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, the world-renowned annual tech show in Barcelona. Integrated Systems Europe will take place 4th-7th February 2025 at Fira de Barcelona. If you register today you can save 215 EUR so visit iseurope.org and use code "esportsinsider" for your FREE registration.

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 sponsored by Integrated Systems Europe, the world-renowned annual tech show in Barcelona. Integrated Systems Europe will take place 4th-7th February 2025 at Fira de Barcelona. If you register today you can save 215 EUR so visit iseurope.org and use code "esportsinsider" for your FREE registration. ►Site: https://esportsinsider.com/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/esportsinsider ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/esportsinsider/ ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/esportsinsider/ ►LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/esportsinsider

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 commercial standpoint? How can tournaments utilise media rights? And what are some of the commercial trends in esports? ►Site: https://esportsinsider.com/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/esportsinsider ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/esportsinsider/ ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/esportsinsider/ ►LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/esportsinsider ►Find more about IMG here: https://www.img.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, video games, and the creator economy to discuss valuable topics and network. Tickets are still available now: https://esportsinsider.com/events/esi-lisbon/tickets ESI Lisbon is also hosting a wide range of attractions such as invitation-only event Esports Leaders, ESI Film Festival Lisbon and ESI Hall of Fame. Hosted by Tom Daniels (@TheTomDaniels) ►Site: https://esportsinsider.com/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/esportsinsider ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/esportsinsider/ ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/esportsinsider/ ►LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/esportsinsider

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-focused chat also touches on topics such as creating a global esports organisation, hurdles that teams may face when doing M&A and why so many teams head down the M&A route route. Hosted by Tom Daniels (@TheTomDaniels) ►Site: https://esportsinsider.com/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/esportsinsider ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/esportsinsider/ ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/esportsinsider/ ►LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/esportsinsider

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 conference, is back on June 13th! Tickets for the event are still available now: https://esportsinsider.com/events/esi-london ESI London is also debuting An Evening With...GeT_RiGhT, ESI's first B2C event which offers attendees the opportunity to meet and engage with a Counter-Strike icon. Tickets here: https://esportsinsider.com/events/an-evening-with Hosted by Tom Daniels (@TheTomDaniels) ►Site: https://esportsinsider.com/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/esportsinsider ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/esportsinsider/ ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/esportsinsider/ ►LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/esportsinsider

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://twitter.com/esportsinsider ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/esportsinsider/ ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/esportsinsider/ ►LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/esportsinsider

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. ►Site: https://esportsinsider.com/

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)