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How the eSports Industry Fares Against Traditional Sports
How the eSports Industry Fares Against Traditional Sports
In just a decade, electronic sports (eSports) has evolved from an underground culture into a mainstream industry worth billions of dollars today.
The industry is growing at an explosive rate, and with major tech giants like Amazon and Google vying for a piece of the pie, the future of this industry is an exciting one.
It’s no surprise that eSports is often compared to its predecessor, traditional sports. However, eSports certainly has none of the typical confines of a traditional sport—so how does it compare in terms of audience size, market potential, and revenue?
SPORT INDUSTRY AWARDS 2020 OPEN NOW
The Sport Industry Awards 2020 are now open for entries, with brand new categories, innovative updates and even more ways for the great and the good of sport business to take home an iconic trophy on the industry’s biggest night of the year.
The Sport Industry Awards celebrate the immense work done behind-the-scenes of the sport sector, honouring the clubs, teams, brands, agencies and innovators that ensure the industry continues to move forward and excel.
Driven by industry feedback, the Sport Industry Awards 2020 will now feature 18 chances to lift a trophy, with new categories included to reflect the ever-changing dynamic of the sporting world – all of which have emerged following a summer of dialogue and consultation.
Among the new categories for 2020 are the Sport Event Coverage Award [replacing 2019’s Media Content Award] and the Creative Content Award [replacing 2019’s Film Content Award], both of which have been developed to honour and award fields of the industry that are changing at a rapid pace.
