Business of Esports - LIVE After-Show (#129B): Esports Certification Institute, China Esports Media Rights, Olympic Esports, Esports Org “Ownership”, Skillz Faith

LIVE After-Show (#129B): Esports Certification Institute, China Esports Media Rights, Olympic Esports, Esports Org “Ownership”, Skillz Faith

05/01/21 • 93 min

In the latest podcast after-show, we discuss the ECI’s esports exam/certification, HUYA paying $310M for exclusive League of Legends media rights in China, ESL renewing and expanding their partnership with Chinese streaming platform DouYu, the IOC announcing a new slate of Olympic-licensed esports events and YouGov polls projected attendance, Dr Disrespect calling out 100 Thieves making Valkyrae and CouRage co-owners as a PR stunt, Nickmercs becoming a new “co-owner” of FaZe, Cathie Wood and ARK Invest continuing to buy Skillz stock despite its recent nosedive, and so much more!

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Episode #129: Esports Certification, NRG Naming Rights, Poker Esports, Fortnite Esports Decline

In this episode, we discuss the launch of an “esports certification” program, NRG selling naming rights for their Rocket League team to The General Insurance, poker potentially emerging as an esport, Fortnite esports participation declining 50%, and so much more!

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Episode #130: Breaking Into Esports, Riot Wiretaps, PlayStation x Discord, Resident Evil Game Pass Exclusion, Sony Cross-Play Cash Cow

On this episode with special guest Jimmy Baratta (Senior Advisor for XSET and instructor of esports at the University of California Irvine), we discuss tips for breaking into the esports business, Riot Games recording voice communications in Valorant to catch toxic players, PlayStation planning to integrate Discord chat into PlayStation Network, Sony blocking the most recent Resident Evil title from being included in Xbox Game Pass, Sony making Epic Games pay for Fortnite cross-play, and so much more!