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Gfinity moves to cloud-powered production with Grass Valley

Grass Valley announces that international esports and gaming solutions provider, Gfinity, has deployed its cloud-based SaaS platform GV AMPP (Agile Media Processing Platform) to support multi-day live esports broadcasts. London-based Gfinity is using the technology to handle production and delivery, entirely in the cloud, for one of its virtual professional motorsports series, which is distributed […]

March 16, 2021

Forecast: Video game loot boxes to pull over $20bn by 2025

A report from Juniper Research has found that revenue generated from loot boxes used in video games will exceed $20 billion by 2025, up from an estimated $15 billion in 2020. However, growth, averaging 5 per cent per year, will be slower than in previous years, as consumers become fatigued with loot boxes and legislative […]

March 9, 2021

Forecast: eSports & games streaming worth $3.6bn by 2025

A study from Juniper Research predicts that the global eSports and games streaming industry will be worth $3.5 billion (€2.9bn) by 2025; rising from $2.1 billion in 2021. This represents a growth of 70 per cent over the next four years. eSports is the live streaming of games, often featuring professional gamers, and games streaming […]

March 8, 2021

NHL partners with DreamHack

The National Hockey League (NHL), has entered into a partnership with DreamHack Sports Games, MTG’s sports simulation business unit. The multi-year deal will see both parties build on existing projects, alongside creating new gaming initiatives. As part of the deal, DreamHack Sports Games will produce the NHL Gaming World Championship, which is set to launch […]

February 26, 2021

Report: Cloud gaming to significantly disrupt monetisation

Even though cloud gaming only represented 1 per cent of video games industry revenue in 2020, the technology is expected to fundamentally change the space over the next ten years growing at a compound annual growth rate of 40 per cent to 2030. In a GlobalData webinar, Associate Project Manager Rupantar Guha noted that cloud […]

February 23, 2021

BBC airs FIFA 21 Global Series

The BBC has announced a partnership with EA Sports that will see the FIFA 21 Global Series European Regional Qualifiers be aired across its platforms. The European Regional Qualifiers and Playoffs will be shown on the BBC iPlayer, plus BBC Sport’s website and app. The competition will also still be available to watch on EA Sports FIFA’s Twitch and […]

February 19, 2021

Veset brings LeStream to Twitch

Veset has worked with Webedia to bring its Twitch gaming channel, LeStream, to the cloud-based linear TV channel management platform, Veset Nimbus. Veset’s development team implemented API-based integration with Twitch to enable Webedia to manage commercial ad breaks and the EPG. Webedia is a global media and technology company, delivering a wide range of content, […]

February 17, 2021

Eutelsat launching ESR eSports channel

Eutelsat Communications’ flagship 13° East Hotbird position has been selected by ESRevolution for the European launch of its eSports gaming channel, ESR. New York based ESR will make its content available in Europe for the first time in 24/7 HD linear format from February, leveraging the coverage of Eutelsat Hotbird, with its reach of over […]

January 25, 2021By Chris Forrester

LG partners with Gen.G

LG Electronics (LG) is once again making its presence known in the fast-growing global esports industry with a partnership with Gen.G Esports (Gen.G), one of the biggest esports organizations in the world. Gen.G and LG will collaborate to further develop the esports scene internationally with the help of LG’s category-leading UltraGear gaming monitors. Ranked sixth […]

January 11, 2021

Gfinity appoints Bygrave

Gfinity, an eSports and gaming solutions provider, announces the appointment of Catherine Bygrave as Head of Publisher and Developer Relations. Bygrave joins from Activision and brings extensive international experience having been at the forefront of digital transformation in the video games industry for many years. Bygrave joined Activision in April 2011 and has held a […]

January 11, 2021