sport founded 2007 headquarters feltham london uk key people paul walker chairman simon denyer ceo products content distribution media platforms revenue 208.1 million 2013 1 operating income 11.6 million 2013 1 net income 4.6 million 2013 1 website www.performgroup.com perform group is a global sports media company based in the united kingdom operating across a range of digital platforms . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit perform group was created in september 2007 through the merger of two businesses premium tv limited a provider of web and mobile solutions to the sports sector and the inform group a digital sports rights agency . the businesses were rebranded perform in january 2008 under the leadership of current chief executive officer simon denyer and former joint ceo oliver slipper . 2 in february 2011 the group completed the acquisition of goal.com 2 in 2011 and 2013 the company bought sports data companies runningball 3 and opta sports respectively . 4 in 2013 perform group combined its us businesses with sporting news to form sporting news media in which it took a 65 % stake . sporting news former owner american city business journals retained 35 % . 5 perform group was de listed from the london stock exchange in november 2014 when access industries increase its stake in the company from 42.5 % to 77 % . 6 operations edit perform group is a holding company of a group of digital media enterprises . its operating division includes content distribution subscription advertising and sponsorship and technology and production . 7 in december 2014 perform announced a ten year media agreement worth over half a billion dollars with the women s tennis association wta with the extended partnership representing the largest live media rights and production venture in the history of the wta and in women s sports as a whole . the deal also saw the creation of wta media a joint venture between the tour and perform that will deliver all content worldwide . the deal aimed to increase exposure of women s tennis over the duration of the contract hoping to more than double the tour s current 21 million into us 50 million a year . 8 references edit a b c prelimary results 2013 a b global offer pdf . perform group . retrieved 26 february 2015 . perform buys runningball for 120m . financial times . retrieved 26 february 2015 . perform group buys sports data company opta . reuters . retrieved 26 february 2015 . perform group to combine u.s. sports assets with sporting news brand . sportsbusinessdaily.com . retrieved 26 february 2015 . ted menmuir . perform group to de list as access industries takes over . sbc news . retrieved 26 february 2015 . perform group given average rating of hold by analysts nyse per wkrb news . wkrb news . retrieved 26 february 2015 . wta & perform agree long term media deal . sportindustry.biz . retrieved 26 february 2015 . external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title perform group & oldid 741825390 categories british companies established in 20072007 in london2007 establishments in englanddigital rights navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch portugu s edit links this page was last modified on 29 september 2016 at 22 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view