Inside Turner’s plans to take eSports mainstream

9 Dec, 2015 – Turner Sports makes a mint off broadcasting the NBA, major league baseball, golf and college hoops. Now it wants to do the same for video games.

Next summer, Turner and Hollywood talent agency WME-IMG will kick off the “ELeague,” a professional video gaming league. TBS will air weekly three-hour competitions during two 10-week seasons. It is pairing that coverage with 30 hours of digital content every week of daily competitions, behind-the-scenes coverage and profiles of the teams and players.

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