Investors continue to target Super League Gaming, which announced a slew of new partners this week, bringing aboard $15 million in Series C funding from companies that include Nickelodeon, DMG Entertainment, Toba Capital, and multiple traditional professional sports team owners including Jeffrey Vinik, owner of the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning, and aXiomatic. The new round […]
FACEIT is partnering with ESPN’s X Games to launch the FACEIT X Games Rocket League Invitational, a new esports competition taking place within the X Games festival village at X Games Minneapolis. A prize pool of $75000 will be on the line with competition running July 14-16 and streamed on ESPN3 and additional platforms. “The […]
Job of the Week SR DIRECTOR MARKETING NBCU NYC Lead strategic development & mgmt. of division wide initiatives & tent pole events. Full info/apply HERECynopsisJOBS Good morning. It’s June 27, 2017 and this is your your first early morning Jobs briefing! Looking to make a move in esports? Now could […]
Job of the Week SR DIRECTOR MARKETING NBCU NYC Lead strategic development & mgmt. of division wide initiatives & tent pole events. Full info/apply HERECynopsisJOBS Good morning. It’s June 27, 2017 and this is your your first early morning Jobs briefing! Looking to make a move in esports? Now could […]
NBC Sports detailed plans for its debut into the world of esports, launching a deal with Psyonix and FACEIT for a new Rocket League series. With coverage spanning multiple NBCUniversal and FACEIT assets, including NBC’s RSNs, Telemundo Deportes, NBCUniversal International Networks and more, the 2v2 Rocket League tournament will dangle a $100,000 prize pool for […]
Big moves for the Twitch/Blizzard relationship, which saw the social video platform and game developer/publisher announce plans for a two-year worldwide collaboration that includes third-party live streaming rights to select Blizzard esports content, as well as special game content for Twitch Prime subscribers through 2018. Blizzard is licensing third-party streaming-platform rights to Twitch for a […]
Job of the Week MGR, PROGRAMMING RESEARCH IFC TV NY 5+ yrs TV rsrch exp. Prod in-depth aud analyses to help IFC create the most compelling scheduling & promo strategy. Identify effective platforms/prgrms for promo placement (incl cross-ntwrk barter), leveraging ratings, demographic, etc. Full info/apply HERECynopsisJOBS Good morning. It’s June 20, […]
Job of the Week MGR, PROGRAMMING RESEARCH IFC TV NY 5+ yrs TV rsrch exp. Prod in-depth aud analyses to help IFC create the most compelling scheduling & promo strategy. Identify effective platforms/prgrms for promo placement (incl cross-ntwrk barter), leveraging ratings, demographic, etc. Full info/apply HERECynopsisJOBS Good morning. It’s June 20, […]
With E3 wrapping up today, the past week of presentations, introductions, partnerships and competition set the tone for the future of industry during the gaming community’s annual voyage to the marketing playground. While we will break down all the news below, Twitter delivered Cynopsis Esports its rankings of top topics from the expo through Wednesday. […]
Disney is diving deep on the gaming front this summer, announcing plans for D|XP, a daily summer programming block dedicated to the world of gaming starting July 15 and running from 9p-3a on Disney XD. The programming block will showcase games, publishers, events and personalities across the gaming landscape featuring content produced in collaboration with […]
Partner Post: 500 channels. Infinite streaming. Endless choice. Great American Media's Bill Abbott has a clear answer on how to build loyalty anyway — and it starts with brand.