Modern Times Group (MTG)-owned esports outfit ESL Gaming and the German Football League (DFL) have announced a partnership to develop a professional Virtual Bundesliga (VBL). The VBL was one of the first football esports leagues when it launched in 2012 in collaboration with EA Sports, and was the first to be launched by a […]
Blake Broadcasting has signed a multi-territory rights deal with the ESL and DreamHack. Blake’s CBBN linear network and OTT service will become the exclusive satellite distribution platform to the ESL Pro Tour and Dota 2 in the US, Canada and Asia (exclusind China). The broadcaster said that CBBN’s programming strategy will focus on primetime re-airs […]
Modern Times Group (MTG) has unveiled plans for a major new esports tour, the ESL Pro Tour, as a joint initiative from ESL and DreamHack. MTG is pitching the event as the world’s largest Counter-strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) circuit, which willlink over twenty CS:GO tournaments and leagues on five continents and feature an aggregate prize […]
Modern Times Group (MTG) has signed up to create a strategic joint venture as part of a deal that will see Chinese game live streaming platform Huya acquire a minority stake in MTG’s esports portfolio company ESL. MTG said that the deal, if completed, will further strengthen ESL’s position as the leading and largest esports […]
Deutsche Telekom is upping its involvement in eSports by organising a FIFA19 football tournament. Telekom is organising two qualification rounds, each featuring 128 online players competing on Sony PlayStation 4 game consoles. The final will take place as part of the Telekom Cup on January 13 at the Düsseldorf Merkur Spiel-Arena, which will feature teams […]
MTG’s Turtle Entertainment, the operator of eSports company ESL, has extended its global partnership with Intel through to 2021. The agreement aims to boost the development of eSports through the introduction of new technologies, tournaments and events. MTG claims the deal marks “the biggest brand alliance in eSports”. ESL and Intel will launch new eSports […]
MTG’s eSports companies Turtle Entertainment – which operates the ESL brand – and DreamHack have signed a broadcasting deal with Danish national TV network TV 2. The deal will see TV 2 provide more than 700 hours of eSports content to TV viewers in Denmark throughout 2019 – including Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) tournaments organised […]
MTG has increased its stake in eSports business Turtle Entertainment and has announced that it will write-down the value of Zoomin.TV by SEK169 million (€16.4 million) in its Q3 results. In a statement released Friday, MTG said that it has paid roughly SEK152 million (€14.3 million) to up its stake in Turtle Entertainment – which […]
Belgian telco Proximus is to invest in eSports by promoting amateur and professional competitions and by setting up three official leagues in partnership with the likes of ESL and the Pro League. The telco said that it wanted to play “a primary role” in developing eSports in Belgium, relying on its expertise in network infrastructure, […]
Vodafone has struck an eSports partnership with Modern Times Group (MTG)-owned ESL that will see the international telco sponsor ESL’s flagship event series the Intel Extreme Masters, ESL One and ESL Pro League. Vodafone said that the partnership highlighted its ability to bring gamers and fans together from 25 countries where it has mobile and […]
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