Perform adds publishing partners

Digital sports media business Perform Group has added a number of premium publisher partners to its embeddable sports video platform ePlayer.

According to Internet statistics compiler comScore's December 2011 US Sports Video Metrix report, the ePlayer now ranks third in online video viewers, ahead of Yahoo! Sports and CBS Sports.

The publishing partners include the online destinations of the Los Angeles Times, AOL's Sporting News, New York Newsday, Detroit News, Miami Herald, Chicago Sun Times and Oklahoma News.

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Oliver Slipper, joint Chief Executive Officer of Perform said: "We are delighted with the progress ePlayer has made since launching in the US, and we look forward to adding more publisher partners, working with more brands and working with more content rights holders."

The share price rose 4.61% to 256.3p by 14:37.

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