Report: eSports And Game Content Streaming Revenues Will Rise To $3.5 Billion By 2021

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Forbes - 3/14/2017 - Alex Knapp - Revenues from eSports and steaming game content will reach $3.5 billion by the year 2021, according to a new report from Juniper Research. That's up from approximately $1.8 billion in 2016. This near doubling of revenue growth over five years represents the increasing popularity of both eSports and video game personalities on platforms like Twitch. "The past 5 years have seen viewership of eSports competition rocket," says the report. For example, the final stages of the three biggest eSports tournaments of 2016 saw over 90 million unique viewers. Those are figures that rival some traditional sports competitions. The biggest so far, the report notes, is the 2016 League of Legends World Championship, which saw 43 million viewers. Read more @ https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/ ... 673fed1c3c