‘American Vandal’ creators line up esports mockumentary series at Paramount Plus
Players will follow a fictional League of Legends team in search of a championship.
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Aubrey Levy talks theScore’s esports success during the North American sports pause and their new “Sports Are Back” betting campaign
"There was a period where there wasn't a lot of sports on, and that brought and amplified the spotlight to a bunch of other types of media and content."
ESPN’s celebrity Madden NFL 20 tournament will feature everyone from DeAndre Hopkins to Snoop Dogg to Katie Nolan
Pat McAfee, Cam Jordan, Travis Kelce and others are also involved.
New ELEAGUE Super Punch community-driven live gaming show looks to combine Twitch and linear TV
ELEAGUE Super Punch will be a three-hour Twitch broadcast from Mondays through Thursdays, but an hour-long TBS broadcast surrounded by two complementary Twitch hours on Fridays.
ELEAGUE to produce three top FIFA 20 events, two in Europe, and provide documentary coverage on TBS
ELEAGUE will be producing three EA SPORTS FIFA 20 Ultimate Team (FUT) Champions Cup events this year, one in Atlanta and two in Europe. They'll also be providing a lot of EA SPORTS FIFA 20 Global Series coverage on TBS.
Both CBS and NBC now have esports comedies under development, with the CBS one involving Rick Fox and based on his story
One esports comedy project involving Big Bang Theory executive producer Johnny Galecki and writer/co-executive producer Anthony Del Broccolo is in development at NBC, while another one involving Rick Fox and Dan Koppelman has a put pilot order at CBS.
Blizzard/Hong Kong saga has led to protests, censorship, boycotts, a caster resigning, and an employee walkout
The NBA/China dispute isn't the only one going on, as Blizzard's punishments for pro-Hong Kong protester content have also come under fire and led to a lot of notable backlash.
Esports investor Alex Rodriguez thinks the problem with kids today is too much esports
ARod wishes kids today would put down the video game controllers and go outside.
ESPN delaying Apex Legends broadcast until October in the wake of El Paso and Dayton mass shootings
ESPN has decided to postpone the broadcast of Apex Legends, a battle royale first-person shooter.
First coordinated post-merger WarnerMedia esports initiative is an ELEAGUE Mortal Kombat tournament on Twitch and TBS
ELEAGUE's next event involves Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment’s Mortal Kombat 11. The finals of their tournament will be broadcast on ELEAGUE's Twitch channel, and later aired in a highlights package on TBS.
Turner’s ELEAGUE teams up with EA for FIFA 19 competitions
ELEAGUE will host a FIFA tournament in February and another one in May.
ESPN reaching out to F1 and eSports fans with World’s Fastest Gamer series
The four part series brings together F1 and eSports in an innovative way.
Disney signs multi-year deal to broadcast Overwatch League across ESPN, ABC, digital platforms, and Disney XD
Overwatch League broadcasts on Disney and ESPN platforms begin Wednesday with the Season 1 playoffs.
