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    Landmark Paris Major becomes biggest French esports event with record 50,000 fans as BLAST.tv sees impressive growth with 27,000 peak viewership

    50,000 fans attended last week’s historic last ever CS:GO Major in Paris with Sunday’s final posting a peak viewership of 1.5 million and a record 27,000 on BLAST.tv.Team Vitality’s win on home soil over GamerLegion was the third most-watched CS match of all time and saw BLAST break a flurry of records including the highest attendance for an esports event in France along with becoming the first Counter-Strike event to be broadcast live on TikTok.  Last November, esports entertainment company BLAST launched BLAST.tv, a radical new way to watch and enjoy esports. The platform was the home

    BLAST launches ‘Away From Keyboard’ to promote healthy & balanced lifestyle at last ever CS:GO Major

    Ahead of this week’s historic last ever CS:GO Major in Paris, BLAST has launched its ‘Away From Keyboard’ campaign to help promote a healthy and balanced lifestyle in esports and gaming.BLAST has partnered with leading global healthcare company Novo Nordisk to launch ‘Away From Keyboard’. The campaign will look to drive change, inspire the gaming community and promote a healthy and balanced lifestyle when outside of the server and away from the computer.  The collaboration will utilise ambassadors, the global broadcast and in-arena activations to drive change and inspire healthier

    BLAST Premier Returns to North America with Spring Final Set to Take Place in Washington, D.C.

    BLAST Premier will be making its long-awaited return to the US with the Spring Final set to take place in Washington, D.C.’s Entertainment & Sports Arena.BLAST has teamed with Events DC and Monumental Sports & Entertainment to bring its global esports tournament, the BLAST Premier Spring Final, to Washington in June this year.  Hosted at Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, the Spring Final will run from 7th-11th June and will feature the world’s biggest esports teams, battling for the first BLAST Premier trophy of 2023, a share of the event's $450,000 prize pool and a place in

    BLAST Premier reveals broadcast footprint for 2023

    BLAST Premier has revealed its media rights distribution footprint for 2023 and will see the esports tournament organiser’s upcoming season broadcast in over 150 TV territories and available in 25 languages.Ahead of the 2023 season, BLAST has secured a number of media rights partnerships along with renewing existing global media rights deals. Broadcast partners include: TV2 (Denmark), RTP (Portugal), Webedia (France), Pelajaat (Finland), StarTimes (Africa), Maincast (Ukraine), Viettel (Vietnam) and Relog (CIS and Balkans) among many others.  The Counter-Strike tournament series will be

    BLAST Premier dates and format revealed for 2023

    BLAST Premier returns for 2023 with 345 hours worth of world-class Counter-Strike being put on in its fourth year.Opening with Spring Groups in mid-January and closing with the World Final in December, BLAST Premier will be the start and end of the 2023 Counter-Strike season, with seven tournaments featuring throughout the year. Both Spring and Fall Groups will exclusively feature best of three’s as the format for matches giving more hours of Counter-Strike than ever before. Group winners will advance directly to the respective Spring and Fall Final arena events. The remaining three

    BLAST.tv Major 2023 set to be first Counter-Strike Major to take place in France

    · BLAST to deliver first French CS:GO Major next May · Announcement follows on from French President Emmanuel Macron's ambition to host the biggest events in esports · BLAST.tv will be the home of 2023 France Major, where fans can get closer to the action than ever before · Next year marks 10 years of Counter-Strike Majors and the BLAST.tv Major will look to celebrate the pinnacle of CS:GO · World’s best CS:GO teams and players will compete for $1.25 million prize pool at the Accor Arena in ParisEsports entertainment company BLAST has revealed it will host and produce next year’

    Abu Dhabi to host BLAST Premier World Final 2022

    BLAST Premier’s biggest event of the year will take place in Abu Dhabi in December - eight of the world’s best esports organisations will compete for the prestigious World Final trophy, a slice of the $1 million prize pool and a chance to claim bragging rights as the champions of Counter-Strike in 2022.BLAST has teamed with ADGaming to bring its prestigious global esports tournament, the BLAST Premier World Final, for the first time to Abu Dhabi later this year as part of a three-year partnership. Hosted at the Etihad Arena on Yas Island, the BLAST Premier World Final will run from 14th-

    BLAST to launch new esports collection with Nike branded apparel

    Esports entertainment company BLAST has launched an esports-inspired Nike branded apparel collection.The BLAST and Nike branded collection will look to encapsulate gaming culture and lifestyle through spotlighting and celebrating the people and personalities behind esports - from the talent and players, all the way through to the unsung heroes behind-the-scenes.  The collection will incorporate the iconic colours and design of BLAST Premier with the Nike emblem and will include a t-shirt, cap, hoodie and jersey. Faye Marlborough, Head of Create Solutions at BLAST, said: “Our ambition

    BLAST Premier partners with OMEN, Magnum ice cream, MOCHE and Teleperformance for Lisbon Spring Final

