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Afreeca TV acquires GomExp Studio - Page 2

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looknohands119
Profile Joined March 2010
United States815 Posts
July 31 2015 14:45 GMT
#21
Keep in mind, "existing" only means until this season of GSL is over. Who knows what will become of WCS Korea next year. My bet is that there will be some big shake ups. But given Blizzard's apparent newly positive attitude towards SC2 and SC2 eSports with LotV right around the corner, I have to imagine they will have big plans come WCS 2016 Season 1, likely the first season of LotV.
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Ctesias
Profile Joined December 2012
4595 Posts
July 31 2015 14:47 GMT
#22
This makes me both nervous and excited about the future. I hope everything remains as normal, but with higher free stream quality. That'd be rad.
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The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
July 31 2015 16:08 GMT
#23
Interesting, nobody really knows what this means but hey, we will see!
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DeadByDawn
Profile Joined October 2012
United Kingdom476 Posts
July 31 2015 16:42 GMT
#24
No matter how good BW is supposed to be, it hurts my eyes to watch it. It looks like something that would run on a Sinclair Spectrum.

Hopefully this is good news for SC2 but I do not know what it really means.
amazingxkcd
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
July 31 2015 18:29 GMT
#25
On August 01 2015 01:42 DeadByDawn wrote:
No matter how good BW is supposed to be, it hurts my eyes to watch it. It looks like something that would run on a Sinclair Spectrum.

Hopefully this is good news for SC2 but I do not know what it really means.


I could say the same thing about sc2 and it being too cluttered to notice anything.
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Thouhastmail
Profile Joined March 2015
Korea (North)876 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-07-31 21:55:54
July 31 2015 21:18 GMT
#26
On July 31 2015 22:57 ThomasjServo wrote:
What does Afreeca do besides streaming services? I assume it is a small portion of some Korean Megaconglomerate.


Nothing much. AfreecaTV earned 4.3m$ in the first half of this year itself, just by subscribers' donations and ads.

*FIY, the whole sales revenue is 30.9m$.

Though it is known that AfreecaTV is planning to expand their business into shopping and entertainment, we don't know the specifics yet.
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Shield
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Bulgaria4824 Posts
July 31 2015 21:29 GMT
#27
Is AfreecaTV BW only? Wow, BW bought SC2. Who could have guessed?
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33503 Posts
July 31 2015 23:07 GMT
#28
On July 31 2015 23:45 looknohands119 wrote:
Keep in mind, "existing" only means until this season of GSL is over. Who knows what will become of WCS Korea next year. My bet is that there will be some big shake ups. But given Blizzard's apparent newly positive attitude towards SC2 and SC2 eSports with LotV right around the corner, I have to imagine they will have big plans come WCS 2016 Season 1, likely the first season of LotV.


wouldn't be shocked if SpoTV became their preferred partner over GSL
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TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10686 Posts
July 31 2015 23:21 GMT
#29
Go AfreecaTV Go!
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andrewlt
Profile Joined August 2009
United States7702 Posts
August 01 2015 02:04 GMT
#30
This sounds like what Sears and Darden are doing. That means it's bad.
ZackAttack
Profile Joined June 2011
United States884 Posts
August 01 2015 02:31 GMT
#31
Maybe no more medium/low quality stream?
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DekkuM
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States149 Posts
August 01 2015 02:37 GMT
#32
Tasteless and SuperDanielMan to cast korean BW for the eglish audience, please!
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TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10686 Posts
August 01 2015 03:05 GMT
#33
On August 01 2015 11:37 DekkuM wrote:
Tasteless and SuperDanielMan to cast korean BW for the eglish audience, please!

Wholeheartedly agree here!
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Solar424
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
United States4001 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-08-01 03:27:37
August 01 2015 03:19 GMT
#34
On July 31 2015 18:30 BreAKerTV wrote:
So, what happens to the future of the GSL? Isn't it required to be broadcasted to twitch.tv?

Its also required to be broadcast in free HD. Gom doesn't follow the rules apparently.
looknohands119
Profile Joined March 2010
United States815 Posts
August 01 2015 03:19 GMT
#35
On August 01 2015 08:07 Waxangel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 31 2015 23:45 looknohands119 wrote:
Keep in mind, "existing" only means until this season of GSL is over. Who knows what will become of WCS Korea next year. My bet is that there will be some big shake ups. But given Blizzard's apparent newly positive attitude towards SC2 and SC2 eSports with LotV right around the corner, I have to imagine they will have big plans come WCS 2016 Season 1, likely the first season of LotV.


wouldn't be shocked if SpoTV became their preferred partner over GSL


I would miss the history of GSL but most of the really good folks left GOM a while ago (Seeker and John are the notable exceptions) and I can't say that I approve of their spending decisions. Also, SpoTV is doing great things for SC2 in Korea right now so I would be lying if I said that I thought taking the funds from GSL and putting them into Starleague wouldn't be an improvement.
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BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50600 Posts
August 01 2015 03:35 GMT
#36
On August 01 2015 12:05 GGzerG wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2015 11:37 DekkuM wrote:
Tasteless and SuperDanielMan to cast korean BW for the eglish audience, please!

Wholeheartedly agree here!


provided they keep up with current scene.
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Jinsiik
Profile Joined January 2015
15 Posts
August 01 2015 04:39 GMT
#37
On August 01 2015 12:19 looknohands119 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2015 08:07 Waxangel wrote:
On July 31 2015 23:45 looknohands119 wrote:
Keep in mind, "existing" only means until this season of GSL is over. Who knows what will become of WCS Korea next year. My bet is that there will be some big shake ups. But given Blizzard's apparent newly positive attitude towards SC2 and SC2 eSports with LotV right around the corner, I have to imagine they will have big plans come WCS 2016 Season 1, likely the first season of LotV.


wouldn't be shocked if SpoTV became their preferred partner over GSL


I would miss the history of GSL but most of the really good folks left GOM a while ago (Seeker and John are the notable exceptions) and I can't say that I approve of their spending decisions. Also, SpoTV is doing great things for SC2 in Korea right now so I would be lying if I said that I thought taking the funds from GSL and putting them into Starleague wouldn't be an improvement.


Agreed, spotv having been doing such an excellent job bringing the popularity back as you can see by the audience growing tremendously than before. If gsl did end up crashing, i'd prefer there to be 2 tournaments instead of just one still. Theres a possibility that ogn's starleague might take that roll.
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50600 Posts
August 01 2015 04:49 GMT
#38
I don't see this as any indication of GSL going away, rather its the studio thats going to be the setting for a lot of different events.
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ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12627 Posts
August 01 2015 04:56 GMT
#39
This is surprising. Have to wait and see if there is any big changes.
What happened to the world of tanks tournament thing? I guess this move is because the venue is not really used after the games they had didn't have good return?
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Adept
Profile Joined December 2009
United States472 Posts
August 01 2015 06:00 GMT
#40
Should be interesting to see what this results in, yeah. As long as GSL doesn't end up going anywhere though I doubt it'll be anything too bad!
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