Vivendi and Canal Group Partner with ESL, the World’s Largest esports Company
October 11 2016 - 3:57AM
Business Wire
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Vivendi (Paris:VIV), CANAL Group and ESL, the world leader in
organizing esports events, announce a major strategic
partnership.
This partnership provides for the launch of the first official
esports leagues in France based on the existing ESL CHAMPIONNAT
NATIONAL. Under the partnership, these competitions will reach a
whole new level and be shown on the CANAL Group channels, making
the broadcaster a major esports player in France. Discussions are
ongoing with top game publishers to select the games covered by
those leagues.
The re-imagined national league will help French pro-gamers to
stand out and compete against the best teams in international
competitions held around the world by ESL and partnering game
publishers.
ESL is the world’s largest esports company and a leader in
organizing tournaments and leagues across the most popular game
franchises from 12.000+ online to 36+ stadium-filling events that
can bring together tens of thousands of people on-site and tens of
millions more online.
CANAL Group and ESL also join forces for the development and
promotion of esports in France by co-organizing in the country
major international events as part of the leading global circuit.
The objective is to strengthen the role of France as a key country
in the international esports circuit and bring new excitement to
the local eSports community in France.
Vivendi will provide important support to this initiative via
Universal Music Group, Dailymotion and its activities in live
events such as L’Olympia and Digitick.
This major strategic deal with the sector’s world leader marks a
decisive step in the commitment of CANAL Group in esports and helps
ESL to further build its leading position in France locally. CANAL
Group is already a sponsor of Team Vitality, one of the best French
professional teams regularly present in the most prestigious world
competitions.
CANAL Group has also announced the launch on its channel of the
CANAL ESPORTS CLUB, a new TV show entirely devoted to the esports
phenomenon and its stars. A special documentary on esports, Game
Fever, will be broadcast in prime time on the channel on October
26.
CANAL Group will also be the first major national broadcaster
present at the Paris Games Week from October 27-31.
About Vivendi
Vivendi is an integrated media and content group. The company
operates businesses throughout the media value chain, from talent
discovery to the creation, production and distribution of content.
The main subsidiaries of Vivendi comprise Canal+ Group and
Universal Music Group. Canal+ is the leading pay-TV operator in
France, and also serves markets in Africa, Poland and Vietnam.
Canal+ operations include Studiocanal, a leading European player in
production, sales and distribution of film and TV series. Universal
Music Group is the world leader in recorded music, music publishing
and merchandising, with more than 50 labels covering all genres. A
separate division, Vivendi Village, brings together Vivendi
Ticketing (ticketing in the UK, the U.S and France), MyBestPro
(experts counseling), Watchever (subscription video-on-demand),
Radionomy (digital radio), Olympia Production, the L’Olympia and
the Theâtre de L‘Oeuvre venues in Paris and the CanalOlympia venues
in Africa. With 3.5 billion videos viewed each month, Dailymotion
is one of the biggest video content aggregation and distribution
platforms in the world. Gameloft is aworldwide leading video games
on mobile, with 2 million games downloaded per day.
www.vivendi.com, www.cultureswithvivendi.com
About Group CANAL
Group CANAL is a leading provider of premium channels – the
CANAL+ channels - and thematic channels as well as in the
distribution of pay TV offerings. It is also a key player in free
TV with three national channels, C8, C17 and CNEWS, and its ads
sales division. Internationally, CANAL has developed a presence on
high-growth territories. It is the first pay-TV operator in
French-speaking countries, especially in Africa. It is also present
in Poland and Vietnam. In total, the CANAL Group has over 15
million subscribers worldwide. With STUDIOCANAL, CANAL is also a
European leader in the production, acquisition and distribution of
feature films and TV series. Group CANAL is fully-owned by Vivendi,
a global media and content production and distribution group
About ESL
ESL is the world's largest esports company, leading the industry
across the most popular video games with numerous online and
offline competitions. It operates high profile, branded
international and national leagues and tournaments such as the
Intel® Extreme Masters, ESL One, ESL National Championships and
other top tier stadium-size events, as well as grassroots amateur
cups, leagues and matchmaking systems. ESL covers a broad field of
services in gaming technology, event management, advertising and
television production, fully catering to the needs of the esports
ecosystem. With offices in North America, Germany, Russia, France,
Poland, Spain, China, and partners in many other countries, it has
a truly global footprint.
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Banet-Rivet+33 1 71 35 00 26orVivendiJean-Louis Erneux+331 1 71 71
15 84Solange Maulini+331 1 71 71 11 73orESLSamy Ouerfelli+33 662
718 653s.ouerfelli@eslgaming.com
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