ELeague

ELEAGUE
Tournament information
Sport Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location Atlanta, Georgia
Established 2016
Format Regular season + playoffs
Teams 24
ELEAGUE
Genre Sports, esports
Original language(s) English
Production
Location(s) Atlanta, Georgia, US
Production company(s) Turner Broadcasting
Release
Original network TBS
Original release May 24, 2016 (2016-05-24)

ELEAGUE is an upcoming professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league to be broadcast in Summer 2016 on TBS. On September 24, 2015 Turner Broadcasting announced that it was partnering with talent agency WME/IMG for a new esports project.[1] The league will feature 24 teams from across the world to compete in two 10-week league seasons annually,[1] which includes a regular season, playoffs, and a championship.[2] Sources at Turner say there are no plans to lock teams into exclusivity, unlike the Championship Gaming Series, a previous attempt in 2006-2008 to bring professional video games to television in the United States.[1] No dates have been announced yet but it has been announced that matches will be on Friday nights.[3] The broadcast will simultaneously be available on online streaming services.[4] Matches will occur at Turner studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.[5][6] Esports programming is planned to be part of a revamped TBS.[7] The name "ELEAGUE" was official unveiled on December 4, 2015.[8]

There will be a total of 24 teams competing in the league and it will offer $1,200,000 USD in prize money per season.[8] It will debut on May 24, 2016.

Turner will be partnering with online streaming services to bring additional video content.[9] One such program will feature the Renegades' move from Australia to the United States. Additional content will be available on Bleacher Report's Team Stream App.[4]

The first season's full team list was announced on April 21, 2016.[10]

Teams competing

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lewis, Richard (September 23, 2015). "Turner set to unveil televised esports league featuring CS:GO". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  2. ↑ Frank, Allegra (September 24, 2015). "eSports comes to primetime on TBS in 2016 with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive". Polygon. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  3. ↑ Spangler, Todd (September 23, 2015). "Turner, WME/IMG Form E-Sports League, With TBS to Air Live Events". Variety. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. and WME | IMG Form Strategic Partnership to Create Groundbreaking eSports League". Time Warner. September 24, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  5. ↑ Schwartz, Nick (September 23, 2015). "Turner buys into eSports with creation of new 'Counter-Strike' league". USA Today.
  6. ↑ Higgins, Chris (September 24, 2015). "Turner Broadcasting unveils new televised CS:GO league". Market for Home Computing and Video Games. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  7. ↑ Dave, Paresh (September 23, 2015). "Competitive video gaming is set to return to TV in 2016". LA Times. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  8. 1 2 Heitner, Darren (December 4, 2015). "New Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) League Announces $1.2 Million Prize Pool". Forbes. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  9. ↑ Wynne, Jared (November 6, 2015). "Turner plans to partner with an online streaming company, expand into other esports". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  10. 1 2 "Teams - ELeague". ELeague. Turner Broadcasting System. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  11. ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/17306-eleague-unveils-first-teams

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