Esports Insider Podcast

In this episode of the Industry Podcast, creative comms specialist and former Esports Insider podcast host Kerry Waananen joins Tom Daniels to discuss the relationship between esports and anime. In particular, the pair touch on marketing trends, the sectors' audience crossover and why it's important for esports to tap into other industries. This episode is sponsored by Integrated Systems Europe, t...

Hello and Welcome to The Industry, an esports business podcast that delves into the esports and gaming sector. On this week's The Industry Podcast, Esports Insider's Tom Daniels talks about arguably one of the most important sectors in esports, the payments sector. To delve into this topic I’m joined by esports veteran Han Park, the CEO of the global payment platform Payment Labs. This episode is...

How do esports stakeholders make money? What types of deals are currently being utilised in the industry? And how does the commercial sector of esports differ from traditional sports? On this week's The Industry Podcast, Esports Insider's Tom Daniels speaks to IMG's Head of Esports & Gaming, Joe Jenkins, about the commercial side of esports. What are some of the main revenue drivers from a com...

In this episode of The Industry Podcast, Gonçalo Louro, Content Manager for RTP Arena, discusses the esports ecosystem in Portugal, the power of local esports broadcasts and Esports Insider hosting an event in the country. Taking place at the MEO Arena, ESI Lisbon is a major esports B2B conference that takes place September 24th-25th. The event brings together prominent stakeholders in esports, vi...

In this episode of The Industry Podcast, Team Liquid's Owner and co-CEO, Steve Arhancet joins Tom Daniels to discuss the esports landscape when it comes to team mergers and acquisitions! Alongside talking about Team Liquid's acquisition of STUN.GG, which owns notable Mobile Legends: Bang Bang teams AURA and ECHO, Steve delves into his own merger story between Curse and Liquid. This M&A...

In this episode of The Industry Podcast, BLAST's VP of Ecosystems, Andrew Haworth, and Tom Daniels discuss all things Counter-Strike esports! Some of the podcast topics include the upcoming BLAST Premier Spring Finals, how BLAST looks to navigate Counter-Strike esports in 2025 and why London a go-to destination in esports right now. ESI London, Esports Insider's major B2B esports conferenc...

In this episode of The Industry Podcast, Jeff Chau, the Director of Global Esports for peripherals company Razer, and Tom Daniels discuss the evergrowing esports peripherals space. Tom and Jeff talk about why peripheral performance is crucial to esports, what goes into peripheral partnerships and what new developments are coming into the space. ►Site: https://esportsinsider.com/ ►Twitter: https://...

In this episode of The Industry Podcast, Moritz Maurer, the CEO and Founder of game data platform GRID, breaks down the power of partnerships in esports as well as the importance of data in the scene. Tom Daniels and Moritz also discuss how the esports industry’s perception of third-party collaborations has changed, as well as how companies have started to build relationships with game publishers....

In this episode of The Industry Podcast, Sean Zhang, the CEO and Co-founder of Asian esports organisation TALON Esports, discusses the state of the esports sector in Asia-Pacific. Tom Daniels and Sean also break down the organisation’s expansion into PUBG Mobile, how its first year as a VALORANT Partner team has gone and what other games are TALON interested in entering.

Welcome to the Industry Podcast an Esports Insider podcast where we speak to people within the esports industry about the sector. In this episode, Bayes Esports’ CCO and Managing Director Amir Mizaee discuss esports and data. Alongside talking about the role data has in esports, we chat about how it is being a data company in the esports sector. Hosted by Tom Daniels (@TheTomDaniels)

In this episode we delve into the world of Mobile Legends Bang Bang esports, arguably one of the biggest esports games that most are unaware of. Ray NG, MOONTON GAMES' Head of Esports Ecosystems, discusses how Mobile Legends rose in prominence, the game's ambitions to expand outside of Southeast Asia and its recently concluded M5 World Championship. Hosted by Tom Daniels (@thetomdaniels) ►...

We sit down with Senior Brand Manager - Pringles, David Juvany of Kellogg's to discuss their latest involvement in esports and how they perceive partnerships through the eyes of Pringles. This podcast is sponsored by Ross Video with production supplied by Confetti. Check out more information on Ross Video below: https://www.rossvideo.com/industries/esports/ Want to see more content like this?...

