Turner announced on Thursday its plans to launch a standalone premium sports domestic streaming video service set to debut in 2018, as the media conglomerate will have a home for its collection of UEFA matches after also announcing a three-year rights agreement with the governing body of European football starting in the 2018-19 season. Bleacher […]
If you tuned into Friday night’s TBS broadcast of the Street Fighter V Invitational Playoff, chances are you witnessed virtual game characters on the television screen during coverage of the semifinal and championship. Through the ELEAGUES’s partnership with Ross Video and The Future Group, augmented Street Fighter characters appeared throughout the competition space, next to analysts and on-stage […]
NEW YORK — Turner president David Levy told the story Tuesday of how he first came across eSports. Levy recalled at Leaders’ Sport Business Summit that a few years ago, he knocked on the door of the room of one of his son’s only to find that he didn’t answer because he was wearing headphones while […]
NEW YORK — The Final Four last year featured live game coverage in virtual reality for the first time, and according to Turner president David Levy, games in VR will be back this year. “There will be virtual reality again,” Levy said Tuesday. “We’re not announcing it today, but we are definitely going to be […]
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