On this weeks ESI Digest, presented by Nuvei, we cover:

Ninjas in Pyjamas joining the LPL, Nerd Street Gamers's BLAST Premier collaboration, We Are Nations launching N2, LOUD partnering with Facebook, and Entain's rumoured £50m acquisition of Unikrn.

Data collection in traditional sports is burdened by the constraints of messy manual processes, whereas esports data collection happens natively and automatically. But when every little thing can be measured in esports, how do you parse through what in important and how can it best be organised?

On this week’s episode, we are joined by GRID Esports' CTO & Co-Founder, Chris King, and Technical Lead, Hans Cauwenbergh, to discuss data is collected, the differences between sports and esports data, and the process of making the data and much more. This episode looks to provide a brief lesson on an integral part of the industry.

This is the first episode in ESI Focus’s series on Data in Esports, presented by GRID Esports, hosted by Esports Insider Sub-editor, Tom Daniels.

In this week's ESI Digest we cover, FTX's partnership with the LCS, FaZe Clan's McDonald’s collaboration, Gen.G and Jay Park releasing a League of Legends team song, Ultimo.gg's partnership with Birmingham City, plus ReKTGlobal's Breakaway Music Festival partnership.

As with any developing industry, as the market matures more investors enter the space after seeing the trial and errors of first movers in the space.  As a result, investments, mergers & acquisition headlines in the industry have become common place as esports continues to find its footing and continues to disrupt traditional markets. As esports companies start-up or other companies pivot into the space, a financial boost is often needed to bring products and services to the global scale. What are some of the nuances between venture capital, crowdfunding, and stock market listings options for those seeking opportunities to give or receive?

On this week’s episode, Patrick Mahoney, Co-Founder of We Are Nations, and Jordan Hamburger, Partner at Sheppard Mullin, discuss the current state of investments in esports, how the current attitudes around investments in the industry came about, what investors should understand about ROI in esports and much more.

This is the fourth and final episode in ESI Focus’s series on Law in Esports, presented by Sheppard Mullin, hosted by Esports Insider's Head of Multimedia Content, Kerry Waananen.

In this week’s ESI Digest we cover, G2 Esports appointing Alban Dechelotte, Tribe Gaming’s latest investor, Envy Gaming sponsoring a World Chase Tag team, Semper Fortis Esports’s Top Blokes rebranding, plus ESL’s Israeli media rights deal with The Gaming Channel.

This edition of the ESI Digest is in partnership with Nuevi.

In this week’s ESI Digest we cover, Gen.G's Puma expansion, McLaren’s new esports facility, LOUD signing two Olympic skateboarders, ESL’s exclusive media rights deal with G4, and Apex Legends’s esports plans for the ALGS second season.   This edition of the ESI Digest is in partnership with Omnicoach.

Traditional sports betting dates back to the Ancient Greeks and the Olympics. In Ancient Rome, the practice was formally legalised. Esports is only possible through the development of interactive technology and so it follows that bookmakers would follow the innovations.

As esports has developed into a global phenomenon, what are some difficulties that esports bookmaking has needed to navigate due to location specific laws and cultural norms and what can the practice offer the growing industry?

On this week’s special episode, Craig Levine, Co-CEO of ESL Gaming; Marc Brody, Vice President of Business Development at Bally's Interactive; and Daniel Schnapp, Partner at Sheppard Mullin, discuss the current state of bookmaking in esports, gambling's role in adding additional revenue streams, and how wagering can work with fantasy esports to spread awareness of the industry's potential further and much more.

This is the third episode in ESI Focus’s series on Law in Esports, presented by Sheppard Mullin, hosted by Esports Insider's Head of Multimedia Content, Kerry Waananen.

On this week's ESI Digest, we cover OverActive Media trading to the TSX Venture Exchange, Carleton Curtis' departure from Guild Esports, Evil Geniuses launching Factor.gg, MPL Brazil's invited teams, plus GameSquare Esports's Cut+Sew and Zoned acquisition.

This edition of the ESI Digest is in partnership with Omnicoach.

Music has been synonymous with culture since the very beginning and as esports and gaming have emerged as a cultural medium in its own right — novel ways of interacting with music have risen as well. But what are some of the legal difficulties associated with music in this new medium and what should be taken into consideration for projects of all size incorporating music?

On this week’s episode, Toa Dunn, Head of Riot Games Music — Riot's newly launched music brand — and Sidney Fohrman, Partner at Sheppard Mullin, discuss aspects of how Riot Games Music was launched, incorporating music in the space and what aspects are involved in making sure everything is handled correctly in the cross-over industries. 

This is the second episode in ESI Focus’s series on Law in Esports, presented by Sheppard Mullin, hosted by Esports Insider's Head of Multimedia Content, Kerry Waananen.

On this week's ESI Digest, in partnership with Omnicoach, we cover Dota 2’s The International being relocated, EXCEL, Endpoint, Fnatic, and more launching a UK esports committee, ESL Gaming's Coinbase partnership, Tomas Lyckedal 's DreamHack departure, Nerd Street, NACE, CSL Esports and Mainline launching a collegiate league, plus Greg Kim joining CLG.