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PSG.LGD Wins $80K China Dota 2 Pro Cup, Bilibili Opens Headquarters in Nanjing

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Time Stamp: October 8, 2020 1:54 PM - Modified On: October 8, 2020 - Published By:

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Over the past week, the Chinese people experienced their first eight-day long holiday of the COVID-19 pandemic. For most people who work in the esports industry, holidays are the busiest working days for them. Last week, the League of Legends World Championship finished its first half of the group stage, as Berlin-based G2 Esports became the first team to qualify for the knockout stage (one of the last eight teams of the competition). In addition, the Chinese Dota 2 esports industry also welcomed its first Dota 2 offline event of

Tencent Holdings COO Mark Ren Highlights Four Key Trends at Tencent Esports Global Summit

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Time Stamp: September 7, 2020 8:54 AM - Modified On: September 7, 2020 - Published By:

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Tencent Holdings is one of the biggest technology companies in the world, but its gaming business is undisputed as the top revenue generator in the empire. According to Tencent’s latest financial report for Q2 2020, the company recorded total game revenues of ￥46.9B RMB ($6.8B USD), representing 40.8% of Tencent’s total revenues in Q2 2020. In Tencent’s executive structure, there are two employees with the highest salary and directly report to Tencent President Martin Lau. One is Allen Zhang, who’s in charge of the businesses of Chinese social media WeChat,

T1 Partners With China’s Short-Form Video Platform Kuaishou

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Time Stamp: September 5, 2020 10:00 AM - Modified On: September 5, 2020 - Published By:

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T1 Entertainment & Sports has signed a partnership deal with Chinese short-form video company Kuaishou. Kuaishou will become the official short-form video partner of the organization, providing it exclusive short-form video content. This is the first partnership that Kuaishou has signed with an esports organization not native to China. It’s not clear whether the deal includes logo placement on T1’s team jerseys. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Kuaishou and ByteDance’s Douyin (the Chinese version of Tik Tok) are the two biggest short-form video platforms in China. Tik

U.S. Army Esports Returns to Twitch Following Controversies on User Bans, Recruiting Practices

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U.S. Army Esports will resume live streaming on Twitch Friday, after taking a hiatus from the platform in July following criticism from U.S. lawmakers and rights groups over banning users who spoke out about “war crimes” and using the platform as a recruitment tool. The controversy began when users in chat asked questions about “war crimes” and shared other negative sentiments against the army and were subsequently banned. This caught the attention of the American Civil Liberties Union and other rights groups, who publicly highlighted the incidents as possible First

Artist Rights Alliance Takes Aim at Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Over Music Licensing and Twitch

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Time Stamp: August 10, 2020 1:58 PM - Modified On: August 10, 2020 - Published By:

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Non-profit trade group the Artist Rights Alliance (ARA) sent a letter Monday to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos questioning his testimony to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Antitrust Subcommittee on July 29, about the use of unlicensed music on the company’s Twitch live streaming service. The answer from Bezos was part of the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing on tech and antitrust, which included leaders Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Apple CEO Tim Cook. When asked by Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) if Twitch allowed content creators to stream

LPL Plans Official TV Series, Auto Chess Ends Partnership With Tencent Games

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Though the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grow in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the northwestern region of China, the esports industry hosted the annual China Digital Entertainment Expo & Conference (China Joy) in Shanghai, while most of the big international gaming conferences like E3 and Gamescom chose to cancel due to the COVID-19. During ChinaJoy, Riot Games and TJ Sports announced that the 2020 League of Legends World Championships will be hosted in Shanghai from Sept. 25 to Oct. 31, and the event will return

Huawei Named Top Sponsor of $420K NetEase Esports X Tournament Summer Season

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Time Stamp: July 24, 2020 2:23 PM - Modified On: July 24, 2020 - Published By:

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Chinese game publisher NetEase announced six sponsors for its NetEase esports X Tournament (NeXT) Summer Season, including Chinese smartphone brand Huawei. According to the sponsor list of NeXT, Huawei Game Center will be the top sponsor in the tournament. Bicycle brand Forever and PC brand HP will also sponsor the tournament as industrial sponsors. Chinese electric vehicle brand Xiao Peng will act as a strategic partner of NeXT. Hardware brand Razer and WD_Black will provide their products to the tournament. Financial terms of the deals were not disclosed. The NeXT

Army pauses recruiting on Twitch after First Amendment criticism

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Sponsored Links Twitch The US Army has paused activity on its Twitch account after drawing criticism from First Amendment groups for banning a user who asked about war crimes during a livestream. The user, activist Jordan Uhl, subsequently wrote an article for The Nation criticizing the Army, Navy and Air Force for using Twitch as a recruitment method. Wednesday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told Vice she plans to file a measure that would prevent the military from using Twitch and similar platforms for recruiting.The Army, Navy and Air Force have e-sports

YouTube TV’s Live Streaming Service Raises Its Prices

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Time Stamp: June 30, 2020 4:56 PM - Modified On: June 30, 2020 - Published By:

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The live streaming service YouTube TV, which is owned by Google, is set to increase the monthly price to its service. Starting today, it will cost new customers $65 a month. Those who already have YouTube TV will not see the price change on their statements until on or after July 30.The service has been making many changes this year, and the cost increase will reflect the improvements to the service, according to YouTube. "We don't take these decisions lightly, and realize how hard this is for our members," the

Mixer’s Collapse Due To Overspending And Toxic Work Conditions, Report Suggests

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The June 25 announcement that Microsoft's game streaming platform Mixer would be shuttered came as a surprise to most, though company insiders have revealed that Mixer has struggled for some time both with internal culture and service issues. A new report by Business Insider features interviews with former Mixer employees, including the company's co-founder Matt Salsamendi, to find out what happened.Mixer began its life in 2016 as a small start-up called Beam, created by Matt Salsamendi and James Boehm, which was soon. As a competitor to the already-established Twitch, the

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T1 Partners With China’s Short-Form Video Platform Kuaishou

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YouTube TV’s Live Streaming Service Raises Its Prices

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