Breaking Datas (TSXV: $BKD, OTC: $BKDCD) GIVEMESPORT
Partners with McLaren Racing for the Worlds Fastest Gamer
Competition
Win the best job in eSports a role with the Formula 1 team
as one of its official simulator drivers
TORONTO, ON, Canada and LONDON, U.K. -- May 09, 2017 --
InvestorsHub NewsWire -- Breaking Data Corp. (TSXV: BKD, OTC: BKDCD) (Breaking Data or
the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has partner with
McLaren to market Worlds Fastest Gamer the worlds most intense and
demanding competition for virtual racers. Its a contest that will
see the winner offered the best job in eSports a role with the
Formula 1 team as one of its official simulator drivers.
Worlds Fastest Gamer is a collaboration between GIVEMESPORT,
global sports and technology brand McLaren, founding partner
Logitech G, a global leader in gaming gear and the founder of
virtual motorsports famous GT Academy, Darren Cox, sports and
eSport racing innovator Sparco.
World's Fastest Gamer: Explain the Game
Watch video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5or4m5JOQM0
The winner will be offered a one-year contract with McLaren to
work in an official capacity as a simulator driver. Find out
more at http://www.mclaren.com/formula1/2017/worlds-fastest-gamer/worlds-fastest-gamer-explain-game/
Im particularly proud that McLaren, alongside our partners
Logitech, Sparco and GIVEMESPORT, have staked a claim as the very
first sports and technology brand to venture into the diverse and
fast-growing world of eSports, said McLaren Technology Group
executive, Zak Brown.
"The combination of McLaren, GIVEMESPORT and eSports, to find
The World's Fastest Gamer is exactly the type of partnership we
want to be doing," said Nick Thain, CEO of Breaking Data.
"eSports is a very exciting, fast moving sector. Bringing together
the technical excellence and motorsport pedigree of McLaren with
GIVEMESPORT's Artificial Intelligence capabilities and ability
distribute video content to hundreds of millions of sports fans,
across to world, is a very powerful combination" continued
Thain.
"The World's Fastest Gamer will create the bridge between 'real
world' sports fans and competitive eSports gaming, unlocking a
completely new audience," Thain concluded.
There are moments in life when you see something so brilliant,
that you wished you had created it. So, we did the next best thing
in partnering up with McLarens, Worlds Fastest Gamer, said Jae
Chalfin, CCO of Breaking Data. This is an exciting step into the
world of both F1 and eSports for GIVEMESPORT.com, Chalfin
concluded.
About McLaren Racing:
McLaren Racing is a company within McLaren Technology Group.
http://www.mclaren.com/technologygroup/
McLaren Technology Group is globally renowned as one of the
worlds most illustrious high-technology brands. Since its
foundation in 1963, McLaren has been pioneering and innovating in
the competitive world of Formula 1, forging a formidable reputation
which has seen the racing team win 20 World Championships and over
180 races.
Watch contest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5or4m5JOQM0
About Breaking Data Corp.: http://www.breakingdatacorp.com/
Breaking Data Corp. is a technology provider of a range of
Artificial Intelligence (AI) services including; semantic search,
machine learning and natural language processing ("NLP"). The
Company's technology platform has many practical applications, in
multiple business and consumer verticals that are immersed in
massive media and data rich settings. The Company's showcase app,
BreakingSports, utilizes AI, semantic machine learning and NLP to
track social media in a fully automated, real-time manner for
significant sports information and events and distributes
summarized information through real-time push notifications to
consumers.
About GIVEMESPORT: http://www.givemesport.com/
GIVEMESPORT, Breaking Datas recent acquisition, is a leading
next generation sports media company with the largest single
publisher Facebook page in the world, with over 26 million fans.
The next largest single sports publisher Facebook page is ESPN with
15.2 million fans. GIVEMESPORTs content generates over 3.6 billion
impressions (Feb-17), reaching over 138 million unique users
(Feb-17) per month on Facebook alone. Visit GIVEMESPORTs Facebook
page at https://www.facebook.com/GiveMeSport/
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