The title of the article wouldn't say "on TV" if it was talking about an online program. Sundance's tweet also indicates TV even if they're only exploring it as of now.

PhothreeniX

Canada161 Posts

June 10 2012 19:30 GMT

#102

Someone should append that tweet from Sundance to the OP.

EDIT: Daaamn OP that was quick ^_^

Lovedoll

Japan540 Posts

June 10 2012 19:39 GMT

#103

This is amazing. Esports on TV? I hope that we'll only get more exposure following off of that.

lorestarcraft

United States1049 Posts

June 10 2012 19:41 GMT

#104

People don't seem to know what television netoworks are.

I feel old...

EnderCraft

United States1746 Posts

June 10 2012 19:43 GMT

#105

Didn't sundance debunk this article on his twitter recently?

Zvenn3n

Sweden1196 Posts

June 10 2012 19:50 GMT

#106

On June 11 2012 04:39 Lovedoll wrote:
This is amazing. Esports on TV? I hope that we'll only get more exposure following off of that.

We'll actually get that here in Sweden with DreamHack Summer, gonna be cool, and I hope that bringing E-sports to television will be a huge success!

iiGreetings

Canada563 Posts

June 10 2012 19:53 GMT

#107

Wow... that's honestly huge, CBS is one of the biggest channel's in the states for sure.. I will tune in no doubt

son1dow

Lithuania322 Posts

June 10 2012 20:15 GMT

#108

Not set in stone yet.

ethil

Italy58 Posts

June 10 2012 20:15 GMT

#109

On June 11 2012 04:43 EnderCraft wrote:
Didn't sundance debunk this article on his twitter recently?

https://twitter.com/MLGSundance/status/211877861383090177

ops.. son1dow was quicker

IMLyte

Canada714 Posts

June 10 2012 20:20 GMT

#110

OMG this is gunna be sick!

happyness

United States2400 Posts

June 10 2012 20:22 GMT

#111

On June 10 2012 22:07 TheSir wrote:
Lol no way it will be broadcasted on CBS, esports isn't ready for a big channel like that. Not to mention CBS doesn't even have timeslots for things like that. Their worst performing shows get like 6 million views (only US residents), esports doesn't even pulls off 10% of that with views from all over the world. It would be their worst performing show of all time, they wont do that.

10 bucks it will and up on Spike or MTV (who already air gameshows), so dont get your hopes up they will air esports on the most successful channel in the US. Not gonna happen, it's ridiculous.

True, but even Spike or MTV would be HUGE.

Rassy

Netherlands2308 Posts

June 10 2012 20:25 GMT

#112

Great idea, they should have done this long time ago.
Just throw it on tv and se what happens, maybe around a gaming show wich discusses new games and such,think they will be suprised by how manny people will watch it.
Have a bit more confidence in the entertainmentvalue of sc,even for people who dont play it and understand it to well (i watched sc before i started playing it)
Sc is fun to watch without to much knowledge (contrary to lol)

slytown

Korea (South)1411 Posts

June 10 2012 20:29 GMT

#113

CBS surprised me but I'm not the least bit unhappy about it. Congrats Sundance.

Meigas

12 Posts

June 10 2012 20:32 GMT

#114

It probably won't be CBS itself, but will likely be one of the other networks they own. A good possibility is the CBS Sports Network, which is something the company is trying to grow. They recently signed Jim Rome to a contract to do his show there. This is pretty good for MLG, lets hope they can maximize this!

sorrowptoss

Canada1431 Posts

June 10 2012 20:32 GMT

#115

We are now in Korea! (I'm kidding)
This is great! Looks like now we can just tune in on TV and witness some awesome Esports just like the BW days in South Korea. Esports is growing and I'm am so proud to be "part" of this moment in the history of Humanity!
Then again, scepticism is quite contagious... Reading some of these posts...