Technology

COLOGNE: The Central European division of Universal Music Group (UMG) have announced a multi-year partnership with ESL Gaming, the world’s biggest eSports company that will be managed out of UMG’s Berlin headquarters.

The aim of the agreement is to exclusively help Universal discover and promote new artists through ESL’s global tournaments and channels. In an industry first, UMG will partner with ESL to create the ultimate destination for gaming and music fans alike to experience the official soundtrack of the world’s esports leagues and tournaments. 

Dec 15, 2021 16:12
MIAMI: ASX Sports, a virtual sports exchange that offers fans live in-game ‘trading’, has announced an exclusive long-term agreement with Sky New Zealand’s global digital rugby platform, RugbyPass, to bring NFT-enabled fantasy gaming to rugby fans for the first time. 
Dec 14, 2021 16:12
NEW YORK: Indian IT major Wipro Limited Monday announced Wipro VisionEDGE, a digital signage and omni channel advertising solution, to expand its sports, retail, transportation, and entertainment offerings.  Formerly known as Cisco Vision, Wipro VisionEDGE offers a converged platform for innovation, and allow brands to manage, and stream content to deepen customer engagement.
Dec 14, 2021 12:12
BEAVERTON, Oregon: NIKE, Inc. Tuesday announced the acquisition of RTFKT, a leading brand that leverages cutting edge innovation to deliver next generation collectibles that merge culture and gaming, making a big step to the NFT (non-fungible token) world. The move by the sportswear giant will lead to more creation of virtual collectibles for the metaverse space.
Dec 14, 2021 11:12
MUMBAI: Omnicom Media Group (OMG) India's media network OMD has appointed Anisha Iyer as its new chief executive officer, effective start of January 2022.    
Dec 14, 2021 10:12
MUMBAI: Nodwin Gaming has acquired a strategic 10% stake in the digital content IP media network Rusk Media.  To assert its dominance in the Indian esports ecosystem, the company has been on an expansion and consolidation spree since its funding in March this year. With this investment in Rusk Media, Nodwin Gaming aims to deepen and widen its portfolio of content IPs in the gaming and esports ecosystem.
Dec 07, 2021 19:12
DUBAI: GameOn Entertainment Technologies Inc., a leading game technology provider to media, sports and entertainment companies, has announced a strategic partnership with Polygon & Polygon Studios to build NFT-Based games on their Ethereum-based scaling platform. 
Dec 04, 2021 15:12
KOCHI: Kerala Blasters FC Saturday announced Mouri Tech as KBFC's official partner for the forthcoming season of the Hero Indian Super League (ISL). Founded in 2005, Texas-headquartered Mouri Tech, which has offices across five continents, is an enterprise solutions provider with a customer base that includes fortune 500 companies and growing small businesses. 
Dec 02, 2021 14:12
LONDON: Having appointed Whisper earlier this year, UEFA has expanded the UK-based sports production company's mandate to that of broadcast and digital content production partner, delivering both digital and broadcast output to viewers across the world, as part of a multi-year agreement. 
Dec 01, 2021 09:12
MORRISTOWN, N.J.: Arria NLG, a leading provider of Natural Language Generation (NLG) technology, Tuesday announced it has acquired Boost Sport AI, whose proprietary technology uses data analytics and computer vision to automate sport performance and power digital storytelling across media, betting, and e-commerce.
Nov 30, 2021 19:11
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter, Inc. Monday announced that Jack Dorsey has decided to step down as chief executive officer and that the board of directors has unanimously appointed chief technology officer Parag Agrawal as CEO and a member of the board, effective immediately.