This year again, 16 of the best Counter-Strike teams battled it out in the LanXess Arena, Cologne, Germany. Once again, Smartcast covered the battle that took place underground : that of sponsoring! B…
[Exclu]: Webedia acquires Oxent and takes positions in Bang Bang Management
Thunderclap on the French market! Webedia, subsidiary of the Fimalac group, is going to acquire 100% of Oxent by holding ESWC and Toornament brands.…
EsportsTV is expanding its broadcasting network in Europe
The MTG group has just signed an agreement with one of the biggest European satellite operators: M7 Group. This will allow to expand the broadcasting of the esportsTV channel.…
Mike Rufail : “We have to start somewhere with franchising”
He leads one of the most prestigious clubs of US. Whatever the field, his teams are in the top of the world. Meet Mike Rufail a.k.a “Hastr0”, founder and director of Team EnvyUs.…
Jens Hilgers: “Teams and players need a bigger voice”
He rarely expresses himself before the cameras, but Jens Hilgers has made an exception and accepted to meet us. Second step of our series we made at the Gamescom.…
Stakrn: “Our target is the one which engages the most on the internet”
Boris Bergerot and Florent Mondolfo are the founders of the crowdfunding platform Stakrn. Both entrepreneurs are supported by Business Innovation Centre in Montpellier, one of the biggest start-up inc…
French esport, a market of €12 million
Electronic sport is a young market still quite opaque. In order to reveal its secrets, we have decided to survey the French key actors for an economic research: 14 companies with ongoing activities in…