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Esports : $1B teams ? (NBA in the 1980s)
▻https://hackernoon.com/esports-1b-teams-nba-in-the-1980s-b3ffcb54c4f7?source=rss----3a8144eabfe

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Today, every #nba team is worth over $1B (USD) and we believe that esports organizations could be worth the same, or more, in the near future. History is repeating itself, but much faster this time.After noticing the deals taking place with esports teams like Cloud9 raising $50M, TSM raising $37M, Team Liquid raising $25M, and the lucrative expansion fees for OWL franchises, it reminded us of what happened in the NBA in the 1980s. The investments in these esports teams and franchises are very similar to the prices paid for NBA franchises in the 1980s.The path to a $1B valuation will happen faster for esports organizations than it did for the NBA.Main Takeaways:1) Team transaction values are similar2) Expansion fees are similar3) Global viewership for esports will drive higher valuations (...)

#hackernoon-top-story #venture-capital #gaming #esport

Take-Two beats targets as Red Dead Redemption II shipments reach 23 million
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-02-06-take-two-beats-targets-as-red-dead-redemption-ii-shipments

NBA 2K19 and Civilization VI on Switch also exceeded sales targets

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TRON Summit: How BitTorrent will drive mass adoption for the #blockchain
▻https://hackernoon.com/tron-summit-how-bittorrent-will-drive-mass-adoption-for-the-blockchain-c

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TRON Summit: How the battle for BitTorrent might just lead to mass adoption of blockchain$BTT ICO announced for 1/28, airdrop for 2/11TRON CEO & Founder Justin Sun onstage with NBA legend Kobe Bryant at the Nitron Summit in San Francisco (photo credit: Martine Paris)TRON was the third top mover this past Monday with its #cryptocurrency TRX jumping 5.03%, now the 9th largest cryptocurrency ranked by market capitalization, according to ForbesCrypto Markets. This coming off the heels of its debut NiTROn Summit, a developer conference held in San Francisco last week that impressed even the most skeptical in the EOS community.TRON’s charismatic 28 year old CEO and founder, Justin Sun, took the stage during opening remarks proudly donning his BitTorrent hoodie and talking about how its (...)

#bittorrent-blockchain #tron-summit #technology

Take-Two and NBA extend partnership in $1.1bn deal
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-01-16-take-two-and-nba-extend-partnership-in-usd1-1bn-deal

Multi-year licensing agreement enables 2K to continue making its best-selling basketball game

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Moving platforms forward in an Epic Games world
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-01-04-moving-platforms-forward-in-an-epic-games-world

Saber Interactive CEO Matt Karch explains the NBA Playgrounds studio’s decision to go in early on Epic’s new store

A Gaillon de nombreux cons s’éveillent à la politique
Procès du mur des gilets jaunes : le rude moment de l’ex-présidente du Syndicat de la magistrature.

Khashoggi : l’audition de Joakim Noah conforte la volonté de sanction du Sénat.
NBA : la directrice de la CIA signe aux Grizzlies de Memphis.

Un produit utilisé pour la dialyse va présenter les Oscars 2019
Alerte sanitaire sur l’acteur et humoriste Kevin Hart

Le prix Turner pour l’art contemporain s’inverse aux Etats-Unis, Wall street panique
La courbe des taux sacre un court-métrage tourné avec un téléphone.

La « lettre sur Dieu » d’Einstein aboutit à une naissance
Une transplantation d’utérus, d’une donneuse décédée, vendue 2,89 millions de dollars.

Pigeons, souris, rats : les espèces les plus communes sont favorisés par la diplomatie américaine
Retour des activités humaines en Somalie après vingt-huit années d’absence.

Brexit : la dernière houillère de la Ruhr perd un vote clef
Le gouvernement May ferme

#de_la_dyslexie_créative

The architects of fantasy
▻https://africasacountry.com/2018/11/the-architects-of-fantasy

A pink fish, a fierce lion, an NBA basketball, or even an octopus. These are all

NBA 2K19 and GTA Online drive Take-Two results
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-11-07-nba-2k19-and-gta-online-drive-take-two-results

Digital sales continue to accelerate

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NBA superstar Michael Jordan leads $26m investment into aXiomatic Gaming
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-10-29-nba-superstar-michael-jordan-leads-usd26m-investment-into-

Jordan invests in parent company of third-most valuable #eSports organisation, Team Liquid

#Financial

UK charts: Slow start for Tomb Raider as Spider-Man reigns supreme
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-09-16-uk-charts-slow-start-for-tomb-raider-as-spider-man-reigns-

NBA 2K19 debuts at No.3

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Microtransactions “an unfortunate reality in modern gaming” - NBA 2K19 dev
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-09-04-microtransactions-an-unfortunate-reality-in-modern-gaming-

Every game tries to get additional revenue from players in some way, says senior producer Rob Jones in wake of NBA 2K18 criticism

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2K Games alters NBA 2K MyTeam mode to comply with Belgian loot box laws
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-08-22-nba-2k-alters-myteam-mode-to-comply-with-belgian-loot-box-

Card packs no longer available for premium currency, though 2K “disagrees with this position”

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Lebron James a ouvert une école gratuite pour les jeunes défavorisés de son quartier
▻http://www.clique.tv/lebron-james-a-ouvert-un-etablissement-scolaire-pour-les-jeunes-defavorises-d

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C’était son rêve : ouvrir une école pour venir en aide aux enfants dans la galère. Mais pas n’importe où. Son établissement scolaire ? Il ne se voyait pas l’installer ailleurs que dans le quartier de son enfance. Celui qui lui a permis de se construire et d’être l’un des sportifs les plus puissants de la planète. Aujourd’hui, c’est chose faite : Avec sa fondation, Lebron James vient de marquer l’histoire de sa ville de cœur, Akron, dans l’Ohio, en ouvrant une école qui va certainement (re)donner espoir aux enfants les plus démunis du coin. Toute une symbolique.

