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feanor1
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States1899 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-18 22:32:37
April 17 2012 12:07 GMT
#1
Looks to be more news on this tonight from Slasher

CBSi/GameSpot Director of eSports Benito Gonzalez and DreamHack eSports boss Frederik "ponderosa" Nyström will be on Live On Three tonight to discuss all the news regarding the new CBSi deal with TwitchTV, MLG and NASL, and the new collaboration of MLG and DreamHack. Also full previews of MLG/DreamHack, Naniwa's triumph in GSL, and MLG's Adam Apiacella hinting at HotS and BW pros being featured at MLG Anaheim.

All starts at 7:00 PM EST/01:00 CET with myself, djWHEAT and SirScoots at http://www.Twitch.tv/OneMoreGameTV

I will have my own special announcement to make tonight, as well :O)


MLG Twitter
Huge news: MLG Partners with @CBSi

Link is now working
MLG Release
The expansion of the CBS Interactive Games group includes the following deals:

• Partnership with TwitchTV: CBS Interactive has signed an exclusive partnership with TwitchTV, the world’s leading video game broadcasting network. Each month, TwitchTV attracts 16 million people from all over the world who tune into live gaming competitions and events. CBSi Games, which now has a total reach of 25 million users watching almost 50 million hours of live gaming video per month, will exclusively sell advertising, promotions and sponsorships for this community .

• Partnership with Major League Gaming (MLG): The world’s most prominent eSports league, Major League Gaming (MLG), has signed a partnership with CBS Interactive to be the exclusive online broadcaster of their Pro Circuit competitions, as well as for advertising representation. MLG is the world's largest competitive video game league with over 15 million hours of live video served to fans during the 2011 Pro Circuit season, nearly 2,500 hours of live gaming competition scheduled in 2012, and thousands of the world’s best players competing at MLG events annually.


Another source The Next Web.
Basically CBS will be selling advertising for both TwitchTV and MLG from my understanding of the release. This can only be good as CBS is a giant media company. There is absolutely no mention of television, this release focuses on live streaming.

Some information about CBSi from Wikipedia
CBS Interactive (formerly CBS Digital Media Group) is an American company and is a division of the CBS Corporation. It is an online content network for information and entertainment. Its websites cover news, sports, entertainment, technology and business. It is headed by Jim Lanzone.

CBS Interactive coordinates with CBS Network Sales to bring together ad sales operations, as well as the Corporation's television, sports, and news groups, who will continue to be involved in program development.

On May 30, 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for £140m (US$280m).

About CBS Interactive

With more than 250 million people visiting its properties each month, it is a top 10 Web property globally and a top 5 Web property in the U.S. in terms of unique video viewers. Its portfolio of leading brands, which include CNET, CBS.com, CBSSports.com, GameSpot, TV.com, BNET, CBS RADIO and Last.fm, span popular categories like technology, entertainment, sports, news and business.

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zaii
Profile Joined October 2010
Guam2611 Posts
April 17 2012 12:10 GMT
#2
Wow that page got spammed into a 404 so fast...
Frankon
Profile Joined May 2010
3054 Posts
April 17 2012 12:10 GMT
#3
The working link
http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/news/major-league-gaming-partners-with-cbs-interactive
zaii
Profile Joined October 2010
Guam2611 Posts
April 17 2012 12:12 GMT
#4
And to think theres still more big announcements in the coming weeks from MLG.
Frail
Profile Joined October 2010
Iceland336 Posts
April 17 2012 12:14 GMT
#5
This might be awesome or this might backfire and fail.

TV is a one shot deal in the U.S. Let's hope we make the most of this!
Whargarbl
Agathon
Profile Joined February 2011
France1505 Posts
April 17 2012 12:14 GMT
#6
CBS? Like the U.S TV Channel?
"C'est au pied du mur, qu'on voit le mieux...le mur".
zaii
Profile Joined October 2010
Guam2611 Posts
April 17 2012 12:15 GMT
#7
On April 17 2012 21:14 Agathon wrote:
CBS? Like the U.S TV Channel?


yes and Network it's a big one.
Nyarly
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
France1030 Posts
April 17 2012 12:16 GMT
#8
So, with the money they'll recieve, it means free live streams for future events, right ?
Adreme
Profile Joined June 2011
United States5574 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-17 12:16:57
April 17 2012 12:16 GMT
#9
So I know what CBS is but what exactly is CBSi in relation to CBS and what does this mean exactly for MLG?

edit: I even read the full article and I have no clue.
digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6329 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-17 12:18:02
April 17 2012 12:16 GMT
#10
It's quite clear that this is coming, since GameSpot has been actively covering MLG events last year and they already teamed up back to Winter Championship.

and @above: CBSi is the internet/web entertainment branch of CBS, if that's not clear enough: GameSpot is the biggest media house of CBSi, along with metacritic, gamespy, etc.
TranslatorIf you want to ask anything about Chinese esports, send me a PM or follow me @nerddigmouse.
hugman
Profile Joined June 2009
Sweden4644 Posts
April 17 2012 12:19 GMT
#11
I'm a bit surprised since the Slasher stuff they did didn't seem to get a lot of views or comments
Aven
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands392 Posts
April 17 2012 12:19 GMT
#12
Any chance we'll have twitch.tv stream MLG in the upcoming events?
The MLG players always worked funky for me
Agathon
Profile Joined February 2011
France1505 Posts
April 17 2012 12:19 GMT
#13
Thx zaii and digmouse
"C'est au pied du mur, qu'on voit le mieux...le mur".
Ruscour
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
5233 Posts
April 17 2012 12:19 GMT
#14
Gamespot and CBS are connected?

SLASHER IS SAVING ESPORTS.
Jinsho
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom3101 Posts
April 17 2012 12:21 GMT
#15
Slasher did that.
Seiniyta
Profile Joined May 2010
Belgium1815 Posts
April 17 2012 12:21 GMT
#16
On April 17 2012 21:19 Ruscour wrote:
Gamespot and CBS are connected?

SLASHER IS SAVING ESPORTS.


Don't worry, he'll manage to ruin it one way or another afterwards :p J/k of course

Pretty big news, though I'm not sure if it will affect Europe all too much.
Pokemon Master
UltimateHurl
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Ireland591 Posts
April 17 2012 12:22 GMT
#17
Wow, big news, congrats to MLG!
knL
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Germany400 Posts
April 17 2012 12:22 GMT
#18
wow thats pretty sick!
derElbe
Profile Joined February 2009
Germany571 Posts
April 17 2012 12:22 GMT
#19
Well this doesn't mean people in the US will watch The Big Bang Theory and moving on to MLG Finals like on normal cable right?
Hoejja - Bisu - Leenock - TLO
Linog[e]
Profile Joined April 2012
59 Posts
April 17 2012 12:22 GMT
#20
Great News yo !
'Now you’re in the world of the wolves And we welcome all you sheep'
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