Virtual Reality (VR) eSports is a combination of competitive multiplayer gaming using the physical movements of VR technology. VR eSports has started to emerge as a new market due to the rise of the eSports industry and the affordability of consumer-level VR technologies. ESport games are very competitive, with players motivated by different aspects of... Continue Reading →
Video games and competitive gaming, known as eSports, is a competition where two or more human players compete with a defined set of rules and are becoming increasingly popular as a recreational activity in society. The industry is on the rise, with an estimated 1.1 billion viewers watching professional eSports activities in 2020. ESport events... Continue Reading →
eSports has been seeing rapid growth in the past few years. According to a study by Brown et al. (2018), the evolution of the internet from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 and the vision that the intellects have been aspiring up to Web 5.0 has truly influenced what we see today in the field of... Continue Reading →
At the beginning of this century, the eSports industry was not yet a significant player, although it already existed as a niche of video and computer games. The importance and interest only began to increase with the rise of the internet and its infrastructure. Especially among the younger generation, eSports today have a significant meaning.... Continue Reading →
Electronic sports, or "eSports," is a term for video game competitions. The global eSports market was estimated to be worth just over US$1.22 billion in 2021 and is projected to increase to US$1.44 billion in 2022. According to Statista, the market is anticipated to develop at a compound yearly growth rate of 21% from 2019... Continue Reading →
Welcome to My WordPress account and Blog! Hi readers! My name is Sparsh Yadav and I'm 26 years old . I come from New Delhi, India and have an undergraduate degree in Engineering, majoring in Computer Science. I'm currently pursuing my Masters in Sports Business Management from Leeds Beckett University. I've been passionate about a lot... Continue Reading →
Welcome to my last blog post of my digital media transformation series in which I will continuing on my last audio podcast and be discussing the convergence of eSports and betting. Along with this, I will be discussing the implications this convergence has already had on sport consumption and the impact it will have on... Continue Reading →
In my first two blog posts we looked at the past and present ecology of sports media, so it is only right to look into the future to predict what might be happening in the years to come. There are many possibilities of where the sports media could take us, as media is constantly evolving.... Continue Reading →
My recent blog posts have covered the digital disruption in the football industry and the digital revolution in sports media ecology in women's football. In continuation of this, this blog is going to analyse the effect of eSports on the football industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. eSports is set to become one of the fastest... Continue Reading →
The penultimate interaction of this 6 part series in which myself and fellow sports marketing masters student, Jack Prentice, will be discussing the growth of Esports accompanied with an evaluation of the lastest IT craze, virtual reality, or VR as it is more commonly known. As some of you may, or may not know, the... Continue Reading →
Media and Digital Transformation in Sport 