Gfinity låter meddela att de inlett samarbete med Eleven Sports för att sända Elite Series i sju länder, däribland USA, i alla tre tävlingar: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Street Fighter V och Rocket League.
Gfinity har även planer på att bygga ut Challenger och Elite Series till fler nya marknader, en strategi som sammanfaller väl med Eleven Sports idé om fler lokala satsningar. Danny Menken, Group Managing Director för Eleven Sports säger:
"Esports is growing rapidly worldwide and we are thrilled to agree this deal with Gfinity to bring a slice of the action to fans in every one of our markets. Gfinity aims to create a community where gamers can play, share, watch and learn via dynamic and engaging content. This makes it the perfect partner for Eleven Sports in line with our strategy to bring fans close the action, creating a go to destination where a community of dedicated and passionate millennial fans can access a diverse range of content that is tailor-made for them."
Även Neville Upton, chef för Gfinity, hade några väl valda ord:
"We are very excited to work with Eleven Sports as they are an excellent partner to deliver top quality broadcasting to almost 80 million pay TV households on top of their OTT subscribers in the key markets where esports matters the most. Eleven Sports distribute some of the biggest sporting events which makes them a natural fit for all the competitive video game action that the Elite Series has to offer in full HD, globally."
