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06/02/2024
CMS UK Media and Sports Highlights 2023
The CMS Media and Sports team has had another busy year, supporting our diverse client base (ranging from international corporates to individual creatives and founders), on a broad range of projects including...
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17/01/2023
CMS UK Media and Sports Highlights 2022
CMS has had another busy year, acting on a range of international media and sports deals. We were delighted to welcome John Cloke (Partner) and Oliver Kichenside (Of Counsel) to our team this year...
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12/09/2019
Should loot boxes be classified as gambling?
The loot box seems to be almost a requirement for any AAA release in the video gaming world today. From Overwatch's pioneering use of the term, to FIFA's Ultimate Team pack, to NBA 2k20  being slammed...
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22/07/2019
Is virtual reality the future of esports?
There's no denying the impact that esports has has in the last few years - global esports revenues are expected to break the billion dollar mark this year and the industry can boast a plethora of non-endemic...
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17/04/2019
Under the Radar: Why Does Nobody Really Know About India’s Booming Esports...
I consume esports news on an almost daily basis and like to think I’m fairly well informed on the latest goings-on in the esports sector. That said, it occurred to me that I knew next to nothing about...
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02/01/2019
Growing Pains: Pitfalls of Esports' Rapid Expansion
Whether it is via new non-endemic investment, sponsors, teams/or­gan­isa­tions or busi­ness ven­tures with other sectors, it is becoming increasingly clear that the esports sector is expanding. Whilst this...
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25/10/2018
Keep Calm and Carry on Playing - Esports are Here to Stay
In recent years, the majority of business focused esports articles I have read tend to be overwhelmingly positive about the future of the sector. Every few months there are reports of the sector's 'rapid...
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08/10/2018
New Non-Endemic Sponsors Seeking a Piece of the Esports Pie
What do Mastercard, KFC, Head & Shoulders, Universal Music, Snickers and the U.S. Airforce have in common? Other than being globally recognised com­pan­ies/brands/or­gan­isa­tions, these are just a few of...
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03/10/2018
Katowice Reinforces its Commitment to Promote and Host Esports Events
It's likely that you have never heard of Katowice - and you'd be forgiven for not having so. It's a small, quiet town in the South West of Poland with a total population of about 300,000 and no particularly...
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19/08/2018
Will fans pay per view for exclusive esports content?
"[Esports] is never going pay-per-view and it shouldn’t”. This unequivocal comment, made as recently as September 2018 in a public forum by data firm GRID’s CEO Moritz Maurer and backed by industry...
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12/06/2018
Highlights of our experience in Esports & Games
GINX TV Limited in relation to a distribution agreement between Ginx (operator of a channel dedicated to e-sports programming) and TVK24 for distribution of a Ginx channel in the USA. Esports Mogul on...
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