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SXSW Sports 2017: Riot Games’ Co-Head Of eSports Jarred Kennedy Discusses OTT Partnership With BAMTech

AUSTIN, Texas — Last December, gaming publisher Riot Games and BAMTech signed a landmark $300 million exclusive streaming rights deal. Major League Baseball’s technology services company would create the technical infrastructure to stream the League of Legends title through 2023. On a recent South by Southwest Conference panel, Jarred Kennedy — who is the Co-Head of […]

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SXSW Sports 2017: Sacramento Kings Co-Owner Andy Miller Dishes On NRG eSports, Gaming Culture, Live Events

AUSTIN, Texas — It has been nearly 18 months since Sacramento Kings co-owner Andy Miller co-founded NRG eSports, an organization which currently fields players and teams across seven titles, including Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Rocket League and Overwatch. Miller was joined by co-founder and Sacramento Kings co-owner Mark Mastrov along with notable athletes Alex Rodriguez, Shaquille […]

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KORE Software Invests In Fevo To Start New VC Fund For Sports And Entertainment Companies

For KORE Software, which provides business management solutions for sports and entrainment organizations, one of its ongoing goals is to share its success by helping other promising companies develop ideas and initiatives. With that in mind, KORE has announced the creation of its venture capital entity, KORE Software Capital, LLC, which will target investments of up to […]

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ELEAGUE GM Christina Alejandre: There’s A Lot Of FOMO Right Now In eSports

BOSTON — With all of the traditional sports investments in eSports over the past 18 months, whether it’s been from current or former players, teams or new ownership groups, some eSports players are asking for arguably smarter investments. From the eSports Emergence panel at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference this past weekend, Christina Alejandre, General […]

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