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MLG Acquires Gameplay Data Firm Agora Games
Professional video game league Major League Gaming MLG has acquired Agora Games, a game tech company that powers the publisher-owned online communities for games like Guitar Hero and Call of Duty. Agora Games will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of MLG. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed,...
Tags: Agora S.A., MLG, Major League Gaming, Games, Personal Technology, Entertainment, Gaming, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Technologies / Formats, Tameka Kee
External links 2009-08-18

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Major League Gaming Gains Industry Support in Bringing Professional Video Game League to Canada; Xbox, Yahoo! Canada, Zellers, The Score and G4techTV lend their support to bring professional gaming north of the border.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Jun 19, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Major League Gaming Canada is pleased to announce support from key industry players Xbox, Yahoo! Canada, Zellers, The Score and G4techTV, to bring the largest organized league for professiona TORONTO, ONTARIO, Jun 19, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX...
Tags: league, Microsoft Xbox, Yahoo! Inc., game, video game, video
Research articles 2007-06-19
GameStop Corp. Joins Major League Gaming as Presenting Sponsor For 2004 Season; Specialty Retailer to Support Burgeoning Professional Video Game League
NEW YORK -- Major League Gaming MLG, the official professional video game league for console game players, announced today that specialty entertainment software and video game retailer GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) will serve as the presenting sponsor for the second half of the 2004 season. The sponsorship package, valued at $100,000,...
Tags: console, game, GameStop Corp., video, video game
Research articles 2004-10-07
MLG Adds $3.5 Million Funding, Launches Doritos-Backed Gaming "Combine"
Pro gaming league Major League Gaming MLG raised an additional $3.5 million in funding—and it likely used some of the money to acquire gameplay data firm Agora Games—according to an SEC filing. We’ve put in a request for clarification. This brings MLG’s total raise to $46 million, including a...
Tags: Data Company, MLG, Snack-maker, Games, Personal Technology, Advertising, Entertainment, Gaming, Sports, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Tameka Kee
External links 2009-08-31
Championship Gaming Series Folds
DirecTV-backed professional videogaming league Championship Gaming Series CGS has folded. Launched in January 2007, CGS started with six franchises in the U.S. (in cities like LA, NY and Dallas), and expanded internationally this year. Its matches were picked up by DirecTV (NYSE: DTV), BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) and Star, and...
Tags: British Sky Broadcasting Group, BSkyB, Companies, DirecTV, DirecTV Group Inc., Entertainment, Games, Gaming, Home Entertainment, NYSE Euronext, Personal Technology, Tameka Kee, Tv & Home Theater, TVs
External links 2008-11-19
Major League Gaming Works with HP and Blizzard Entertainment® to Launch MLG PC Circuit
Break-Out Pro Gaming League Kicks off Expansion into PC Arena with World of Warcraft[R] Competition Played on HP Blackbird 002 Systems in San Diego June 13-15
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., PC
Research articles 2008-05-13
Mad Catz Signs License Deal With Major League Baseball; Mad Catz Plans to Produce Customized Video Game Controllers for all 30 MLB Teams
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (AMEX/TSX: MCZ), the world's leading third party video game accessory provider, announced that it has signed a license agreement with Major League BaseballR Properties to produce customized MLB team controllers for the PlayStationR2 and the XboxR gaming systems. The Company recently announced...
Tags: Company, Games, MARKETING, MLB, team, video
Research articles 2005-03-16
Panasonic Projector Systems Company Partners with Major League Gaming to Sponsor Pro Gamer Tom 'Tsquared' Taylor
Pro Gamer Has Tested and Will Promote Panasonic's PT-AX200U, the First Home Theater Projector Designed with Gaming in Mind
Tags: game, Panasonic, projector
Research articles 2008-03-05
Red Brick Entertainment Produces the 2006 Boost Mobile Major League Gaming Pro Circuit Tour on USA Network
Executive Producer Rob Dustin Brings Emmy Award-Winning Experience to Capture the Excitement of Professional Video Gaming, the World's Fastest Growing Competitive Sport
Tags: entertainment
Research articles 2006-11-09
paidContent Quick Hits 11.9.09
»  Looks like ad pages at some magazines will actually be up this quarter. [MediaWeek]»  On the heels of its funding round, CoTweet—which manages corporate Twitter accounts—has launched a paid service. [WSJ]»  Professional videogame league Major League Gaming will make $50 million from its online operations this year and...
