Sentences with phrase «for league of»

But TV ratings and digital broadcasts are measured in totally different ways, and when Next Level Media broke the numbers apart, it concluded that at least four times as many people watched an NBA Finals game on average as tuned in for League of Legends finals.

The company signed a Chinese distribution deal for League of Legends in November 2008 and made an initial investment in Riot Games in 2009.

Not exact matches

Miller Lite has also aligned with community partners that focus on entrepreneurship and technical resources, including the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Milwaukee Urban League, Chicago Urban League, Urban League of Greater Dallas and North Central Texas, the Florida State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the National Association for Asian American Professionals.

For now, they will focus on covering League of Legends, Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Heroes of the Storm, and Street Fighter V, with additional video game titles added over time, according to Yahoo.

And FC Barcelona fights not only to win league titles — it has won Spain's La Liga two dozen times and many European championships — but also to maintain its unique culture within Spain's semiautonomous region of Catalonia, which has battled for its separate rights from Madrid for more than a century.

«With EEDAR estimating current League of Legends revenues to be more than $ 1 billion per year, this means that the value of Riot is significantly higher than $ 1 billion and Tencent would have paid a lot of money for the remaining 7 % of the company's shares,» Walker says.

In October 2015, rumors surfaced that the company was in talks to buy Major League Gaming, a well - known organizer of video game tournaments, though Activision (atvi) ultimately acquired the company earlier this year for $ 46 million.

And, having played ultimate throughout summer camp as a kid (often with Marc), briefly in college, and for two seasons in a scrappy New York City league (yes, I realize I'm officially coming out of the nerd closet here), I was invited to play Thursday.

Papa John's stock tanked after the company and the NFL mutually decided to end the pizza firm's sponsorship of the professional football league, and after Papa John's missed analyst expectations for the fourth quarter of last year.

In a personal defeat for Berlusconi, the far - right League surpassed his Forza Italia (FI) party in Sunday's elections, winning about 17 percent of the vote to 14 percent for FI.

Honor of Kings is essentially a reworking for the Chinese market of League of Legends, originally developed by U.S. gaming firm Riot Games.

For a long time, their game was so clunky and tedious that the staff would reward themselves by playing DotA after play - testing League of Legends.

Amazon helped back Tencent's investment in Essential's new phone, for example, and Tencent - backed «League of Legends» is a popular attraction on Amazon's gaming platform, Twitch.

The competition is so desperate for the same cachet that in August, Bose brokered a deal to become the official headphone of the National Football League, an agreement that blocks NFL stars (including Beats endorsers Richard Sherman and Colin Kaepernick) from wearing Beats products during post-game interviews and league - affiliated eLeague, an agreement that blocks NFL stars (including Beats endorsers Richard Sherman and Colin Kaepernick) from wearing Beats products during post-game interviews and league - affiliated eleague - affiliated events.

After losing out to Bell for FIFA World Cup rights in October, CBC's executive director of sports, Jeffrey Orridge, whose network had also lost out on rights to the Canadian Football League and Canadian Curling Association, told The Globe and Mail, «It's a challenge for the sports media landscape in general, to sustain these types of levels, what rights are currently commanding.»

That level of production for just a three - month period puts Netflix in a league of its own.

Once again, Canadian teams rank near the top of the leaderboard for ticket prices — the Toronto Maple Leafs come out on top with the most expensive tickets in the league.

Early steps to get there include greater advertising spending, a move to sign hundreds of sponsorships with NFL and MLB players (the target is 500 players for those two leagues alone), and a plan to change the look of the company's retail stores.

Of the six Canadian teams in the National Hockey League, only the Ottawa Senators reported that they did not sell 100 per cent of their tickets for the 2009 - 10 season — and the Senators were at 98.8 per cenOf the six Canadian teams in the National Hockey League, only the Ottawa Senators reported that they did not sell 100 per cent of their tickets for the 2009 - 10 season — and the Senators were at 98.8 per cenof their tickets for the 2009 - 10 season — and the Senators were at 98.8 per cent.

His entrepreneurial success and expertise in running a web - only business makes Hardy an ideal «expert» for the new Fortune Fantasy Sports Executive League (Anyone can play, and scoring depends, in part, on how closely the player's picks match those of experts like Hardy.).

just over here wishing i was in pj's watching home alone and drinking hot cocoa, but prepping for tonight's workshop with the jr. league of austin isn't a bad alternative.

While nobody has measured the prevalence of fraud, Lloyd Chapman, who heads the American Small Business League, notes that firms are unlikely to be deterred by the government's record of enforcement — not one firm has been prosecuted for falsely representing itself as small.

