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Venn Network Launches in August

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A brand new gaming network, which is looking to be the gaming industry answer to MTV from the 1980s, will officially launch on August 5th 2020 and will roll out 20 hours of live programming, according to TechCrunch.

Viewers can reportedly expect news and talk shows, game shows and documentaries, among the slate of content offerings when Venn officially launches.

“From conception, Venn has been laser-focused on elevating the creators of this generation with production leadership, a chance to flex new creative muscles and grow their audiences via our broad distribution,” Ariel Horn, co-chief executive of Venn said in an official statement.

“As we close in on our August launch, we’re thrilled to pull back the curtain on the first wave of programming — and the unique blend of talent curated from the worlds of gaming and cutting edge digital storytelling.”

Venn will be broadcasting from studios in Playa Vista located in Los Angeles, California and New York’s World Trade Center (expected in 2021).

“We’re disrupting the traditional television business model and giving birth to a powerful voice in GenZ and millennial entertainment. We identify and curate fan favorite talent, develop and elevate their content with a world-class TV production infrastructure, then rapidly scale it all via our universally distributed network”, Ben Kusin, Venn’s other co-chief executive, added in a statement.

“There’s a currency in generational talents and a currency in generational movements, and that timeliness can’t wait for traditional TV to adapt. The time for Venn is now.”

Per the announcement, here are the first slate of shows that were announced:

  • VENN ARCADE LIVE — A daily variety show centered on gaming themes (and unfortunately not inspired by the seminal Hüsker Dü album, “Zen Arcade”) to be hosted by James “Dash” Patterson, Venn Arcade will feature guest appearances, live performances, interactive gameplay and audience participation from the hottest gamers, streamers, celebrities, athletes, musicians and rising stars.
  • DARE PACKAGE — An extreme challenge version of unboxing where loot crates filled with mystery challenges are delivered to streamers’ homes hosted by @AustinOnTwitter.
  • GUEST HOUSE — On weekday afternoons celebrity guests will take over the Venn studios to craft their own streaming show for live audiences.
  • THE SUSHIDRAGON SHOW — Hosted by the eclectic and eccentric performance artist and streamer, “The SushiDragon Show” will feature interviews, performances and entertainers alongside SushiDragon’s own signature dancing set against digital backdrops and avatars.
  • LOOKING FOR GAINS — Hosted by the entertainer known as CashNasty this show will be an interactive fitness show designed to showcase guest’s ultimate quarantine workout.

 

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Astralis Partners with Universal Music Group for New ‘Music Initiative’

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Esports organization Astralis has teamed up with Universal Music Group for a new music initiative and it has been officially kicked off with a new track released by Mattis as the first song of the collective initiative.

The goal of the initiative is to ‘provide artists from different backgrounds, who share a passion for gaming, a room to play and create new music inspired by the passion they share and live’, according to an official press release.

“Together with Universal Music, today we have launched a new cross-culture initiative to amplify the close connection between the global cultures of music and gaming” Astralis Co-founder Jakob Lund Kristensen stated in the release.

“Just like music, esports and gaming knows no borders and does not distinguish between age, gender, religion, or anything else than the passion you share. This is what we want to celebrate by creating a room for different artists to tell their own story, share their passion for gaming and to become an even more integrated part of the gaming culture.

“It is all about embracing the positives of music, gaming, and passion. We want to be an even larger part of the daily life of Astralis fans, also outside tournaments, but we also invite all others, who might not have a close relation to gaming, to come closer and feel some of the passion.”

You can check out the new song from Mattis below. Mattis, who is officially the first artist under the Astralis brand, says that “The song … is all about fighting for what you believe in, no matter what everybody else tries to tell you. It is about lifting each other up to achieve something bigger than ourselves. For me it is very much what Astralis is all about, and it is my hope that the song will bring people together around a common passion.”

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Nintendo Sues Popular TikToker and Twitch Streamer

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Nintendo is living up to it’s reputation as an aggressive defender of it’s intellectual property and have forced a popular TikTok creator and twitch streamer to completely re-brand.

According to GamerRant, content creator Pokeprincxss, who has racked up 1.9 million followers on TikTok, and an impressive following on Twitch, has been told that she can no longer go by the name pokeprincxss, forcing her to completely re-brand.

She is now known as digitalprincxss instead, and discussed the situation in a recent video posted on YouTube.

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Fall Guys Says DrLupo “Statistically the Best”, The Fallen One

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Fall Guys has branded Twitch streamer DrLupo as “The Fallen One”.

The official Twitter account for Fall Guys sent out a tweet says that he is the #1 player in the world at the moment, which makes DrLupo, as he said on Twitter, “statistically the best.”

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