ESPORTS WEEK IN REVIEW AND 50+ BRANDS UPDATE
The Netherlands National eSports League (Photo: Eredivisie)
MONDAY 1/23
Here's what's happened with Pro Sports eSports Investment in 2017 so far:
- Jan 3: FC Copenhagen Signs Counter-Strike Team
- Jan 6: Finnish team SJK Seinäjoki Signs FIFA Athlete
- Jan 9: Milwaukee Bucks Owner Confirms eSports Team FlyQuest
- Jan 9: Miami Heat Acquire Stake In eSports Team Misfits
- Jan 10: Lionsgate Invests In eSports Team Immortals
- Jan 21: Brazilian Soccer Star Ronaldo Invests In eSports Team CNB
- Jan 22: Japan's Tokyo Verdy Becomes Asia's 1st FIFA Athlete Sponsor
Netherlands Become 3rd Country With National eSports League
TNL eSports Podcast 014 (Photo: The Next Level)
TUESDAY 1/24
- Dell Partners With ELEAGUE
- Celtic's Jerebko's eSports Team Becomes The "5-Hour Energy Overwatch Team"
- Asus ROG Sponsors eSports Team Echo Fox
- Counter Logic Gaming Sponsored By Corsair
- G FUEL Partners With ELEAGUE
I've also updated the 2016: (now) 50+ Non-Endemic Brand list which includes the following Brands and apologies for the initial omission:
- Brisk Mate
- Lyft
- Best Buy
- Wal-Mart
- Totino's
Also as promised, here are 3 different ways to get a high res version of the 2016 eSports and Non-Endemic Brand List:
TNL.MEDIA: TNL Infographic 023: 2016 50+ Non-Endemic Brands
IMGUR: 2016: 50+ Non-Endemic Brands
SLIDESHARE: 2016: 50+ Non-Endemic Brands
2016 50+ Non-Endemic Brands eSports Investment (Infographic: The Next Level)
Is It Time To Pay Attention To VR In eSports (Photo: HTC)
TNL eSports Industry Guest Podcast 002 (Photo: The Next Level)
TNL eSports Brand Tracker 003: McDonald's and EA Madden NFL (Photo: EA Sports)
NEXT WEEK ON TNL
- INDIA: ESPORTS SLEEPING TIGER
- TNL ESPORTS PODCAST 015
- BLIZZARD AND FACEBOOK
- TNL ESPORTS INDUSTRY GUEST POST 002
- 3 NON-ENDEMIC BRAND DEALS
AND MORE....