A major report from the equity team at investment bank Berenberg suggests that the video games sector is set for further expansion, and that eSports in particular is set for “mammoth growth”. The bank says it expects traditional media companies (“Disney, AT&T and Amazon”) to grow their interest in the sector. The bank admits that […]
Singtel, wholly-owned subsidiary Optus and regional associates Airtel, AIS, Globe and Telkomsel, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to cooperate and jointly leverage their strengths to grow the gaming and eSports ecosystem in Southeast Asia, Australia and India. The MOU brings together the six members of the Singtel Group to partner across the gaming […]
The Premier League and Electronic Arts (EA) are launching the ePremier League (ePL), offering UK-based players the chance to represent their favourite Premier League club for the first time in competitive gaming. The ePL will start in January 2019 with the final played in London in March, and broadcast live on Sky Sports and the […]
There were 49 million games consoles shipped worldwide in 2017, with North America receiving the largest share (18.4 million units). At the end of 2017, the global number of connected consoles reached 164 million, of which 83 per cent were seventh- or eighth-generation gaming consoles from Sony and Microsoft. Finding from the IHS Markit Connected […]
Spanish TV group Mediapro, owner of the football TV rights, is finalising the launch of a Spanish-speaking eSports OTT channel, similar to Amazon’s Twitch, which should go live before the end of 2018. The channel will be dedicated to eSports, video games and live international events and tournaments (League of Legends, Clash Royale, Fortnite, CSGO, […]
Google is offering a number of gamers the chance to play video game Assassin’s Creed Odyssey free of charge via its Chrome browser. In a blogpost outlining its plans for Project Stream, the Internet giant said it wanted to take streaming to “the next level”. Google’s product manager, Catherine Hsiao, said: “The technology and creativity […]
Vodafone Spain and MTV have teamed up to launch two new TV programmes aimed at gamers that will combine music, entertainment, fashion, urban art and video games. The programmes, entitled +QGamers and MGZ!, will air exclusively on MTV, the first from Mondays to Fridays at 8:30pm and the second on Thursdays at 10:30pm. Both shows […]
Twitch, the popular video game-streaming service and a subsidiary of Amazon, has been blocked in China. Twitch’s website has been unreachable from the country since September 20th and its app has also been removed from the local Apple App Store. Twitch has confirmed that it is being blocked but it has not said why Chinese […]
Mobile is the fastest growing sector of the global video games market and this year $54 billion (€46.1bn) will be spent on buying games, downloading additional content (DLC) and subscriptions, accoridng to Futuresource Analysts. What is most surprising about mobile gaming is that in 2018 it will account for 42 per cent of total worldwide […]
Africa’s entertainment and media industry has entered a new phase – a third wave of convergence – according to PwC’s Entertainment and media outlook: 2018 – 2022: An African perspective report. The borders that once separated the entertainment and media (E&M), technology and telecommunications industries are blurring in the battle for the attention of the consumer […]