IMG, a sports, events and representation company, has appointed Luke Organ as Senior Vice President of Global Partnerships for its media business. In the new role, Organ will oversee brand partnership sales for IMG’s media assets, such as its live sports channel for airlines and cruise ships Sport 24, as well as key media […]
Virgin Media O2 and Ericsson have partnered to demonstrate the potential of network slicing, with a trial that took place at MCM Comic Con in Birmingham. The trial saw the augmented reality eSport, Hado, run on a dedicated slice on Virgin Media O2’s 5G standalone network, which enabled remote play and live broadcasting. Competitors taking […]
Gcore — a European provider of public cloud and edge computing, AI, content delivery, hosting, and security solutions — has announced the appointment of video gaming mogul and entrepreneur Paul Wedgwood as Non-Executive Director. In this role, Wedgwood will play a crucial role in determining the strategy of Gcore as it scales and ensure it […]
Researchers surveyed 2,000 Brits who consider themselves ‘hardcore gamers’ – and discovered the average console enthusiast spends 20 hours each week / 80 hours a month sitting in front of a screen. And because of their love of shoot ‘em ups and RPGs, dedicated gamers can often take as few as 8,700 paces a week, […]
Appear, the global player in media processing and delivery technology, has announced their technology will support Riot Games and its series of live global esports remote broadcasts. Riot’s esports broadcast productions across League of Legends Esports (LoL Esports) and the VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) are consumed by millions each year both physically and virtually, bringing […]
Loco, the independent esports and live-streaming platform has partnered with LiveLike, an audience engagement suite. Together, Loco and LiveLike aim to enhance the live-streaming experience for users and provide innovative, interactive features to the gaming community. Through this partnership, Loco is using the LiveLike platform, which was built to drive brand affinity, retention and loyalty, […]
Research reveals that 49 per cent of women gamers in Britain have experienced a level of abuse or harassment when playing or streaming online, rising to 75 per cent amongst those aged 18-24. The findings delve into the differing experiences faced by both men and women gamers when playing video games on the internet, with […]
Digital content agency and media network, Little Dot Studios, has invested in Formation Games, an independent sports game studio. As part of the investment, Little Dot Studios, an All3Media company, has produced two TikTok series in anticipation of the launch of Formation Games’ inaugural game, CLUB, featuring sporting influencers and football club owners. Currently in […]
MTG’s German gaming studio, InnoGames, has announced a strategic organisational realignment of its business. InnoGames says this will help the studio become faster and more agile, while adapting to the rapidly evolving demands of the mobile gaming industry. InnoGames’ strategic realignment aims to accomplish three key objectives: Adapt a structure that will help the studio […]
Vivaro’s Liga Ace Esports, Latin America’s leader in organizing, producing, and transmitting eSports, has partnered with BLAST.tv to broadcast the Americas Counter-Strike World Cup Qualifier to an audience of more than 20 million viewers across five continents. AMERICAN RMR – CS GO 2023 will be hosted in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico and will be streamed to viewers in […]