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Ole Gunnar Solskjær joins ULTI Agency, OverActive Media raises $40m | ESI Digest #38

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Time Stamp: April 16, 2021 11:50 AM - Modified On: April 16, 2021 - Published By:
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Each week, ESI Digest breaks down the weekly happenings in the esports industry, making sense of things so you don’t have to. As well as being housed on YouTube, ESI Digest is available on all major podcast platforms and is also available in written form below. On this week’s ESI Digest we cover, Ole Gunnar Solskjær and Jim Solbakken becoming owners of ULTI Agency, OverActive Media’s $40m investment, Enthusiast Gaming looking to list shares on NASDAQ, Epic Games raising $1bn, and the University of Kentucky (UK) joining forces with Gen.G to launch an

Arizona Coyotes Sign Deal With Rival

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Time Stamp: April 16, 2021 10:03 AM - Modified On: April 16, 2021 - Published By:
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The Coyotes have signed a deal with gaming platform developer Rival to provide back-end technology that is now powering the NHL team’s new Coyotes Gaming initiative. The deal will see the Coyotes use Rival’s white-label technology to run its gaming platform that it launched last week with its first hosted tournament. The technology allows the team to host tournaments and offer prizes and incentives. Last week’s event was the Coyotes Gaming NHL21 Kickoff with more than 80 players participating. This is Rival’s second NHL team deal after one with the

Ludwig’s historic 31-day subathon stream: final numbers

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Time Stamp: April 14, 2021 2:27 PM - Modified On: April 14, 2021 - Published By:
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Ludwig Ahgren’s historic Twitch subathon finally came to an end on April 13. The stream totaled 31 days of broadcasting on the platform. Ahgren started his stream on the afternoon of Sunday, March 14 with the plan to add 20 seconds to his stream timer for every subscription or 500 bits given to his channel. As the stream went on… and on, the time that was added per subscription went down to 10 seconds. However, the stream persisted until Ahgren’s self-imposed 31-day limit, ending after over 740 hours. In its time

NHL’s Montreal Canadiens join esports industry

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Time Stamp: April 13, 2021 7:09 PM - Modified On: April 13, 2021 - Published By:
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Esports organization OverActive Media announced that the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens have joined its ownership group. OverActive Media is the organization behind teams such as the Toronto Ultra, Toronto Defiant and MAD Lions. Alongside this announcement, OverActive Media reported the second closing on its private placement. The aggregate gross proceeds reached over $40 million. The NHL, OverActive Media and esports The Montreal Canadiens’ investment in OverActive Media signifies a move into the esports ecosystem. It is also an indication that the Montreal Canadiens wish to play a leadership role in the

Ludwig breaks Ninja’s subscription record after over 30 days of streaming

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After a 30-day subathon, Ludwig Ahgren has surpassed Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins‘ subscription record of 269,154 to become the most subscribed to channel on the platform. Ahgren’s subscription count is now over 271,000 at the time of writing. The content creator started his marathon stream March 14 and has been broadcasting, almost continuously, since. The record, set in April of 2018, is still out of reach for most. The next closest streamer is RANBOOLIVE at over 114,000 subscriptions according to TwitchTracker. Records are meant to be broken, I would be lying

OverActive Media announces $40m investment, Montreal Canadiens joins ownership group

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OverActive Media, the parent company of MAD Lions, Toronto Ultra and Toronto Defiant, has announced a second close to its private placement, with the firm receiving a total of over $40m (~£29.11m) in funding.   As a result of the investment, NHL’s Montreal Canadiens has joined OverActive Media’s ownership group. Moreover, Arizona Coyotes’ Phil Kessel and Washington Capitals’ Carl Hagelin have also become the latest in the esports company’s growing contingent of owners who are professional athletes. Photo credit: NHL / OverActive Media RELATED: OverActive Media announces plans to build 7,000-seat

OverActive Media Closes $40M Investment, Montreal Canadiens Join Ownership Group 

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Toronto-based esports company OverActive Media announced the second closing on their previously announced private placement, bringing the aggregate gross proceeds of their brokered and non-brokered financings to over $40M USD.   The parent company of three esports franchises, the Overwatch League’s Toronto Defiant, the Call of Duty League’s Toronto Ultra, and the MAD Lions, the current champions of the League of Legends European Championship (LEC), also announced that the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise Montreal Canadiens joined its ownership group as part of the funding. The Canadiens strategic investment in OverActive is their maiden voyage into the esports industry.   The company also announced that Phil Kessel of the Arizona Coyotes and Carl Hagelin of

16 New Video Game Shooters To Play In 2021

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2020 was a bit of a bust thanks to the coronavirus health pandemic outbreak and it caused quite a few video games to get delayed out of the year. We’re also seeing quite a few games continue to get delayed in 2021. However, there are some pretty big video game titles we’re eager to try out. In this list, we’re going to showcase some video game shooters that you might find of interest throughout this year. #16 Returnal Returnal follows a space pilot named Selene who has been trapped on

CompassIntel.com Announces the Award Winners of The 2020 IoT Innovator…

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Innovation is not just tech, hardware, software...but can also come at the process or execution level. Innovation brings the NEW to the IoT Industry. SAN ANTONIO (PRWEB) October 27, 2020 This year has been a banner year for Internet of Things (IoT) growth and innovation, and Compass Intelligence is proud to honor companies innovating and excelling in IoT. IoT innovative companies, organizations, products, platforms, and solutions are honored each fall by Compass Intelligence through incoming nominations to the IoT Innovator Awards program. Compass Intelligence recognizes 21 companies in distinct IoT