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Major League Gaming Moves Over 100 Domains from GoDaddy to Oppose SOPA
Mon Jan 09, 2012 at 11:30 AM ETTags: SOPA, Major League Gaming, Industry Trends, eSports, Pro Gaming (all tags)
Yet another significant force in gaming has spoken out against the SOPA, and this one even took action.
Game companies big and small have come out against the Stop Online Piracy Act even though the Electronic Software Association supports it. The latest to take a stand is Major League Gaming, which just moved over 100 domains from GoDaddy.
There was an amazing amount of uproar about the act and a push to boycott companies that support the act. This recently culminated in a thread on Reddit that suggested a "move your domain day" in which users transferred their domains from the SOPA supporting GoDaddy to another provider that opposes SOPA.
The Stop Online Piracy Act is one of the most inflammatory bills to be introduced in recent years. If passed, the SOPA would give the government a wide range of powers over internet sites that offer copyrighted content illegally. These powers include banning the sites from search engines, barring services like PayPal from doing business with the sites and even blocking the sites completely.
Source: Joystiq
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Major League Gaming Moves Over 100 Domains from GoDaddy to Oppose SOPA
Mon Jan 09, 2012 at 11:30 AM ETTags: SOPA, Major League Gaming, Industry Trends, eSports, Pro Gaming (all tags)
Yet another significant force in gaming has spoken out against the SOPA, and this one even took action.
Game companies big and small have come out against the Stop Online Piracy Act even though the Electronic Software Association supports it. The latest to take a stand is Major League Gaming, which just moved over 100 domains from GoDaddy.
There was an amazing amount of uproar about the act and a push to boycott companies that support the act. This recently culminated in a thread on Reddit that suggested a "move your domain day" in which users transferred their domains from the SOPA supporting GoDaddy to another provider that opposes SOPA.
The Stop Online Piracy Act is one of the most inflammatory bills to be introduced in recent years. If passed, the SOPA would give the government a wide range of powers over internet sites that offer copyrighted content illegally. These powers include banning the sites from search engines, barring services like PayPal from doing business with the sites and even blocking the sites completely.
Source: Joystiq
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Major League Gaming Brings in 3.5 Million Unique Viewers - Dominates the 18-24 Demographic
Wed Dec 07, 2011 at 11:30 AM ETTags: Major League Gaming, MLG, StarCraft II, Halo: Reach, Call of Duty: Black Ops, eSports (all tags)
Professional gaming is on its way up in the states, with up to 241,000 peak viewers for the MLG alone.
It's been a real uphill battle to get eSports growing in the states, but over the last few years things have been improving in a big way. The MLG championships on the weekend of November 18th drew in a whopping 241,000 concurrent viewers. MLG boasts a total of 3.5 million unique viewers across their competitions for this year.
A few hundred thousand may not seem like much, but even the biggest competitions held in the U.S. last year didn't break the 100,000 concurrent viewer mark - now in 2011 the MLG has gotten more than double.
Major League Gaming CEO Sundance DiGiovanni says that these viewership numbers are encouraging, especially in the all important young male demographic. "Our live streams of the Pro Circuit National Championships garnered more 18-24 male viewers than Comedy Central, MTV, TBS, and FX draw in an average quarter hour and nearly as many as Adult Swim," he says.
In 2011, MLG featured 'StarCraft II,' 'Halo: Reach,' 'Call of Duty: Black Ops' and 'League of Legends.' Nothing has been announced for 2012 yet, but you can expect things to kick off again in the spring.
Source: Major League Gaming
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Major League Gaming Brings in 3.5 Million Unique Viewers - Dominates the 18-24 Demographic
Wed Dec 07, 2011 at 11:30 AM ETTags: Major League Gaming, MLG, StarCraft II, Halo: Reach, Call of Duty: Black Ops, eSports (all tags)
Professional gaming is on its way up in the states, with up to 241,000 peak viewers for the MLG alone.
It's been a real uphill battle to get eSports growing in the states, but over the last few years things have been improving in a big way. The MLG championships on the weekend of November 18th drew in a whopping 241,000 concurrent viewers. MLG boasts a total of 3.5 million unique viewers across their competitions for this year.
A few hundred thousand may not seem like much, but even the biggest competitions held in the U.S. last year didn't break the 100,000 concurrent viewer mark - now in 2011 the MLG has gotten more than double.
Major League Gaming CEO Sundance DiGiovanni says that these viewership numbers are encouraging, especially in the all important young male demographic. "Our live streams of the Pro Circuit National Championships garnered more 18-24 male viewers than Comedy Central, MTV, TBS, and FX draw in an average quarter hour and nearly as many as Adult Swim," he says.
In 2011, MLG featured 'StarCraft II,' 'Halo: Reach,' 'Call of Duty: Black Ops' and 'League of Legends.' Nothing has been announced for 2012 yet, but you can expect things to kick off again in the spring.
Source: Major League Gaming
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