One thing to know: Teams across the league are reportedly angry with the Packers for skirting protocol regarding the injured - reserve list and believe that the team should be forced to release star quarterback Aaron Rodgers because of the infraction.

Those NFL players that advertise for Beats (including 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman, and Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant) have continued to wear the headphones, despite risk of the $ 10,000 league fine for non-approved apparel.

For example, as evidence of the growth of e-sports, many people use data from different sources to claim that the annual championship of Riot Games's League of Legends is watched by more viewers than the National Basketball Association finals.

Blizzard Entertainment, one half of giant gaming company Activision Blizzard, is creating an ambitious new eSports league for its «Overwatch» shooter game, The Verge reports.

In a deal that reportedly cost $ 1.1 billion (making it one of the league's three most expensive sponsorships), Nike (NKE) is the sole provider of on - field uniforms and apparel for players and staff.

Because of my work on Fiverr, creating solutions for businesses is now second nature to me and I am completely confident in my ability to offer a service I once thought slightly out of my league.

At 40 years old, Brady is the oldest active quarterback in the NFL and one of the oldest players in the league, according to NFL.com, and says he has his mental toughness to thank for his successful career.

One thing stands out: some within the league have changed their opinions of Kaepernick and have been souring on him as a franchise quarterback for years.

The leagues provided information for a majority of teams in each season, but not all — three OHL teams did not provide the numbers in 2012, two in 2013 and» 14, three in 2015 and six last year.

Despite having spent most of his career abroad, Barton talks like tackling Canada's economic worries isn't just another big - league consulting assignment for him.

Medicare premiums could offset that increase for about 70 percent of retirees, according to The Senior Citizens League.

«It's hard to throw a rock without hitting a wetland,» said Ryan Billingham, spokesman for the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters.

On behalf of the players, the Charney Lawyers, a Toronto - based firm specializing in class - action law, is seeking compensation for time logged by the plaintiffs in the major junior league.

For example it manages the back end of online merchandise - auction sites for professional sports leagues, points programs and other «extremely customer facing» consumer branFor example it manages the back end of online merchandise - auction sites for professional sports leagues, points programs and other «extremely customer facing» consumer branfor professional sports leagues, points programs and other «extremely customer facing» consumer brands.

One of the better known online learning platforms, Coursera partners with ivy league schools like Stanford and University of Pennsylvania to offer top quality courses for free, or at least at more affordable rates.

With Major League Baseball's All - Star Game and Home Run Derby officially in the books for this year, we have reached what baseball enthusiasts call the «dog days of summer.»

For example, Montesano said some of his clients will overlook colleges that are «top feeders» into the country's best law, business and medical schools as well as Ph.D. programs, just because they don't boast a well - known or Ivy League title.

The findings, which controlled for such factors as skill level and league ranking, were significant enough to garner a call from Daryl Morey, general manager of the Houston Rockets (who holds an MBA).

Otherwise, there's the nearby and ever - entertaining New York City, a hundred - plus miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline, a smallish mountain range or two, a major amusement park, a half dozen professional sports teams (most of them mediocre at best), small - time skiing, a pretty Ivy League campus by the name of Princeton University, a wealth of black bear in exclusive suburban communities, the early homes of such celebrity types as Martha Stewart, Jack Nicholson and Bruce Springsteen, the site of the Hindenburg disaster, and (for visionary types) the ghosts of Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison, who lived and worked in the state for awhile.

So, you might not actaully be playing games if you invest in one of these franchises, but you'll be helping children and adults alike find the right recreation league for them.

Back in 2013, Uber for example, gained a full head of steam when it entered into a partnership with the well - established National Football League.

The fast - growing company boasts clients like Major League Baseball, Adobe and 21st Century Fox, which was in the news Monday for reportedly having talks with Disney to sell the entertainment giant most of its assets.

Despite having been fully invested in the beverage game for north of three years with DrinkTru, I couldn't help but still feel like a rookie in the league.

Sally Greenberg of the National Consumers League discusses the push for passenger rights following the House Transportation Committee's hearing with airline executives on customer service.

In the big picture, this tournament is one of NBA's ideas for combating tanking, an issue that will only become more prominent as the league's regular season enters its home stretch.

The Oiler became the youngest captain in the history of the league at just 19 years of age, and in 2016 won the Art Ross Trophy for recording more points that any player in the NHL, netting 30 goals and 70 assists on the year, and won MVP.

For example, the «activity reports» of the National Socialist Women's League (NSF) show that the redefinition of Christmas created some disagreement among members.

The chain is famous for League's strict anti-texting policy, as well as the stars who show up to premiere films at the Austin location and the special posters designed for many of the screenings, which may pair cult classics with themed foods.