Gfinity PLC Eleven Sports to broadcast Elite Series (6946L)
July 21 2017 - 2:00AM
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Gfinity PLC
21 July 2017
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Gfinity plc
("Gfinity" or the "Company")
Eleven Sports to broadcast new Elite Series esports
tournament
Broadcaster to screen first season of the new Gfinity Elite
Series in multiple geographies
Gfinity plc, a leading esports company, announces it has signed
a contract with Eleven Sports to broadcast its newly launched Elite
Series, which commenced on Friday 7 July at the Gfinity Arena in
London. Eleven Sports will broadcast the content on their TV
channels in the United States of America, Belgium, Luxembourg,
Italy, Poland, Singapore and Taiwan, bringing the action into more
than 70 million homes.
Eleven Sports will show live and on-demand coverage of the
competition along with preview and review shows, behind the scenes
footage, documentary and magazine content and industry interviews
and features. This presents a unique opportunity for Gfinity to
extend the reach of the Elite Series, building its long term
commercial potential and for Eleven Sports to introduce fans of
traditional sports to esports.
As previously announced, the Elite Series tournament will see
eight professional esports teams compete over nine weekends of
head-to-head gameplay in a bid to win the Elite Series title and
showcase their skills on the world stage, marking an important
milestone in the significance and growth of the UK esports
scene.
Neville Upton, Chief Executive of Gfinity, said: "We are very
excited to work with Eleven Sports as they are an excellent partner
to deliver top quality broadcasting to the key markets where
esports matters the most. Eleven Sports distribute some of the
biggest sporting events which makes them a natural fit for all the
competitive video game action that the Elite Series has to offer in
full HD, globally."
Danny Menken, Group Managing Director, Eleven Sports, said:
"esports is growing rapidly worldwide and we are thrilled to agree
this deal with Gfinity to bring a slice of the action to fans in
every one of our markets. Gfinity aims to create a community where
gamers can play, share, watch and learn via dynamic and engaging
content. This makes it the perfect partner for Eleven Sports in
line with our strategy to bring fans close to the action, creating
a go to destination where a community of dedicated and passionate
millennial fans can access a diverse range of content that is
tailor-made for them."
Enquiries:
Gfinity plc www.gfinityplc.com
Neville Upton, Chief Executive Via Walbrook PR
Officer
Allenby Capital Limited - AIM Tel. +44 20 3328
Nominated Adviser and Broker 5656
Jeremy Porter / John Depasquale
/ James Thomas
Walbrook PR (Media & Investor Tel: +44 (0)20
Relations) 7933 8780
Paul Cornelius / Helen Cresswell or gfinity@walbrookpr.com
/ Sam Allen
About Gfinity
Founded in 2012, Gfinity has quickly established itself as one
of the world's leading esports business. The London-based company
enjoys strong relationships with game publishers, players and the
wider esports community and has built a reputation for delivering
top quality esport competitions, both on-line and off-line, and
producing industry leading esports broadcasts.
Gfinity has over 700,000 registered users eligible to compete in
its online esport competitions. Gfinity stages world leading
off-line events in which the world's top esport players travel to
the Gfinity Arena in London to take part in competitions broadcast
on-line to millions of viewers worldwide. Gfinity stages live
esports events featuring top video gaming titles, across PCs,
consoles and mobile devices.
Gfinity monetises the strong position that it has created
through a combination of sponsorship, advertising, broadcast income
relating to Gfinity's own events and through fees received for
creating and delivering bespoke events for sponsors and game
publishers seeking to engage with the esports community.
About Eleven Sports:
Founded in 2015, Eleven Sports is an award-winning global sports
provider dedicated to delivering world-class international and
domestic sports and lifestyle entertainment. Eleven Sports delivers
almost 20,000 LIVE hours of top class sporting action, available in
70 million homes worldwide in Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, Poland,
Singapore, Taiwan and the United States. Each country receives up
to 4,000 hours of live coverage of premium sporting events
annually, along with news, comprehensive analysis, digital content
and local programming. The channels are 24/7, multiscreen, full HD
and locally produced to the highest international production
standards, with local language commentary.
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