Customer Case Study: Global eSport Resources and SAFEIS
FIFA eSports Tournament
SAFEIS-GER-PHENIX PARTNERSHIP
The Saudi Arabian Federation for Electronic and Intellectual Sports (SAFEIS) and Global eSport Resources (GER) partnered with Phenix and launched the first ever Saudi Arabian FIFA 18 eSport tourney in April, 2018. Utilizing state of the art technology provided by Phenix, GER provided split screen narrated real-time streaming on its website and on the SAFEIS website. Sixty-four gamers participated: 32 played XBOX consoles and 32 played on PlayStation consoles and the winner took home $125,000.
Said Tom Smith, General manager of GER,
“Given the historic nature of this first ever FIFA 18 eSport tournament in Saudi Arabia, an extension of the Crown Prince’s Saudi 2030 Vision, only the world’s best technology would have been acceptable.”
In order to maintain such high quality standards, Phenix exercises its global private fiber network connecting over a dozen strategically located data centers. Connecting every user to a local point of presence minimizes data losses over the network and maximizes available throughput.
“Making this competition immediately available to viewers worldwide in crystal clear quality on split screens without any time lags or distortions is a reflection of our commitment to advancing the state of Saudi electronic gaming,”
said Prince Faisal Bin Bandar Bin Sultan Al Saud, President of SAFEIS.
ABOUT SAUDI FEDERATION OF ELECTRONIC AND INTELLECTUAL GAMING (SAFEIS)
Headed by HRH Prince Faisal Bin Bandar Bin Sultan Al Saud as President, the Saudi Arabian Federation of Electronic and Intellectual Sports (SAFEIS), is creating a world class, first of its kind, public/private eSports federation, culture and infrastructure. www.safeis.sa
ABOUT GLOBAL eSport RESOURCES (GER)
GER provides global eSport strategy, planning and execution. Founded to service the needs of the burgeoning worldwide eSport industry the Company is built on the experience and expertise of its principals. Its team has broad experience in consumer product and entertainment industries, specific eSport industry knowledge and extensive international experience. www.globalesportresources.com
ABOUT PHENIX
Phenix provides global real-time IP video solutions. The company offers an end-to-end solution by capturing video and audio at the source, and handles encoding, ingest, transcoding, composition and content delivery to any device, including mobile, browsers, connected TVs, set-top boxes and consoles. Phenix delivers high-quality synchronous content to broadcast sized audiences while maintaining less than ½ second of end-to-end latency. To learn more about Phenix real-time streaming technology, visit phenixrts.com or contact us at info@phenixrts.com.