Tags: Google Inc., Search Engine, Dan Lyons, Search, Features, Quick Hits, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-11-09
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL LICENSES VIDEO GAMES.
NEW YORK-Better graphics, enhanced sound, and more powerful and sophisticated gaming machines have combined to enrich the game-playing experience far beyond the clumsy sticks and dots that comprised early video games. NEW YORK-Better graphics, enhanced sound, and more powerful and sophisticated gaming machines have...
Tags: game, MLB, video
Research articles 1998-06-15
Rackspace to Host Major League Gaming Web site and National Gaming Circuit
MLG Infrastructure Relies on Rackspace's New Media Expertise
Tags: game, Rackspace
Research articles 2006-10-31
Simulator Systems to Enter Internet Gaming Industry
PORTLAND, Ore.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 15, 1999-- Simulator Systems Inc. (OTC BB:SIMMD) announced today that the Company is positioning itself to profit from the fast growing Internet gaming industry under the new name Casino Pirata.com. Casino Pirata.com will be a theme based Casino and Sportsbook that will offer Las Vegas...
Tags: Business Wire, Games, INTERNET, Portland
Research articles 1999-04-15
Disney's Superhero Bid for Elusive Young Males
Walt Disney's willingness to pay $4 billion to bring action heroes like the Hulk and X-Men into its pristine Magic Kingdom is a great example of the do-what-you-have to-to-do mindset in the new media market. After years of failing to attract young males to its creative cause, Disney is just...
Tags: Disney Corp., Marvel Entertainment, Games, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Marketing, Diane Mermigas
Blog posts 2009-09-01
Veteran Sports-Marketing Exec Ray Katz Joins Leverage Agency
Jeremy Mullman CHICAGO (AdAge.com) -- Leverage Agency, a fledgling sports-marketing shop backed by former Anheuser-Busch executive Tony Ponturo, has added veteran sports-marketing executive Ray Katz to its ranks. Mr. Katz had previously worked at the National Football League, where he was senior director of marketing; SmartixInternational, an affinity-marketing company he...
Tags: Agency, Executive, Anheuser-Busch
News items 2009-10-05
Las Vegas Review-Journal Gaming Chips Column.
Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 14--The phone call was arranged so Donald Trump could talk about his recent purchase of stock in the Riviera's parent company. But Trump had just hung up with New York Yankees owner George ...
Tags: Las Vegas Review-Journal
Research articles 2002-07-14
Grand Ronde Tribe in Oregon Proposes Stadium for Urban Casino Deal.
By James May, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 2--PORTLAND, Ore.--Major League Baseball is trying to find a new home for the Montreal Expos and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde say they have a solution. However,...
Tags: casino, Games, Governor, MLB, Oregon, Portland, stadium, team
Research articles 2003-04-02
Mohegans Launch Major Pro Sports Venture.
By Tom Wanamaker, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 11--Hold on sports fans, the "Connecticut Sun" has hit the hardwood. The what? Last July, we at Indian Country Today suggested the time was right for one of the...
Tags: Connecticut, Games, league, NBA, Sun Microsystems Inc., team, women
Research articles 2003-06-11
Let the games begin; Mohegans launch major pro sports venture
Wanamaker, Tom Indian Country Today Lakota Times 06-11-2003 Tribe is first independent owner of a WNBA franchise Hold on sports fans, the "Connecticut Sun" has hit the hardwood. The what? Last July, we at Indian Country Today suggested the time was...
Tags: Connecticut, Games, league, NBA, Sun Microsystems Inc., team, Tribe, women
Research articles 2003-06-11
Sycuan Denied Stadium Naming Rights
Sports Commission Rejects Tribe Due to Gaming Interests "Unfortunate." "Hypocritical." "Ridiculous." "Not surprising." These are some of the adjectives being used to describe the apparent rejection of the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation as a possible naming-rights sponsor to the prospective San Diego Padres ballpark. In...
Tags: ballpark, casino, Games, league, MLB, team, tribe
Research articles 2000-07-03
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