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Featured
Endemol Shine Beyond debuts Legends of Gaming, season two
The new season premiered on the Smasher network with Tom Cassell, aka Syndicate, replacing Toby Turner as host of the U.S. edition.
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Featured
Machinima reveals new e-sports franchise
CEO Chad Gutstein on the big money the vertical brings in, the international appeal and why – despite the doubters – it has a future in linear.
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Distribution
Rovio’s ToonsTV meets Apple TV
The shift to video is part of a three-pronged growth strategy announced by Rovio last summer following disappointing financial returns.
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Featured
Linear e-sports face an uphill battle
The competitive gaming vertical succeeds online because of its very nature, but migrating audiences to traditional will be the biggest challenge.
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Gaming
Endemol brings on Tom Cassell to host Legends of Gaming
The U.K.-based gamer, who boasts more than nine million YouTube subscribers, will join the latest season of Smasher’s flagship series.
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Gaming
Mobile game harnesses power of YouTube for charity
In all, 20 top influencers (with a combined reach of more than 100 million subscribers) will take part in the race, created by digital studio Seriously.
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Entertainment
Machinima’s first Go90 series to bow in March
Street Fighter: Resurrection is based on the popular Capcom series, which has sold more than 35 million units worldwide.
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Entertainment
Machinima bows the Bacca Chronicles series
The MCN has tapped JeromeASF to lead its new Go90-sponsored series, which follows four heroes trying to maintain the peace in an online game server.
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Featured
From the Big Chair: Chad Gutstein
The Machinima CEO on what it takes for platforms to survive, what makes fan culture special and why he prefers the front lines to “the big chair.”
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Distribution
Freddie Wong’s RocketJump takes off in China
The digital prodco has brought its teen-targeted programming to the Asian market, with more to come, following a deal with Alibaba’s Youku Tudou.