Esports Boom Ep 2: OWL, Nielsen, & VR

Anton Ferraro
Aug 28, 2017 · 2 min read

Check out the full episode of the Esports BOOM Podcast here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyQwMuC0dOQ

Table of Contents for Show

Part 1 — XLive Con Discussion — https://youtu.be/kyQwMuC0dOQ?t=56

Part 2 — Nielsen Enters Esports — https://youtu.be/kyQwMuC0dOQ?t=169

Part 3 — NYC OWL Team — https://youtu.be/kyQwMuC0dOQ?t=418

Part 4 — G2 Raises Initial Growth Capital — https://youtu.be/kyQwMuC0dOQ?t=843

Part 5 — Recent Esport Sponsorships — https://youtu.be/kyQwMuC0dOQ?t=1172

Part 6 — Skillz Named Fastest Growing Private Company in US — https://youtu.be/kyQwMuC0dOQ?t=1376

Part 7 — Sliver Raises $9.8 for VR Esports — https://youtu.be/kyQwMuC0dOQ?t=1616

Part 8 — NFL Announces Club League — https://youtu.be/kyQwMuC0dOQ?t=1817

Part 9 — Call of Duty & Xfinity — https://youtu.be/kyQwMuC0dOQ?t=2233

Part 10 — Twitch Acquires ClipMine — https://youtu.be/kyQwMuC0dOQ?t=2535

Part 11 — The Removal of Luna — https://youtu.be/kyQwMuC0dOQ?t=2650

Articles Referenced

Nielsen Announcement — http://mashable.com/2017/08/17/nielse...

Why Netflix won’t Share Data — http://www.businessinsider.com/why-ne...

Millennial Esports Corp. to Acquire Stream Hatchet
- http://www.marketwired.com/press-rele...

LW to NYC for OWL —
http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/i...

Tweet from Rekt Rep About Risks —
https://twitter.com/KevinKnocke/statu...

Rekt Launch Announcement —
http://www.esportsinsider.com/2017/06...

Luna Dropped from LW Blue —
http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/i...

Lunatic Hai to Seoul for OWL —
https://www.invenglobal.com/overwatch...

G2 Raises $9.8M —
http://www.g2esports.com/g2-esports-r...

Ocelote Earning $600,000 -
https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflege...

https://www.reddit.com/r/csgobetting/...

EU LCS League Changes —
https://news.unikrn.com/article/Major...

TSM & C9 Get TMobile Sponsorship —
https://dotesports.com/business/tsm-c...

Mercedes Sponsors ESL -
https://www.automotiveworld.com/news-...

Twitch to Represent Sponsor Sales for C9 & TSM —
http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/i...

Inc 5000 List — https://www.inc.com/inc5000/list/2017

In Depth Inc Article About Skillz — https://www.inc.com/magazine/201709/d...

Sliver Raises $9.8M — http://esports-marketing-blog.com/sli...

Sliver’s Initial Launch Announcement (Aug 2016) — https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/24/sli...

NFL Announces Club Championship —
http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/i...

Battlefield Announces Competitive Mode —
https://www.polygon.com/2017/8/21/161...

PUBG @ Gamescom Viewership Numbers —
https://esc.watch/tournaments/pubg/ga...

CoD Beta with Xfinity —
https://www.polygon.com/2017/8/23/161...

Twitch Acquires Clipmine —
https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/18/twi...

Luna Gets Dropped from LW Blue
http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/i...

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