WCG 2008 reaches 27 million viewers! (4 Comments)
eSports to the masses with QuadV!
Posted by TosspoT on 23/03/2009 21:01:16 GMT
The World Cyber Games 2008 was enjoyed by a record number of eSports fans this year reaching a total global audience of 27 million compelled viewers! The audience figures were revealed as WCG announced that they had signed an extension of their agreement OnGameNet who ran both production and korean broadcasting out of Cologne in 08. The press release reads:
"OnGamenet has served as the global broadcast partner of WCG since the WCG 2006 Grand Final in Monza, Italy. Their professional game hook-up experience, WCG knowledge and cutting edge technology made them the easy choice for the WCG.
During the WCG 2008 Grand Final in Cologne Germany, OnGamenet sent out 187 tournament relay programs during 5 days in English, German and Korean to China's NeoTV, Germany's Giga TV, internet broadcast GameSports, and UK's QuadV channel. Total of 27 million viewers watched the WCG tournament action. "
qu1k_sh0t on 23/03/2009 21:29:49 GMT
that is an incredible figure.
hopefully with the correct steps forward it can grow even further.
step one is for all the FPS gamers to grow up and add some professionalism to the game, so that TV companies and broadcasters will want to start to cover the games.
Noice.