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CardioComm Solutions $EKG.ca Launches New GEM(TM) Mobile Universal ECG App Expanding ECG Reporting Services Across Global Markets $ATE.ca $TLT.ca $OGI.ca $ACST.ca $IPA.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 8:46 AM on Monday, March 25th, 2019

FDA Approval of New Version of GEMS Mobile ECG App Will Result in Growing Number of Partnerships with ECG Device Manufacturers

  • Announced the release of a new version of the Company’s recently cleared US Food and Drug Administration GEMS™ Mobile ECG app
  • New version is branded as the GEMS™ Universal ECG and is capable of connecting with multiple manufacturer’s consumer and prescription ECG devices sold globally

Toronto, Ontario–(March 25, 2019) – CardioComm Solutions, Inc. (TSXV: EKG) (“CardioComm” or the “Company“), a leading global provider of consumer heart monitoring and electrocardiogram (“ECG“) acquisition and management software solutions, announces the release of a new version of the Company’s recently cleared US Food and Drug Administration (“FDA“) GEMS™ Mobile ECG app. The new version is branded as the GEMS™ Universal ECG (“GEMS™ Universal“) and is capable of connecting with multiple manufacturer’s consumer and prescription ECG devices sold globally.

The GEMS™ Universal ECG app allows users access to CardioComm’s fee-for-use SMART Monitoring ECG reading service, through which they can request a review of their ECG(s) to confirm the presence or absence of arrhythmias. GEMS™ Universal will be available for a fee of $6 per month, which will include one free ECG triage. GEMS Universal will also be available under an annual fee of $69, with 12 free triage reports included. These reports may be requested at any time during a renewable one year subscription. CardioComm device partners will share in revenues generated from downloads of the app and from SMART Monitoring ECG readings.

GEMS™ Universal is a slimmed-down version of the Company’s Health Canada-approved, FDA-cleared and CE Mark-certified, hospital-based Global ECG Management System (GEMSTM). GEMS™ Universal will be marketed for use with non-HeartCheck™ branded ECG devices, and will allow users the ability to generate unlimited, medical-grade ECG PDFs in near-real-time.

The first release of the GEMS™ Universal ECG is compatible with several OEM and private label devices, including those manufactured by Contec Medical Systems and BORSAM Biomedical Instruments. These manufacturers provide CardioComm with access to a global audience of ECG device users in regions where other companies have already established hardware sales.

The GEMS™ ECG Universal ECG app is scheduled to be available on the App Store and Google Play in April.

For further updates regarding GEMSTM Mobile ECG device partnerships please see the Company’s websites at www.theheartcheck.com and www.cardiocommsolutions.com.

About CardioComm Solutions

CardioComm Solutions’ patented and proprietary technology is used in products for recording, viewing, analyzing and storing electrocardiograms for diagnosis and management of cardiac patients. Products are sold worldwide through a combination of an external distribution network and a North American-based sales team. CardioComm Solutions has earned the ISO 13485 certification, is HIPAA compliant and holds clearances from the European Union (CE Mark), the USA (FDA) and Canada (Health Canada).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Etienne Grima, Chief Executive Officer
1-877-977-9425 x227[email protected]
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Forward-looking statements

This release may contain certain forward-looking statements and forward-looking information with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and business of CardioComm Solutions and certain of the plans and objectives of CardioComm Solutions with respect to these items. Such statements and information reflect management’s current beliefs and are based on information currently available to management. By their nature, forward-looking statements and forward-looking information involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future and there are many factors that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements and forward-looking information.

In evaluating these statements, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and forward-looking information. The Company does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements and forward-looking information contained in this release other than as required by applicable laws, including without limitation, Section 5.8(2) of National Instrument 51-102 (Continuous Disclosure Obligations).

