IBC365 has kicked off its series of bitesize tutorials, which offer a peek behind the scenes of the industry’s most pressing trends. Part 1 introduced speakers from Staffordshire University’s £2.9 million expanded esports provision discussing the growth of esports, the future potential for broadcast solutions and the cutting-edge technology used in the University’s brand-new arena.
The university, which has been running esports courses since 2015, approached Digital Garage to plan out the building of the facility, a build that included installing a Panasonic Kairos vision mixer and SMPTE 2110 for video to enable flexible, multi-purpose use of the facilities.
Esports Episode 1: Where are we now?
Episode 1 runs through the timeline from where it all began to the current climate and “who is watching”, from LAN parties and ‘clan’ formation, to world-class stadium events and how esports are now colliding with other broadcast media.
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