INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
As World Cup fever can attest, football is in its prime at the moment
The matches have never been better (arguably), the players more famous or indeed expensive
But the beautiful game is facing an ugly problem: younger fans are being swayed elsewhere because of rising ticket prices and the changing
taking cues and inspiration from their direct competitors and one of the reasons it is doing this, is because of esports.The rise of
esportsCompetitive gaming has well and truly hit the mainstream
Services such as Twitch have made it easy to follow the myriad gaming tournaments happening at the moment
esports in all its forms last year and by 2020 that number is set to grow to 589 million.The money for those participating - not to mention
YouTube personalities and 50 celebrities played it out to win a $3 million prize pot
legendsThe Premier League in the UK has taken notice, too
Manchester City and West Ham United already have esports players on their books and this has got people speculating that an esports Premier
Not even esports fans know if what they are watching is a sport, despite the name
A study by Nielsen found only 53% consider esports to be an actual sport
Fifa effectAs much as you would think that a game such as Fifa would bring people closer to football, it has actually given many a skewed
version of what watching football is like
The instant replays, quirky camera angles and truncated match times have all created an immediacy to football that may not always be there
football match and the analysis that follows
moments, using tablets to rotate camera angles, zoom in on the action and cut out and physically move players from parts of the pitch to
Opta data is fed directly into those screens, allowing pundits access to touch-maps and positions, providing our customers with extra detail
our studio technology, where an Ncam and VR tracking system brings team line ups, formations and social media interaction into the studio
broadcasting is happening
TheIndianSubcontinent spoke to Roger Brosel, Head of Content and Programming, at La Liga - the Spanish football league - back in March about
have experienced seeing these players live so they get used to videogame-style shots of the game - close-ups of the ball, cameras behind the
Two people remotely control it: a pilot that moves the device and one that controls the camera
Favoured by the NFL, this technology uses 38 5K cameras to stick together a 360-degree view of the match, so it can be replayed at any angle
There are certain commonalities between putting on a pair headphones and a pair of boots - the pitch may look different but the will to win