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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Tartisan Nickel $TN.ca – Nickel has comeback whiff as EVs fuel demand forecasts $ROX.ca $FF.ca $EDG.ca $AGL.ca $ANZ.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 9:15 PM on Sunday, March 24th, 2019

SPONSOR: Tartisan Nickel (TN:CSE)  Kenbridge Property has a measured and indicated resource of 7.14 million tonnes at 0.62% nickel, 0.33% copper. Tartisan also has interests in Peru, including a 20 percent equity stake in Eloro Resources and 2 percent NSR in their La Victoria property. Click her for more information

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Nickel has comeback whiff as EVs fuel demand forecasts

Despite its recent run, the nickel price remains some way from the “excitement levels” of yesteryear. But as this week’s BHP-Mincor deal shows, there is a buzz about what could be around the corner, with inventories falling and demand forecast to soar thanks to nickel’s key role in lithium batteries.

Barry FitzGerald

  • The swagger of the nickel companies at a battery metals conference in Perth during the week was palpable.
  • Nickel brigade is confident that excitement-inducing prices are on the way, hence their swagger

After a heroic run to $US7/lb in the middle of last year, the price got beaten up something shocking in the second half with just about everything else on US-China trade war fears.

The price has since climbed off the December lows of under $US5/lb to get back to just under $US6/lb in recent days, leaving it well short of the $US9/lb pricing that historically starts to get everyone excited about the metal.

But the nickel brigade is confident that excitement-inducing prices are on the way, hence their swagger.

They point to the ongoing drawdown in LME/SHFE stocks needed to meet demand from the stainless steel sector in the here-and-now, let alone the demand tsunami coming from the electric vehicle/battery storage revolution.

Nickel – particularly the almost boutique, in terms of supply, nickel sulphide type – is not ready for the revolution, unlike some of the other key battery materials such as lithium and graphite.

Under-investment has led to a dearth of new discoveries and new developments, leaving forecasters wondering where the new supply is going to come from to meet the expected growth in demand from the EV/battery revolution.

That assumes there is no breakthrough anytime time soon in making the world’s more abundant laterite nickel ores more competitive in the supply of high-grade nickel product suitable for use in battery manufacturing.

There was no fear at the conference of that happening anytime soon.

In broad terms, the nickel boys and girls reckon nickel demand from the EV/battery sectors could well match that of the (also growing) stainless sector (73% of the current 2.2mtpa market compared with 5% for batteries) sometime in the 2020s/early 2030s.

All that explains the renaissance of Australia’s Western Australian-centric nickel industry.

BHP (ASX:BHP) is spending up big on its pivot to the supply of nickel sulphate to battery makers and it is again investing in sustaining production at its Nickel West unit out to at least 2040.

Other miners that eventually shut down when the nickel price got ugly post-2008/2009 are plotting their return, and nickel-focussed explorers are again getting a good hearing.

Then there are the private equity groups sniffing around the WA scene for exposure to the nickel thematic before the potentially-manic rush to secure supplies by end-users – as already witnessed in the lithium sector – takes hold of the metal.

Some of that was reflected in the move by US private equity group Black Mountain on to the Poseidon Nickel (ASX:POS) register in a big way last year and its acquisition of the mothballed Lanfranchi mine from Panoramic (ASX:PAN).

Now it has to be said that there is no boom in nickel equities just yet.

But stand back if the EV/battery thematic unfolds, as most suspect it will. Nickel can be the most volatile of metals (small market and slow response times) and a sharp and lasting price spike could be upon us before we know it.

Mincor Resources

Mincor’s (ASX:MCR) new managing director of six weeks David Southam looks sharp in a cuff-linked suit but he is not one to swagger.

Nevertheless, he is set to be as upbeat as they come on the nickel market and his production revitalisation plans for the group’s Kambalda operations when he hits the Eastern States next week on an investor roadshow.

Southam called time on eight years as an executive director at the $615m nickel producer Western Areas (ASX:WSA) to take on the role at Mincor. And why wouldn’t he? Western Areas stands to benefit from the suggested nickel upturn more than most, but there is greater leverage to the upside at the $90m Mincor.

