, smart TVs or web interfaces with customised content. Well-known clubs such as Borussia Dortmund, Hertha BSC, Hamburger SV and FC Augsburg are already using the platform to customise fan experiences. With the takeover and further development of the platform and applications by adesso, the IT service provider and SPORTFIVE are ensuring that the solutions will continue to meet the highest quality standards in the future and that the latest digital trends and innovations will be incorporated into further development.

Customised solution for the sports industry

The adesso Sports Platform backend solution is a content aggregator that enriches relevant content for clubs and delivers it to fans via various channels. For editors at clubs, associations and sports organisations, the platform is a multifunctional tool for optimally shaping the fan journey and bringing fans as close as possible to their club or association.

The centrepiece of direct contact with fans is the “Matchday widget”: it offers them an intensive and interactive match and sporting event experience in the stadium, in front of the TV or on the move. Editorial teams can target specific user segments, comment live on match events and statistics, send push notifications and set marketing accents. The platform also enables the integration of social media and video content, surveys and other interactive features.

The adesso Sports Platform helps clubs to provide customized content for digital channels such as mobile applications, voice assistants, smart TVs or web interfaces. (Source: adesso SE)

The adesso Sports Platform helps clubs to provide customized content for digital channels such as mobile applications, voice assistants, smart TVs or web interfaces. (Source: adesso SE)

“In adesso, we have found a partner with the necessary IT and industry expertise to further develop the club platform in the interests of rights holders. This will give us more freedom to play to our sales strengths in future,” says Hendrik Schiphorst, Managing Director of SPORTFIVE Germany. “The rights holders benefit twice over. Through adesso, they always have access to the latest digital products, while we can offer them the best possible marketing via the addressable channels.”

Hendrik Schiphorst, Managing Director of SPORTFIVE Germany. (Source: SPORTFIVE)

Hendrik Schiphorst, Managing Director of SPORTFIVE Germany. (Source: SPORTFIVE)

“With the adesso Sports Platform and the associated applications, we are supplementing our portfolio with a powerful overall package that clubs, associations and sports organisations can use to attract and retain fans across all channels,” says Oliver Kowalke, Head of the Sports Division at adesso. “Our aim is to continuously add further innovative functions to the solution in future and expand it to become the leading fan experience platform in the sports industry.”

Oliver Kowalke, Head of the Sports Division at adesso. (Source: adesso SE)

Oliver Kowalke, Head of the Sports Division at adesso. (Source: adesso SE)


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