Ginx Esports TV has agreed a channel carriage deal with Sky Italia. This marks the fourth launch for Ginx Esports TV in recent months coming on the back of carriage deals in Northern and Southern Europe and at a time of continued expansion in the eSports world. Michiel Bakker, CEO of Ginx Esports TV, commented: […]
The makers of Pokémon Go have revealed it is working on a Harry Potter-themed follow-up that will also include AR features. Niantic said players would find and fight fantasy beasts in real-world neighbourhoods in the smartphone game, which has yet to get a release date. Pokémon Go reportedly had about 45 million daily players at […]
Sci-fi fans can immerse themselves in a new experimental interactive voice experience from the BBC called The Inspection Chamber. Available for Amazon Alexa and coming to other platforms in the future, the user plays an active role as the fourth character in a story inspired by video games like The Stanley Parable and Papa Sangre […]
Intel has revealed plans to bring gaming experiences to PyeongChang ahead of next February’s Olympic Winter Games. As an extension of Intel’s Worldwide TOP Partnership and with support from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Intel will deliver two distinct gaming experiences to Korea in the lead up to PyeongChang 2018: the Intel Extreme Masters PyeongChang […]
The transition from physical to digital gaming is happening quicker than many analysts had predicted. A report from Games Industry shows that in some instances, top console titles are seeing as much as 45 per cent of their sales being claimed by digital downloads. Activision this revealed that digital sales of Destiny 2 on consoles […]
French web content specialist group Webedia has confirmed that eSport channel ES1 will debut in early December on Orange’s IPTV and fibre platforms, before joining one of the operator’s pay TV bouquets. Other operator such as Bouygues Telecom are set to follow suit in January 2018. The new channel’s authorisation is currently being examined by […]
Recognising the increasing popularity and potential of eSports, Swiss channel MySports is bringing a new TV format to Switzerland. From October 23rd, episodes of the Arena eSports programme will be shown exclusively on the sports channel. The 30-minute show provides news on developments in the eSports world and reports on eSports events. On October23rd at […]
ESL, the world’s largest eSports company, has partnered with Hulu to bring premium esports content to an SVoD service for the first time. Expanding on ESL’s original content offering, the deal includes four new eSports series — Player v. Player, Bootcamp, Defining Moments and ESL Replay – and will mark Hulu’s first foray into eSports. […]
Ahead of the launch of the year’s biggest computer games – FIFA 2018 – research from YouGov reveals that close to four million Brits have watched eSports. The report finds
GINX Esports TV, the eSports TV channel, has launched on TVPlayer in the UK. This represents the third launch for GINX Esports TV in its home market and comes at a time of continued expansion in the eSports world. GINX Esports TV, whose shareholders include Sky and ITV, features the most prestigious live esports tournaments […]