That is reflected in the fact that back in 2007/2008 when nickel shot to more than $US20/lb, Mincor was a $1 billion company sitting comfortably inside the ASX 200, with peak production of 16,500t of nickel-in-concentrates.

Then the nickel price rot set in (due to the rise of Chinese NPI production and the absence of the EV/battery thematic), forcing Mincor to first curtail its nickel operations and then shut them altogether by early 2016, pending the now unfolding upturn for the metal.

The mines were put on care and maintenance and in the meantime, Mincor got a handy little gold open-cut gold mining operation going which continues to help pay the bills.

But the main game has always been plotting a return to nickel production from existing mines (Ken/McMahon and Durkin North), and a development of the Cassini discovery.

For that to happen four things are needed. The first is a supportive nickel price. Thanks to the lower US exchange rate, the Australian dollar nickel price is just about there to mount an economic case for a restart.

The second requirement is to avoid the capex slug of having to build its own nickel concentrator by securing a new agreement to replace the 20-year-old one that recently expired with BHP’s Nickel West.

That was ticked off earlier this week when Southam’s experience with offtake negotiations at Western Areas came to the fore, with Mincor securing a “modern” agreement on “substantially” better terms, again with the logical offtake partner, BHP.

The third requirement is to ensure enough mining inventory to underpin an initial five-year mine life. Mincor is getting close to those numbers already but will nevertheless be ramping up its resource extension drilling.

With one, two and three locked in, attention will turn to funding the return to production, expected to cost about $50-$60m.

That looks to be very do-able, given a re-start pitched towards achieving annual production of 12,000-14,000t of nickel-in-concentrate (not far off what used to support a $1bn market cap in the heady days of 2008) is the plan.

Source: https://www.livewiremarkets.com/wires/nickel-has-comeback-whiff-as-evs-fuel-demand-forecasts



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CLIENT FEATURE: #KABN Empowering Digital Currency #Crypto Holders and KABN Cardholders Alike To Spend Wherever #Visa $V Is Accepted

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 9:00 PM on Sunday, March 24th, 2019

The KABN Network is an integrated suite of financial services that includes:

1.  The Pegasus Flyte Visa Card, an approved crypto-linked prepaid Visa card and mobile integrated multi-currency banking wallet;

2.  KABN KASH, a robust loyalty and engagement program and

3.  KABN ID (The network anchor), a patent pending, Always On, GDPR complaint, blockchain and biometrically based, identity verification and validation platform.  KABN ID is a free to use service for consumers that provides continuous monitoring and proof of identity online and in conventional marketplaces.

THE PROBLEM KABN SOLVES

As cryptocurrencies and other digital currencies grow globally, there is an ever-increasing need to convert them into traditional currencies (i.e. USD and Euros) for use in traditional spending.

KABN’s integrated suite of products, which has received approval by Visa, solves this major challenge by empowering digital currency holders to spend in-store and online, as well as, access ATMs globally wherever Visa is accepted.

HOW BIG IS THE PROBLEM KABN IS SOLVING?

In the US alone, this type of card volume is expected to grow to over $396B by 2022.  Worldwide volume will follow the same trajectory and expected growth is exponential.


KABN’s integrated suite of products consists of:

  • KABN’s Pegasus Flyte Visa card offers an “on/off ramp” for cryptocurrency conversion to traditional currencies (e.g., USD, Euros and British Pounds, etc.)

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  • A mobile banking wallet that manages multiple traditional currencies and digital currencies via links to crypto partners and exchanges as well as offering other financial features and services
  • A robust loyalty and engagement platform, providing Customers with additional value-added services.
  • KABN’s anchor product, KABN ID, is a patent-pending, GDPR compliant, Blockchain and biometrically-based, “Always On” ID validation and verification platform.
  • The KABN ID proprietary process allows for efficient and frictionless onboarding, allowing Customer’s to control the use of their verified identification without having to provide confidential documentation to unknown 3rd parties.

