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ELEAGUE debut hits over 500,000 viewers

SBC News ELEAGUE debut hits over 500,000 viewers

The much anticipated new CS:GO competition ELEAGUE aired live on TBS last week and hit a total viewership of 509,000 during its primetime Friday night slot. It was also broadcast internationally via local networks throughout Europe, South East Asia and Latin America as well as via Huamao in China and Starladder in Russia. During the debut week of the competition the …

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RankR – The new home of esports?

SBC News RankR - The new home of esports?

One issue with the esports scene to date is that it’s disjointed. One reason for this is that unlike traditional sports the individual games themselves are owned by companies meaning determining rights, access and coverage becomes a more complicated situation. Many don’t realise the extent to which esports is an umbrella term, and that games within it can be as distant …

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eSports 2015 SBC report – Part 2

SBC News eSports 2015 SBC report - Part 2

Following Part 1’s assessment of the key occurrences in the eSports industry from a business perspective in the opening six months of 2015, here’s more of the same for the latter part of the year. August Ashton Kutcher became the latest high profile investor in eSports as he joined billionaire Mark Cuban in investing in Unikrn. Kutcher has a successful …

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