[…]Nommée I Promise, l’école accueillera dès la rentrée 2018, 240 élèves allant du CE2 jusqu’au CM1. Au programme : plus d’heures de cours et une année scolaire plus longue que dans les écoles traditionnelles, les repas et les uniformes gratuits, des cours spécifiques pour les parents d’élèves qui souhaitent reprendre leurs études, mais par dessus tout : la garantie de voir ses études à l’Université d’Ankon tous frais payés.

Je kiffe tellement ce gars ! Le sens de la communauté dans ce qui se fait de mieux.

#lebron #noir #ghetto #école #pauvreté #basket_ball #nba #communauté #Akron #Ohio #états_unis

NBA 2K18 reaches ten million units sold
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-08-02-nba-2k18-reaches-ten-million-units-sold

Lifetime franchise sales exceed 80 million

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TSM raises $37 million in Series A funding
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-07-24-tsm-raises-usd37-million-in-series-a-funding

Esports organization investors include NBA stars Stephen Curry, Andre Iguodala

#eSports

High school #eSports firm PlayVS raises $15 million
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-06-05-high-school-esports-firm-playvs-raises-USD15-million

Series A funding round led by firms with ties to NFL, NBA, Twitch, and Nas; inaugural season set for October

Les cadeaux de Villeurbanne à l’Asvel de #Tony_Parker
▻https://www.wereport.fr/articles/les-cadeaux-de-villeurbanne-a-lasvel-de-tony-parker

Premier budget de la Pro A, racheté par la star de NBA, mais toujours dépendant de l’argent public : l’Asvel #Basket bénéficiera cette saison de plus d’un million d’euros d’aides de la ville de Villeurbanne. #subventions, places VIP, loyer à prix cassé… Mediacités fait les comptes. Article à lire sur Mediacités #Lyon (abonnement)

#Enquêtes_et_reportages #Sport_Business #ASVEL #Jean-Paul_Bret

Record years from Grand Theft Auto Online and NBA 2K18 drive Take-Two
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-05-16-record-years-from-grand-theft-auto-online-and-nba-2k18-dri

Unannounced entry from big 2K franchise pushed to fiscal 2020 as Strauss Zelnick talks Red Dead Redemption 2 expectations, loot boxes, and battle royale

Twitch signs multi-year deal with NBA 2K League
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-04-18-twitch-signs-multi-year-deal-with-nba-2k-league

First media rights deal for the NBA and Take-Two’s #eSports endeavor will see up to 199 games aired live on streaming site

NFL and NBA veterans among key hires at Activision Blizzard’s new #eSports division
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-03-16-activision-blizzard-expands-esports-leadership-team-with-t

“We’re committed to maintaining the highest degree of excellence and professionalism in our operation,” says esports division CEO

Take-Two’s usual performers carry company to solid quarter
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-02-07-take-twos-usual-performers-carry-company-to-solid-quarter

Record quarters for Grand Theft Auto Online and NBA 2K continue to tide publisher over during a light year of major releases

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The Israeli Sports Minister Is Using the NBA to Further an Anti-Palestine PR Campaign

The NBA in fact was shocked by Regev’s PR offensive. It may have been particularly disturbing for the league offices because Regev is best known for whipping up hatred against African migrants, calling them “a cancer” in 2012. She has also been accused of whipping up violence against these impoverished refugees. The NBA not only does a great deal of work in Africa, and it not only has several star players from the African continent, but their brightest young star is arguably Giannis Antetokounmpo, who was born to Nigerian migrants in Greece, where African immigrants have become the targets of Greek fascists exploiting the global refugee crisis—like Regev and Trump—to achieve political power.

▻https://www.thenation.com/article/the-israeli-sports-minister-is-using-the-nba-to-further-an-anti-palestine

Israeli minister gets ’Palestine’ removed from NBA site
▻http://www.tampabay.com/israeli-minister-gets-palestine-removed-from-nba-site-ap_world20a56324e0bc

Israel’s sports minister says she got the words “Palestine-occupied territory” removed from an NBA website.

Miri Regev, in her letter to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, called Palestine “an imaginary ’state’.” She said the listing was not in line with President Donald Trump’s recent recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Reviews vs. revenues: Mixed messages for Take-Two
▻http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-11-10-reviews-vs-revenues-mixed-messages-for-take-two

NBA 2K18 players say they hate virtual currency, but sales figures say they’re spending more than ever; Take-Two listens to the latter at its peril

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NBA 2K18, GTA Online drive Take-Two’s Q2
▻http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-11-07-nba-2k18-gta-online-drive-take-twos-q2

CEO Strauss Zelnick says despite complaints of aggressive microtransactions, player spending “probably the best barometer of how a title’s being received”

#Publishing #Financial