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This Week in eSports… Should eSports be in the Olympics?

Turner Sports dubs ELeague "very successful" Competitive gaming continues to gain a foothold in traditional broadcast channels. This year TBC debuted their eSports show called ELeague, which is a competition/reality TV show that pits 24 video gaming teams against one another for a sweet $1.2 million cash prize. It aired on Twitch but also on TBS, and it seems that Turner Sports is pretty happy with season one results. “In our business, engagement is going to be one of the most important metrics going forward,” Craig Barry, EVP and Chief Content Officer for Turner Sports said. “And specifically around engagement, we’ve had a very successful first season.” According to Digiday, ELeague viewers clocked in 13.3 million hours on Twitch and TBS, and TBS had an average of 271,000 viewers across life and time-shifted viewing. Wendell Lira quits pro soccer for pro gaming Normally you play sports [...]

By |2022-06-09T09:50:06-04:00August 3rd, 2016|Online Sports|0 Comments
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This week in eSports… ESL turns to Facebook Live

eSports now worth almost $900 million eSports is a young, booming and wealthy industry. According to SuperData Research, eSports is worth $892 million currently and expected to break $1 billion sometime next year el mejor sitio. SuperData also expects viewership to increase from 214 million to 202 million by 2019. eSports turns to Facebook Live Digiday had an interesting post on how ESL One Cologne, the world's biggest eSports promoter, used Facebook Live. Their recent tournament in Germany had 42,000 live attenders and drew 21.7 million unique viewers online. ESL used Facebook Live to interview top players and video game personalities, visit partner booths, etc. It was great use of showing additional content and behind-the-scenes look for folks who couldn't be there themselves. “With Facebook Live, we are creating this ‘B-stream’ exclusively for the platform,” said Johannes Schiefer, director of global social and editorial [...]

By |2022-06-09T09:53:30-04:00July 28th, 2016|Alternate Sports Programming, Online Sports|0 Comments
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What are eSports? [VIDEO]

What are eSports, you wonder? While sports bars and restaurants are keen on showing traditional sports, eSports remains a relatively untapped market. Learn what eSports are and get an overview on what the competitive gaming market looks today and predictions for the future. This is the first in a series of videos that explain the eSports market and help guide sports bars and restaurants into breaking into the industry, connect to eSports fans and tap into the competitive gaming market. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: Superdata's eSports Market Brief Venturebeat.com: eSports Market Growth Wikipedia: eSports LoL eSports home ESPN's eSports coverage eSports stadium image by ESL (Helena Kristiansson)

By |2022-06-09T10:03:20-04:00June 29th, 2016|Alternate Sports Programming, Online Sports|0 Comments
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Twitter to Live-Stream NFL; Yahoo! Gets the NHL, MLB & PGA

Sports Internet live-streaming has just become a little more mainstream with the NFL and NHL officially getting into the game. Twitter has won the rights to stream NFL games. The social media site will stream 10 Thursday night football games (the games will still be shown on NBC, CBS, NFLN) during the 2016 season. No word on how Twitter will be integrating the feature but it's been speculated that it could fit under the site's Moments feature. The NFL is using Thursday night games, which draws a smaller audience, as it's guinea pig to see how digital distribution works. Things could get interesting in 2021 when the NFL's current broadcast contracts expire. Similarly, the NHL and Yahoo! recently announced a partnership to live-stream NHL games for free and with no subscription required. The partnership allows Yahoo! to air up to four NHL games a week. [...]

By |2022-06-09T10:11:38-04:00April 8th, 2016|Online Sports, Sports TV News|0 Comments
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