FULL DISCLOSURE: KABN is an advertising client of AGORA Internet Relations Corp.

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ThreeD Capital Inc. $IDK.ca – #Blockchain Adoption Keeps Booming: China’s Alibaba $BABA Serious Partnership To Promote Blockchain Development $HIVE.ca $BLOC.ca $CODE.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 9:00 PM on Sunday, March 24th, 2019

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Blockchain Adoption Keeps Booming: China’s Alibaba Serious Partnership To Promote Blockchain Development

  • Chinese internet conglomerate Alibaba has signed a strategic with software development company Aerospace Information Co. to collaborate and leverage their expertise in cloud computing, smart industries, blockchain and more.

By Abhimanyu Krishnan

The 2 parties will be cooperating in several different ways.

China’s Securities Daily publication notes how the two will work on such things as taxes and finances for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), and government integration for innovative solutions for authorities:

In the field of fiscal and taxation, the two sides will expand the application scenarios and explore and develop innovative products for SMEs. In the field of government affairs, we explore the integration and innovation of government solutions around the “Internet + government services”. In the field of blockchain, we will jointly provide cloud solutions to promote the development of the blockchain industry. In the field of enterprise market services, we will coordinate the implementation of credit reporting services and smart mobile office services.

It’s clear that both companies are focused on the long-term development of blockchain and its applications in a a variety of industries.

Alibaba previously announced its intentions to use its cloud services for blockchain technology. 

The internet giant has an Alibaba Cloud Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) service which lets businesses build their own blockchain-based platforms and manage deployment, maintenance and operation conveniently. The service is based on Hyperledger Fabric.

The company has also made several other moves to promote blockchain technology, financing a variety show in which the use cases of blockchain technology were showcased.

China is very keen on digitizing its economy and building the smart cities of the future. The VeChain project has been associated with the Chinese nation to help in achieving this goal. Waltonchain has also partnered with Chinese entities with the intention of using blockchain technology to develop cleaner cities.

The world’s most populous nation is certainly attempting to grow blockchain development, although it is also cracking down on ICOs and STOs.

Source: https://www.investinblockchain.com/china-alibaba-serious-partnership-promote-blockchain-development/

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CLIENT FEATURE: $LMR.ca Lomiko Reports Wide Intercepts of Graphite in Multiple Drill Holes at La Loutre High-Grade Refractory Zone $GRAT.ca $DNI.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 11:34 AM on Friday, March 22nd, 2019
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  • Completd a 21-hole diamond drilling program on the Refractory Zone of the La Loutre graphite property
  • Focus of the program was to expand a discovery announced March 7, 2017, and reviewed March 7, 2019 containing high grade intercepts of 7.74% Cg over 135.60 metres, including 16.81% Cgr over 44.10 metres from hole LL-16-001.
  • Two different intersections in hole LL-16-002 reporting 17.08% Cg over 22.30 metres and 14.80% Cg over 15.10 metres

FULL DISCLOSURE: LOMIKO Metals is an advertising client of AGORA Internet Relations Corp.

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Tartisan Nickel Corp. $TN.ca – Chinese electric vehicle #EV makers are gorging on #nickel $ROX.ca $FF.ca $EDG.ca $AGL.ca $ANZ.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 10:00 AM on Friday, March 22nd, 2019

Tartisan Nickel (TN:CSE) Kenbridge Property has a measured and indicated resource of 7.14 million tonnes at 0.62% nickel, 0.33% copper. Tartisan also has interests in Peru, including a 20 percent equity stake in Eloro Resources and 2 percent NSR in their La Victoria property. Click her for more information

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Chinese electric vehicle makers are gorging on nickel


  • Battery metals tracker Adamas Intelligence says Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers deployed 253% more nickel in passenger EV batteries in January this year compared to 2018.

