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Gen.G Esports Signs Exclusive Partnership with AfreecaTV

l  The Gen.G LoL team will be streaming exclusively on AfreecaTV platform, starting July 20th (Wed) at 23:30 KST

l  The streams will allow players to directly communicate with fans worldwide.

 

Seoul (July 18, 2022) – AfreecaTV announced that it has signed an exclusive streaming partnership with the Gen.G Esports League of Legends team (Gen.G LoL team). Gen.G Esports, a global esports company with offices in Seoul, South Korea, Los Angeles, U.S., and Shanghai, China, actively operates esports teams and an esports education academy. Among them, the Gen.G LoL team boasts a global fanbase and currently ranks top in the League of Legends Champions Korea.

 

AfreecaTV is a media platform where anyone can enjoy live streaming content using PCs and mobile devices, and it has also become an esports portal by operating its own esports page and game prediction services. Through this streaming partnership with the Gen.G. LoL team, it strengthened its position as a streaming platform for professional gaming teams.

‘Doran’ Hyeon Joon Choi, ‘Peanut’ Wang Ho Han, ‘Youngjae’ Young Jae Ko, ‘Chovy’ Ji Hun Jung, ‘Ruler’ Jae Hyeok Park, ‘Lehends’ Si Woo Son – 6 members of the Gen.G LoL team will show various appearances through their streams on AfreecaTV. Gen.G fans all over the world can actively communicate with the players through live content and real-time chats.

 

Additionally, Gen.G and AfreecaTV will hold various promotions and events to welcome fans to the new platform through this partnership.

 

"We are excited about the partnership with AfreecaTV and expect to see the Gen.G LoL team players interact with fans around the world," said Arnold Hur, CEO of Gen.G. "Collaborating with AfreecaTV is significant as they were one of the few platforms willing to provide our team the support we need to develop new forms of content," he said, expressing his expectations for the partnership.

 

The Gen.G LoL teams first stream on AfreecaTV will begin at 11:30 p.m. KST on July 20^th. For more information on watching official streams and events, visit Gen.G Esports SNS channels or AfreecaTV Website (https://www.afreecatv.com) and AfreecaTV Esports page (https://esports.afreecatv.com/).

 

 

About Gen.G

Established in 2017, Gen.G is the leading esports organization connecting the United States and Asia. Ranked no. 8 in the inaugural Forbes list of the “Worlds Most Valuable Esports Companies,” Gen.G is the only major organization that owns and operates top teams in the worlds leading esports markets — China, South Korea and the United States. Its unique portfolio of teams, winners of seven global championships to date, includes the Seoul Dynasty franchise of the Overwatch League; 2014 and 2017 League of Legends world champion team in South Korea; a men’s and women’s VALORANT team, based in Los Angeles; and the NBA 2K Leagues historic expansion franchise in Shanghai.

United under #TigerNation, Gen.Gs core mission is to help fans and athletes use the power of gaming and esports to get ahead in and beyond the competition. The company has quickly become a commercial and thought leader, building a global, inclusive and cross-cultural future for sports entertainment. Gen.Gs teams, content creators and corporate staff work out of their offices in Los Angeles, Seoul and Shanghai. More information about Gen.G Esports and its teams can be found at this link. www.geng.gg