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MLB Deputy Commissioner Departs to Join Activision Blizzard

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Time Stamp: August 10, 2020 3:25 PM - Modified On: August 10, 2020 - Published By:
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By John Ourand and Eric Prisbell  One of MLB’s two Deputy Commissioners has left to take a senior job with the country’s biggest esports operator. MLB Deputy Commissioner of Business & Media Tony Petitti was named Activision Blizzard’s president of sports & entertainment today. He will remain based in N.Y and report to Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick. Petitti officially starts next week. “What Tony’s going to be uniquely able to do is unite what we’re doing in sport, film and television and consumer products, into what we do in

Esports Betting with Crypto (Cryptocurrency)

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Time Stamp: August 4, 2020 3:25 PM - Modified On: August 4, 2020 - Published By:
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Isle of Man licensed betting platform, Rivalry, is the latest esports focused sportsbook to adapt to changing player preferences by supporting payments through Bitcoin.COVID-19 has, in many cases, served as an accelerant to slow-burning changes in consumer behavior and preferences. Most notably: the meteoric rise of esports betting. While many operators were left scrambling to adapt to the overnight demand, a select few, such as Rivalry, were perfectly positioned to capitalize on the pandemic pivot. Much like cryptocurrencies, esports betting is proving to be anything but a fad. Forward-thinking operators

Innovecs Announces Media Partnership with Emerging Europe

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Time Stamp: July 29, 2020 8:00 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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CEO Night | Media Partnership Announcement Innovecs upgrades the CEO Night format and partners with Emerging Europe to keep up with sector-leading companies and share the insights of their leaders. NEW YORK (PRWEB) July 30, 2020 CEO Night is a series of online thematic discussions with CEOs and senior executives of Ukrainian and international businesses, produced by InnoHub platform & multimedia studio. Speakers discuss ways to develop companies and technology, current global trends, and share success stories. “At Innovecs, we always strive to be on the edge of digital transformation.

Epic Games CEO speaks out against Apple, Google app store ‘monopoly’

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Time Stamp: July 24, 2020 5:26 PM - Modified On: July 24, 2020 - Published By:
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Sponsored Links Joshua Hoehne on Unsplash Tim Sweeney, CEO of Fortnite developer Epic Games, criticized Apple and Google for having an “absolute monopoly” on app stores in a Friday interview with CNBC. There aren’t many viable options for distributing mobile software outside the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store, and Sweeney chides both for taking a 30 percent fee from in-app purchases.Epic Games launched the Epic Games Store in late 2018 for Windows and Mac computers, and only charges other publishers a 12 percent fee on in-app purchases.

David Beckham invests in London-based esports startup Guild

Source Node: https://techstartups.com/2020/06/25/david-beckham-invests-london-based-esports-startup-guild/
Time Stamp: June 25, 2020 8:55 AM - Modified On: June 25, 2020 - Published By:
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The global esports market, which has enjoyed tremendous support in Asia and is now fast establishing itself as a mainstream entertainment globally, is currently valued at US$1.1bn and is projected to grow by 42% to US$1.56bn by 2023[1]. The number of esports fans is estimated to be around 495m and is largely comprised of millennials – this number is projected to hit 646m by 2023. Guild Esports (Guild), a new global esports business headquartered in London and co-owned by David Beckham, today announced its global launch amid a booming global

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Warborn’, ‘Spacejacked’, ‘Pew Paw’, and Today’s Other New Releases, the Latest Sales, and More

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Time Stamp: June 12, 2020 3:32 PM - Modified On: June 12, 2020 - Published By:
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Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for June 12th, 2020. In today’s article, we’ve got an absolute ton of new releases to summarize. Apparently several games dropped out of nowhere yesterday while I was sleeping snug in my bed, so between those and the actual Friday releases, there’s a lot to deal with. Beyond that, I’ve also got a list of the new sales that popped up. Smaller than usual, because just about everything is on sale already. Let’s have a look! New Releases Warborn ($24.99) SwitchArcade