    BLAST Premier has partnered with OMEN, Magnum ice cream, MOCHE and Teleperformance ahead of this month's Spring Final that is set to take place in Lisbon’s Altice Arena.As part of the deals, OMEN, Magnum ice cream, MOCHE and Teleperformance branding will feature in the Altice Arena during the event and across BLAST Premier’s digital and broadcast channels that reach over 154 territories around the world.  This week’s Spring Final will be the second BLAST event to take place in Lisbon - following the BLAST Pro Series, which sold out at the same venue back in December 2018. OMEN,

    BLAST Premier expands global reach with DAZN media rights partnership

    Esports entertainment company BLAST has expanded its global broadcast reach after agreeing a media rights partnership with DAZN Group, the leading global sports entertainment company, for 2022.The partnership will amplify BLAST Premier, meaning the global Counter-Strike tournament. The series will be available across over 100 of DAZN’s territories, live and on-demand, including United Kingdom, Japan and USA.  Last year DAZN broadcast over 27,000 sporting events across 956 million hours of streamed content to more than 200 countries and territories worldwide and it is the first fully

    BLAST and Dansk Industri team up to support growth of esports industry in Denmark

    Esports entertainment company BLAST and Dansk Industri (DI) will team up to support the long-term development of esports and establish a unified voice for the industry in Denmark.BLAST and DI will work together to help shape and support a framework to develop and further cement Denmark’s status as a leader in esports, an industry that is now valued at over a billion dollars and is on course to have a global esports viewership of 577 million by 2024.  Denmark has an illustrious history in esports, and has grown to become one of the most dominant esports nations in the world. The country

    BLAST Premier host city process underway for 2023 season

    Esports tournament organiser BLAST Premier has kickstarted its host city selection process for the 2023 season, following last week’s announcement on the Spring Final returning to Lisbon’s Altice Arena in June .Running from April-August 2022, BLAST will begin working with interested parties to find suitable host city locations and partners to deliver a number of event opportunities across their global tournament circuit in 2023.  As part of the process, BLAST will host engaging workshops on the benefits of hosting an

    BLAST Premier Spring Final set to be hosted at Altice Arena in Lisbon

    The BLAST Premier Spring Final (15-19 June) will take place at Altice Arena in Lisbon - the biggest indoor arena in Portugal and one of the biggest in Europe.Eight of the world’s leading teams will head to Lisbon in June to compete for a prize pool of $425,000/€392,000 and a place in the highly-anticipated World \Final in December.  Six teams have already confirmed their place at the Spring Final, including newly ranked world number one team FaZe Clan, who are coming into the event in fine form off the back of winning IEM Katowice in February and claiming first place at this month’s ESL

    A.P. Moller - Maersk partners with BLAST Premier in first long-term esports deal

    Esports tournament organiser BLAST Premier has announced a season-long partnership with leading global logistics company A.P. Moller - Maersk.BLAST Premier and A.P. Moller - Maersk will look to use the partnership to bring fans closer to esports through integrated digital campaigns and an MVP activation and broadcast segment.   The deal will see Maersk’s branding feature across BLAST Premier digital and physical assets, including the remaining six events of the year: Spring Showdown (27 April - 5 May) and Final (15-19 June), Fall Groups (19-28 August), Showdown (19-23 October) and Final (

    35 media rights deals agreed as part of BLAST Premier’s expanded 2022 global broadcast network

    BLAST Premier has announced a record 35 global media rights deals that sees the esports tournament organiser’s 2022 season broadcast in over 130 TV territories and watched in 25 languages.Featuring a combination of the world’s leading TV networks and online platforms, BLAST Premier’s broadcast will cover all major esports regions around the world ranging from North America, LATAM, Asia, the Nordics and CIS among others.  BLAST’s expanded broadcast portfolio represents a combination of renewals with existing global partners as well as signing an array of new media rights deals with

    BLAST Premier announces two-year partnership extension with EPOS

    Leading esports tournament organiser BLAST Premier has announced a two-year partnership extension with premium audio peripherals provider, EPOS.EPOS became BLAST’s official audio partner in February 2020 and the extended deal will ensure the brand continues to receive global exposure across the tournament organiser’s seven events this year, reaching an audience of over 150 territories in 18 different languages.  The partnership will build on the successes of 2021, with the continuation of the ‘Push to Talk’ podcast series into a second season. The series sees hosts and popular Counter-

    Red Bull teams up with BLAST for CS:GO Red Bull Flick Invitational, Helsinki

    Red Bull Flick, the premier 2v2 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament, has announced today a partnership with BLAST, the global esports media network, for the November pro-am Red Bull Flick Invitational, Helsinki. The culmination of the 2021 circuit, the event will give the best amateur duos from over 30 countries the chance to face CS:GO legends in an epic LAN event, complemented by an unforgettable live experience for fans at the Helsinki Expo and Convention Center.BLAST will support the global finale of Red Bull Flick as the official production partner, bringing their experience in

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