Frik Els

The Dutch-Canadian research company, which tracks EV registrations and battery chemistries in more than 80 countries says the jump is due to an ongoing shift from lithium iron phosphate (LFP) to nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) cathodes. The average EV registered in China in January 2019 contained nearly double the mass of battery metals/materials as the year prior

First generation NCM batteries contained around a third cobalt with a chemical composition of 111 – 1 part nickel, 1 part cobalt and 1 part manganese, but NCM batteries with higher nickel content (622 and 523 chemistries) have become standard in China.

According to Adamas, China is now the the largest market for passenger EV battery nickel, ahead of Japan and the US, which were the two largest markets in January 2018. Nickel used in car batteries jumped 88% in Germany and 54% in the US year-on-year.

The EV boom in China is only accelerating, and Adamas says despite being a seasonally slow month in January 2019, 3.27 GWh of passenger EV battery capacity was deployed in the world’s largest car market, an increase of 439% over January 2018 levels:

Even more remarkable, from January 2018 through January 2019, the sales-weighted average passenger EV battery capacity in China increased by a staggering 95%, from 14.9 kWh to 29.1 kWh, meaning that the average EV registered in China in January 2019 contained nearly double the mass of battery metals/materials as the year prior.

The price of nickel is up more than 20% in 2019 as stocks held in warehouses around the world registered with the London Metal Exchange fall to multi-year lows.

Source: http://www.mining.com/chinese-electric-vehicle-makers-gorging-nickel/

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ZEN Graphene Solutions $ZEN.ca Concludes 2019 Albany Winter Drilling Program $DNI.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 8:24 AM on Friday, March 22nd, 2019
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  • Winter drill program on the Albany Graphite Project has concluded with two large diameter holes totalling 263 metres
  • The two holes yielded over 110 tonnes of Albany Graphite material
  • The recovered material is sufficient to produce several tonnes of purified graphite
  • The material will now be prepared for shipping so that in can be processed into high purity graphite for graphene production.

Thunder Bay, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – March 22, 2019) – ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. (TSXV: ZEN) (“ZEN” or “Company”) announces that its winter drilling program on the Albany Graphite Project has concluded with two large diameter holes totalling 263 metres having been completed. These two holes yielded over 110 tonnes of Albany Graphite material, sufficient material to produce several tonnes of purified graphite to be used as pre-cursor graphene material for graphene applications testing. The recovered material will now be prepared for shipping so that in can be processed into high purity graphite for graphene production.

Dr. Francis Dubé, Zenyatta’s Co‐CEO and Head of Business Development and Technology said: “While unseasonably mild temperatures forced earlier termination of the program than originally planned, sufficient material was collected to be used to develop ZEN’s commercialized graphene production process and larger scale graphene applications development. Since the permits remain valid until at least 2022, ZEN will be able to collect additional bulk sample material as needed next year.”

A decision will be made on an additional bulk sampling program during the course of the year as the Company moves forward in developing graphene enhanced applications. Surplus funds from the 2019 program will be re-deployed for other planned activities in 2019 including, environmental baseline, geotechnical and hydrogeological studies.

Mr. Peter Wood, P.Eng, P.Geo., President and COO of ZEN Graphene Solutions, is the “Qualified Person” for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed, prepared and supervised the preparation of the technical information contained in this news release.

About ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd.

ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. is an emerging graphene technology solutions company with a focus on development of the unique Albany Graphite Project as a precursor graphene material product opportunity and product market development. The Albany Graphite Project provides the company with a competitive advantage in the potential graphene market as independent labs in Japan, UK, Israel, USA and Canada have demonstrated that ZEN’s Albany Graphite/Naturally PureTM easily converts (exfoliates) to graphene, using a variety of simple mechanical and chemical methods.

