Sportradar Faces EU, UK Antitrust Complaints
Sportradar has been hit with antitrust complaints to the European Commission and the UK's Competition and Markets Authority, filed on October 14 by rival sportsbook software company Altenar Technologies.
Altenar accuses the Swiss sports-data group of blocking independent providers' access to live official sports data, which bookmakers rely on to price in-play markets. Reuters reported that Altenar wants both regulators to intervene, including asking the CMA to impose interim measures restoring its access to data and odds while any investigation runs.
A European Commission spokesperson said the body had received information on the matter and was assessing it, while the CMA said it does not comment on specific scenarios outside a formal probe.
Sportradar said it had been aware since February that Altenar was threatening complaints to competition authorities in multiple jurisdictions, and described the move as an attempt to gain leverage in their existing commercial disputes rather than a genuine competition concern, according to the company's own statement to reporters.
Dispute Follows An April US Lawsuit
The European and UK complaints extend a fight that began in the United States in April, when Altenar filed a federal antitrust lawsuit accusing Sportradar of monopolising the market for live official sports data and stifling competition among rival suppliers.
Sportradar holds exclusive or near-exclusive data rights with a number of major leagues and federations, a position Altenar argues lets it set terms that smaller sportsbook-technology providers cannot match. Neither regulator has confirmed it will open a formal investigation, and the complaints have not yet appeared on either body's public case register.
The case lands as European and UK betting sites face scrutiny from their own regulators over data quality and pricing, a theme GDC has tracked in reporting on other recent Sportradar scrutiny.
If either the Commission or the CMA opens a formal case, Sportradar could face requirements to open up data licensing terms across the EU and UK markets, a change that would ripple through odds compilation for operators that currently rely on its feeds.
