The National Professional Baseball League of Nicaragua (LBPN) has officially
appointed the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) to power its
professional winter championship with My.WBSC – an advanced digital suite - starting
with the XVII edition that starts today.
LBPN will now have access to improved management
tools for all league stakeholders, including advanced statistics in real time,
live score tracking and other advanced features that will also add player
market solutions in the near future, as the wide-ranging IT package runs across
a two-year engagement, with an open option for extension.
The
partnership will also allow
for an improved fan experience with dynamic
visuals of live baseball data and statistics from pitch to pitch to every
individual play across the entire season, with more facts and features for
baseball consumers. The technology also allows for new LBPN distribution channels for live data in order to
develop key strategical alliances with private and other regulatory sectors, thereby expanding LBPN’s reach and a
successful implementation of its assets.
Other users of My.WBSC have seen an increase in
traffic on their platforms of more than 1.5 million page views per month.
"We are very
proud to display the new digital capabilities of engagement from
LBPN in order to increase fan
engagement, one of the league's key
objectives” said LBPN Chairman Pancasan
Arce. “Additionally, and as part of the commitment from LBPN to provide access to all fans and stakeholders in real-time, LBPN will be launching
its new platform on Opening Day, allowing broadcasters, fans and rights holders
to access a new era of information from the league,” Arce added.
“This is an exciting mutually beneficial landmark
agreement that not only benefits the LBPN, its clubs and stakeholders -- and
Nicaraguan baseball in general -- but will also help our sport reach new
audiences in Central America and at the same time help drive international audiences
to LBPN and Nicaraguan baseball, further solidifying and showcasing baseball as
Nicaragua's national sport,” WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari said.
With this appointment, Nicaragua's top-tier
baseball league, LBPN, has its eye on consolidating growth on and off the
diamond with its enhanced features that will allow it to position itself as one
of the top professional baseball leagues on the planet and penetrate new
markets.