For further information:

Francis Dubé, Co-Chief Executive Officer
Tel: +1 (289) 821-2820
Email: [email protected]

To find out more on ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd., please visit our website at www.ZENGraphene.com. A copy of this news release and all material documents in respect of the Company may be obtained on ZEN’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.ca.

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Good Life Networks $GOOD.ca – Identity and Advanced TV Have Reshaped Video Advertising $TTD $RUBI $AT.ca $TRMR $FUEL

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 3:12 PM on Thursday, March 21st, 2019
SPONSOR: Good Life Networks (GOOD:TSX-V) Video advertising is the future! Company’s A.I. makes 80,000 calculations / second, targeting 750 million users to deliver higher prices and volume. Company announced combined trailing 12 month revenue at just over $40 Million, $7.9M EBITDA, $3 Million net income. Click here for more information.
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It used to be about cutting time off content, but that’s changed

By Victor Wong

Using longer videos in strategies may be the future of this sect of the industry.

Just when creatives wrapped their heads around data and programmatic, new technology is about to reshape storytelling again. While those first disruptive trends changed display and rich media ads, video ads remained largely unaffected. In fact, video ads haven’t actually changed in decades, aside from getting shorter and running on different types of screens.

Whereas innovation used to be measured in the seconds shaved—from 60-second to 30-second to 15-second to 6-second—now we’re seeing the actual video ad formats evolve as two new trends converge: advance TV and identity. These powerful forces have already reshaped media buying as more ad dollars shift from offline to digital formats, but now they are in the midst of transforming the creative experience. Here’s how:

Pause-vertising

Creative agencies now need to begin thinking about longer form videos and know they can break up the content into mini-episodes of ads.

As more video is viewed on advance TV media formats, such as CTV and OTT services that run on computers or phones, new possibilities have emerged. Whereas linear television ads were built around filling scheduled commercial breaks, CTV and OTT experiences have built-in, widely-used pausing functionality, creating a new form of commercial break and screen layout. Imagine seeing an ad for your favorite brand appear quickly when you hit pause (or unpause) for quick breaks to respond to a message or grab a snack. Hulu and AT&T’s Xandr advertising business both plan to introduce a form of this “pause-vertising” this year.

Second screen

Another idea is second screen ads where a brand wants to take advantage of the fact that viewers are often watching TV while using another device. Nowadays, many devices can be connected through an identity graph (from a telco, a data provider, etc.) that links registration information like billing addresses for different signed in services on different devices. The possibilities now include using addressable television media buying to target TVs registered to households that have been shown to have the brand’s app so that you can run TV ads that encourage specific interaction with apps or drive users to the app for info rather than trying to cram everything into a TV spot.

Ad episodes

Perhaps an even more powerful application of identity is creating episodic ads where, rather than trying to cram all the content into one spot, you can tell a story over several ad episodes across different screens and time. Historically with TV ads and even digital video ads, brands had no idea whether a viewer had already seen an ad or not. Now with cross-device IDs, brands can keep track of whether a viewer or household had been served an episode already, and if so, to move on to the next episode in the sequence even if the user is switching between devices. Without a people-based identity graph, message sequencing would be a nightmare of repeat instances of the first ad episode because the advertiser wouldn’t realize it’s the same household or viewer.

To make these ideas possible, brands will need to work with creative agencies and video media inventory owners that have invested in addressable television, OTT and identity. Creative agencies will need to adapt creative for the new pause-vertising formats, knowing that it could be on loop until a user returns, or focus messaging around what to do during this explicit viewing break. Platform owners will need to identify what percentage of a brand’s app users it can reach with TV media so that the brand can determine if TV campaigns should be for app acquisition or designed to drive second screen usage or execute addressable buys for both. Creative agencies now need to begin thinking about longer form videos and know they can break up the content into mini-episodes of ads.

