ESL One Frankfurt 2016: festival hat trick draws 7.3 million viewers
For the third year running, ESL One successfully took over the 2006 Germany World Cup football stadium in Frankfurt with its festival offering: 22,500 attendees attended ESL One Frankfurt over the weekend, with a further 7.3 million tuning in online. Festival elements kept visitors entertained in between matches, whilst those watching from home were catered […]
ESL One Frankfurt live and exclusive on SPORT1: German free-TV to broadcast esports
Support extends to dedicated SPORTS1 esports app with live updates and more! ESL, the world’s largest esports company, and SPORT1, Germany’s leading 360° multimedia sports platform confirm rumours of a partnership to bring esports to German free-TV. As part of the deal, ESL One Frankfurt, Europe’s largest Dota 2 festival, is set to be broadcast […]
ESL to host first international Overwatch® competition with a six-figure prize pool at gamescom 2016
ESL, the world’s largest esports company, today announced the Overwatch® Atlantic Showdown at ESL gamescom, the first international competition featuring Blizzard Entertainment’s new team shooter to offer a six-figure prize pool. The main event will take place this August 20–21 at gamescom, Europe’s largest trade fair for interactive games and entertainment, on the ESL main […]
ESL One esports spectacle in Barclays Center to feature Street Fighter® V
ESL One New York to host US$75,000 tournament with up to 1,024 players (Los Angeles, CA) June 10, 2016 – ESL today confirmed the addition of an open US$75,000 Street Fighter® V tournament “The Brooklyn Beatdown” to be played out in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center alongside the announced ESL One New York Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competition. […]
ESL delivers nearly one in every four hours of organizer esports content consumed on Twitch
Over the course of the past ten months (August 2015-May 2016), fans of competitive gaming consumed a total of 803.7 million hours of esports content on the online streaming platform, Twitch – for which ESL broadcasts were a main contributor. According to data from Newzoo, the world’s largest esports company dominates Twitch with the delivery […]
Double-digit growth for all viewership metrics of ESL’s CS:GO Pro League
The world’s largest esports company’s third season of the ESL Pro League saw double-digit growth across all viewership metrics, thereby becoming the product’s most successful cycle to date. The tournament series fostered development throughout the nine week competition and saw a peak year-on-year growth of over 44% for online content consumed. Globally, season viewership saw […]