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  • 01/27/22: Monumental Sports & Entertainment revealed plans for District E

    Thursday January 27, 2022 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports brief. DC is on the clock. Monumental Sports & Entertainment revealed plans for “District E Powered by Ticketmaster,” described as a “premier, nearly 14,000-square-foot live-event theater offering a 365-day-a-year, series of immersive experiences in esports, music, event programming, and community […]

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  • 01/26/22: PFL locked in another deal to be carried on ESPN

    Wednesday January 26, 2022 The Professional Fighters League is tapping ESPN with a new, multi-year media rights agreement that will see expanded coverage on ESPN linear networks and ESPN+. The deal sees the entire 2022 PFL Playoffs and majority of Regular Season events set to be carried on ESPN, with additional event coverage broadcast on […]

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  • OTA Is About to Have Its Moment

    The deluge of streaming services continues to be a hot topic, but OTT sibling OTA deserves more attention, says Scripps Chief Research Officer Jon Marks.  Here, he tells why OTA is reaching a tipping point. Why the continued success of OTA shouldn’t be overlooked… Several trends argue for the continued success of OTA. First, while […]

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  • 01/24/22: The Premier Hockey Federation breaks down its recent investments

    Monday January 24, 2022 A $25 million investment into the Premier Hockey Federation, the home of women’s professional hockey in North America, last week drew headlines as the league received one of the largest cash infusions ever into professional women’s sports. The PHF, which rebranded from the NWHL last fall, is led by Commissioner Tyler […]

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  • 01/21/22: The NCAA ratified a new constitution to make rule changes easier

    Friday January 21, 2022 Members of the NCAA members ratified a new streamlined version of the association’s constitution on Thursday, with balloting showing an 80.4% approval for the move as part of a two-step process designed to decrease responsibility of the association’s national office and allow changes to rules at all levels of college sports. […]

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  • 01/20/22: Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard makes a content powerhouse

    Thursday January 20, 2022 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports brief. The competitive esports scene continued to react to Tuesday’s announcement that Microsoft would acquire Activision Blizzard, the publisher behind franchises as Call of Duty, Overwatch, League of Legends, along with mobile titles such as Candy Crush, and more. Potentially […]

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  • 01/19/22: Microsoft announced that it would buy Activision Blizzard

    Wednesday January 19, 2022 The games industry saw another mega-deal with the news that Microsoft would acquire Activision Blizzard, the publisher behind franchises as Call of Duty, Overwatch, League of Legends, along with mobile titles such as Candy Crush, and more. Although the company is currently being sued by California’s Department of Fair Employment and […]

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  • 01/14/22: NBC Sports’ Mike Tirico will cross the Pacific to host both the Olympics and the Super Bowl

    Friday January 14, 2022 Mike Tirico is pulling a major double duty, with NBC Sports announcing that he will host both the NBC Olympics primetime show in Beijing (beginning Thurs., Feb. 3) and Los Angeles, while also hosting the Super Bowl LVI pregame show from SoFi Stadium on Feb. 13. Tirico will anchor the Olympic […]

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  • 01/13/22: CDL finally spoke about a number of complaints from its esports community

    Thursday January 13, 2022 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports brief. Amid a bevy or rumblings and rumors about the upcoming Call of Duty League season, league officials released a community update, confirming or denying various reports while addressing concerns about the future of the esport. The league confirmed plans […]

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  • 01/12/22: FOX Sports tied up a World Cup deal with Twitter

    Wednesday January 12, 2022 FOX Sports is expanding its relationship with Twitter for this year’s FIFA Men’s World Cup Qatar 2022 and next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023..The deal will look to offer “dynamic new opportunities to bring soccer fans robust coverage of one of the world’s biggest sporting events […]

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