Executing these new forms of creative don’t change what makes a good story, but they do give brands new ways of telling a good story beyond the standard 30-second one-size-fits-all spots. As more video watching moves from pure linear to more digital, the industry is at a pivotal moment to reinvent the ad experience and make it fit more natively in the new technology. Only then can video ads reach their full new potential.

Source: https://www.adweek.com/tv-video/identity-and-advanced-tv-have-reshaped-video-advertising/

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Esports Entertainment Group $GMBL – The biggest #Esports tournaments and leagues in 2019 $TECHF $ATVI $TTWO $GAME $EPY.ca $FDM.ca $TNA.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 2:00 PM on Thursday, March 21st, 2019
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The biggest esports tournaments and leagues in 2019

All around the world, esports are on the rise and they don’t look to be slowing down any time soon. Whether you want to tune in for a few hours of action-packed tournament gameplay between the top pros or follow your favorite team week after week in your favorite game’s league, we’ve got you covered.

Note that only standalone tournaments, not playoffs that take place at the end of a season, are included in the list of esports tournaments. Keep reading for the top esports tournaments and top esports leagues in 2019.

Top eSports tournaments

The International

Date: August 15-20, 2019

The International is the premier Dota 2 tournament that attracts teams from around the world. Starting in the third year of the tournament in 2013, Valve has sweetened the pot by adding 25% of the total sales of the in game Battle Pass to the prize pool. This instantly made it one of the best paid esports tournaments in the world, with the 2018 edition reaching more than $25 million in total prize money.

The International 2019 is set to take place from August 15-20 in Shanghai’s Mercedes-Benz Arena. Teams will vie for one of the 18 spots available by competing in a series of smaller tournaments known as the Dota Pro Circuit. If 2018 was any indication, the first place prize is likely to top $11 million.

Intel Extreme Masters

Date: February 13 – March 2, 2019

Intel Extreme Masters is one of the longest running series of esports tournaments around. It features a number of tournaments in different locations around the world, capped off with a World Championship. This final tournament typically takes place in Katowice, with separate prize pools and brackets for each game.

The most recent Intel Extreme Masters took place in from February 13 – March 2. It included CS:GO (the 14th Major tournament), Dota 2, Starcraft II, and for the first time ever, Fortnite: Battle Royale. Smaller IEM tournaments will still be held throughout the year, with an additional $1 million prize for the first time to win four eligible tournaments in a single year.

CS:GO Major Tournaments

Date: August 20 -September 8, 2019

Counter Strike: Global Offensive Major Tournaments, known simply as Majors, are biannual esports tournaments sponsored by the game’s developer, Valve Corporation. It’s widely considered the most prestigious CS:GO tournament, with players from around the globe competing. Although the prize money is supplied by Valve, the tournaments themselves are organized by other esports orgs, including ESL, Major League Gaming, and DreamHack.

The most recent Major took place at the Intel Extreme Masters XIII, with Danish squad Astralis winning first place and $500,000. The Fall edition is set to take place in Berlin, and will feature 24 teams from the four qualifying regions: Americas, Asia, CIS, and Europe.

Overwatch World Cup

Blizzard

Date: November 2-3, 2019

The Overwatch World Cup features many of the same players as the Overwatch League, but this time they are competing for their home countries rather than their esports organizations. in 2018, four countries hosted qualifying tournaments for six nations, with the top two teams moving on to the finals at BlizzCon.

So far, no nations have been able to match the South Korean players’ prowess, with all three first place trophies heading to the esports-friendly nation. It’s worth noting that players aren’t in it for the money, as all participating teams receive the same prize of $16,000. This can often lead to interesting strategies and wacky hijinks in-game.

Fortnite World Cup Finals

Date: July 26-28, 2019

The Fortnite World Cup Finals bring with them a prize pool worthy of the world’s most popular game: $40 million. That’s nearly half of the $100 million that Epic Games pledged for 2019 to make their hit game into an esports juggernaut. Although the game’s suitability for competitive play is questionable, the sheer size of the pool has drawn players and streamers from a variety of backgrounds to play.

