PARIS/SEOUL – Esports BAR, the leading networking, knowledge-sharing and business event for companies operating in the international esports ecosystem, is heading to South Korea on August 3, 2018. Following the successful launch of Esports BAR Cannes and Esports BAR Miami in 2017, the first Esports BAR Summit will take place in the South Korean capital during the Game Convention Seoul co-organised by Reed Exhibitions Korea and ReedPop. Organised by Reed MIDEM, in partnership with Reed … [Read more...] about Esports BAR Summit At Game Convention Seoul In 2018
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Omnia Media Launches 24/7 Gaming Entertainment Channel on Twitch
LOS ANGELES, CA – Omnia Media, a digital video network and content studio and a division of Blue Ant Media, today announced the launch of 24/7 channel for Arcade Cloud on social video service Twitch. Arcade Cloud is an animated and live action gaming channel with 1.3 million subscribers, now bringing programming to Twitch. Arcade Cloud will launch its official Twitch channel with 40 hours of original animated and live action gaming content, growing to more than 300 unique hours, … [Read more...] about Omnia Media Launches 24/7 Gaming Entertainment Channel on Twitch
Legends of Gaming goes to Netherlands and Israel
Endemol Shine Group’s digital production and distribution studio Endemol Shine Beyond announced further international rollouts of its hit global gaming format Legends of Gaming in the Netherlands and Israel. The format originally launched in the U.K. in 2014 where the channel has now reached 1 million subscribers and more than 90 million views. The most recent productions in the Netherlands and Israel have already been generating around 50,000 views a day. Legends of Gaming NL, which … [Read more...] about Legends of Gaming goes to Netherlands and Israel
ELEAGUE on truTV and Warner TV
Hong Kong– The new professional eSports league, organised by Turner and WME | IMG, will air in Asia on truTV and Warner TV. Entitled ELEAGUE, the inaugural first season pitting 24 international teams against each other, launches today (May 24), with live event coverage on digital platform Twitch throughout the week, and round-robin finals airing on truTV every weekend. The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams compete over a 10-week period from a state-of-the-art arena at Turner Studios in … [Read more...] about ELEAGUE on truTV and Warner TV
Endemol to launch “Legends of Gaming”
Endemol announced that the UK arm of its global premium channel network (PCN), Endemol Beyond, is set to launch Legends of Gaming, an international eSports channel fronted by top YouTube gamer Ali A. Endemol has also partnered with Upper Street Events, the company behind 17 market leading shows including Gadget Show Live; for Legends of Gaming LIVE, a four day videogames expo that will be held September 3 – 6, 2015, at London’s historic Alexandra Palace. … [Read more...] about Endemol to launch “Legends of Gaming”
YouTube to acquire Twitch for US$1 billion
Reuters – Google Inc's YouTube unit has reached a deal to acquire videogame-streaming service Twitch for more than US$1 billion, according to a report in Variety, the entertainment news publication. The all-cash deal is expected to be announced "imminently", according to the report on May 18, which cited unnamed sources. Officials at Google and Twitch declined to comment on the matter. San Francisco-based Twitch allows consumers to broadcast live video streams of themselves … [Read more...] about YouTube to acquire Twitch for US$1 billion