Esports

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. 

Mar 12, 2020 14:03
NEW Delhi: ESP Properties - the entertainment and sports division of GroupM India - has released the 2020 report on sports sponsorship in India. Overall growth in sports sponsorship was at a healthy 17%, where the sports sponsorship industry crossed the Rs 90 billion mark in 2019.
Mar 06, 2020 17:03
MUMBAI: Moneycontrol, one of India’s leading business and financial platforms under Network18, has joined hands with online gaming platform Spartan Poker to announce, ‘Poker for People’.
Mar 06, 2020 16:03
NEW DELHI: India Gaming Awards is pleased to announce the names of winners for 2019 in all the major categories of gaming to celebrate and encourage creativity and services by game developers and operators across India. Leading online rummy operator Ace2Three has been awarded as the Best Online Rummy Operator of the Year while Adda52 is the Best Online Poker Operator of the Year.
Mar 03, 2020 19:03
NEW DELHI: The Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports (FIFS), India’s first & only self-regulatory industry body for Fantasy Sports (FS), is back with the third edition of its annual conference - GamePlan 2020.  This year’s event is themed as ‘Good for Sports, Good for India’, and is scheduled to take place at Le Meridien, New Delhi on March 5. 
Feb 28, 2020 18:02
MADRID: Ahead of the 2020 season opener, Dorna Sports’ digital product range is growing with the launch of MotoGP Fantasy.  A new, free-to-play game, it allows fans to delve into the sport and be a part of it – by creating, managing and competing with their own MotoGP teams and riders. 
Feb 25, 2020 17:02
MUMBAI: Reliance Industries Ltd chairman Mukesh Ambani on Monday hinted at what could be the next big bet for RIL in the entertainment space - online gaming. Asia's richest man, in a "fireside chat" with Microsoft Corp CEO Satya Nadella at Microsoft’s Future Decoded Summit here Monday, declared: "Gaming will be bigger than music, movies and television shows put together (in India)."
Feb 14, 2020 16:02
MUNICH: The Bundesliga is taking the next step in expanding its eFootball tournaments across the world as it launches the Virtual Bundesliga (VBL) International Series 2020.  As part of the competition online and offline tournaments will take place in multiple countries as they aim to identify the top players from Asia and the Americas.
Feb 13, 2020 19:02
MUMBAI: Leading Indian fantasy sports platform Dream 11 has been ranked at number three behind Hindustan Unilever Ltd and Amazon Online India (in that order), according to the Pitch Madison Advertising Report 2020, which lists the top 50 advertisers of India for the year 2019 based on approximate ad spends. 
Feb 10, 2020 14:02
MILAN: Complexity Gaming triumphed in a dramatic finale at the FIFA eClub World Cup 2020 here Sunday to be named the leading club team on competitive EA SPORTS FIFA. The North American side, consisting of 'Joksan' and 'MaXe', edged Ellevens on penalties after the Final Showdown went to the third leg decider.
Feb 08, 2020 17:02
LOS ANGELES: The world's most famous professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) teams have united to create Flashpoint, a first of its kind, player run global esports league.