Weekly qualifiers kick off April 13, with a prize pool of $1 million to be distributed among successful contestants. From there, the top 100 solo players and the top 50 duo players will be invited to New York City for the Fortnite World Cup Finals. Each qualifying player will earn at least $50,000, with the top solo player taking home $30 million.

Evolution Championship Series

Date: August 2-4, 2019

If you’re a fan of fighting games, odds are you’ve already heard of the Evolution Championship Series, or Evo for short. Evo is easily the biggest esports tournament in the genre, growing year after year since its start more than 20 years ago in 1996.

This year’s tournament is set to take place in Las Vegas from August 2-4. It will feature brackets for a variety of fighting games, including Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Tekken 7, Street Fighter V, Dragonball FighterZ, and others.

Top eSports Leagues

Overwatch League

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The Overwatch League, or OWL, has just entered its second season, with a total prize pool of $5 million. If you haven’t heard of it, OWL is Blizzard-Activision’s official esports league for their hit first-person hero shooter Overwatch. In 2018, it was the most watched esports league, mostly because of the sheer number of hours the league was broadcast.

The action is spread out across a 28-match schedule with four, five-week long stages. Each stage concludes with a playoff tournament for the honor of becoming the Stage Champions, but the real prize is after the end of the fourth stage. The OWL season 2 grand finals (not to be confused with the Overwatch World Cup above), will have the top teams vying to become the season 2 champions and take home the $1 million prize that comes with it.

League of Legends Championship Series

This year Riot Games’ official League of Legends esports league underwent a rebranding, with the NALCS changing to the LCS, and the EULCS switching to the League European Championship (LEC).  Other popular regions like China’s LPL and Korea’s LCK remain unchanged.

The season is divided into two sections, the Spring and Summer splits, with a short split playoff game and mid-season Invitational tournament tucked between them. The real excitement is at the League of Legends World Championship, which brings together the top teams from all regions to compete for the cup. Last year’s tournament drew nearly 75 million viewers, making it the most watched esports event of the year.

Call of Duty World League

While most first-person shooter competitions take place at esports tournaments, Activision set up a league for the Call of Duty franchise. This year the league enters its fourth season, with all matches played on the PS4 versin of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.

Unlike last season, this season the action is all 5v5 team modes, including Hardpoint, Search & Destroy, and Control game types. The finals are scheduled for some time in August of this year. Before you get excited, no, the recently added battle royale mode will not be played in the league.

Rocket League Championship Series

The esports League for Psyonix’s car-soccer hit Rocket League is back again in 2019 with $1 million in prizes. This year an additional region has been added as South America joins the existing American and European regions.

After a series of qualifiers, the action will kick off in early April. There is also a secondary Rival league for teams that fail to qualify for the main league with $100,000 in prize money.

PUBG Global Championship

Fortnite may have dethroned PUBG in the fight for battle royale supremacy, but PUBG is pushing back with the introduction of the PUBG Global Championship in 2019. The season is divided into three phases, each of which is followed by one or more international tournaments.

There are six regional Pro Leagues in the inaugural season: North America, Europe, Korea, Japan, China, and Chinese Taipei. There are also three smaller “Pro Circuit” regions for Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Oceana. Each will host its own regional events before sending the top teams to compete internationally. The PUBG Global Championship finals are set to take place some time in November.

Mobile esports on the rise

Mobile esports are still small in comparison with their PC and console peers, but here are a few mobile esport tournaments and leagues to check out.

  • Clash Royale League — Supercell’s official esports league for their hit arena strategy game, Clash Royale.
  • Valor Series — The premier esports league for Arena of Valor entered its third year in February.
  • Vainglory — The mobile MOBA is featured regularly at international tournaments and even has a pro league called the Vainglory Premier League.

Source: https://www.androidauthority.com/esports-tournaments-leagues-963799/

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