In the latest episode of Esports Today recorded live at ESI London 2023, we spoke with Mitsouko Anderson from DotX talent about everything surrounding esports and creator contracts. This podcast is sponsored by Ross Video with production supplied by Confetti. Check out more information on Ross Video below: https://www.rossvideo.com/industries/esports/ Want to see more content like this? Make sure...

At ESI London 2023, we managed to catch up with Jasmine Skee, CEO of Guild Esports to discuss recent developments within the organisation. Jasmine discusses their focus towards community building, and reasons for it. This podcast is sponsored by Ross Video with production supplied by Confetti. Check out more information on Ross Video below: https://www.rossvideo.com/industries/esports/ Want to see...

With Jeff having an extensive background in UK Esports, it only felt right to chat about nothing but. With his latest role with Resolve Esports and involvement in the UKETC, we discuss it all in the latest episode of Esports Today, recorded live at ESI London 2023. This podcast is sponsored by Ross Video with production supplied by Confetti. Check out more information on Ross Video below: https://...

A regular debate in the esports in education space, seems to be around the value of esports degrees. We sit down with Gin Rai from the Confetti Creative Institute of Technologies, part of Nottingham Trent University about their Esports Production degree and of course to address the age old debate. This podcast is sponsored by Ross Video with production supplied by Confetti. Check out more informat...

We sit down with Co-Owner of Hashtag United, Sebastian Carmichael-Brown. With their recent shift away from EAFC, we discuss it all in our latest Esports Today podcast episode. This podcast is sponsored by Ross Video with production supplied by Confetti. Check out more information on Ross Video below: https://www.rossvideo.com/industries/esports/ Want to see more content like this? Make sure to lik...

At ESI London, we caught up with Alex Inglot, Commissioner at ESL Pro League. As the industry transitions into Counter-Strike 2, we speak about the anticipated changes, the wider impact on the Louvre agreement and much more. This podcast is sponsored by Ross Video with production supplied by Confetti. Check out more information on Ross Video below: https://www.rossvideo.com/industries/esports/ Wan...

At ESI London 2023, BLAST announced their Wembley based event in 2024. You can find the initial announcement video here: https://youtu.be/45S9B5E4bhs We have a further sit down with Chief Business Officer, Leo Matlock to discuss it all. This podcast is sponsored by Ross Video with production supplied by Confetti. Check out more information on Ross Video below: https://www.rossvideo.com/industries/...

At ESI London 2023, we manage to sit down with CEO of G2 Esports, Alban Dechelotte. We discuss G2's involvement in North American and consolidation in esports. This podcast is sponsored by Ross Video with production supplied by Confetti. Check out more information on Ross Video below: https://www.rossvideo.com/industries/esports/ Want to see more content like this? Make sure to like and subscr...

We sit down with Ashley Washington, Product Lead for Game Changers EMEA at Riot Games to discuss ... well everything Game Changers. With the VCT Game Changers Championship coming up this month, we touch on the upcoming tournament and much more! This podcast is sponsored by Ross Video with production supplied by Confetti. Check out more information on Ross Video below: https://www.rossvideo.com/ind...

In this episode of Esports Insider's The Industry podcast, we are joined by Bernard Chong, the Founder of South East Asian esports organisation BREN Esports. We discuss a wide array of topics such as how BREN Esports was created, the SEA esports ecosystem and the impact of Chong's drug smuggling charges, which were later dismissed earlier this year. Hosted by Tom Daniels (Thetomdaniels) ►S...

In this episode, we’ll be talking about all things collegiate esports in the US! In order to do this I'm joined by Craig Skilling, the Esports Program Coordinator at American Public University System, and Emily Briscoe, a current esports student at APUS. This episode provides an overview of the esports collegiate ecosystem from an educational standpoint. We also touch on why universities are g...

In this month's episode, I'm joined by Dalian Ghent, Sidequest Gamers Hub's Events and Community Coordinator, to talk about British esports and how important it is to build communities. In particular, we look at the rise of esports cafes and venues, as well as how London is slowly becoming a hub for competitive gaming! ►Site: https://esportsinsider.com/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/es...

In this episode we are joined by the incredible Emma Rose who is a competitive player who represented Northern Ireland in the women’s e-football at the Commonwealth Games last year and is also representing GB at the European Games Esports Championships in Katowice later this summer.