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13/10/2022

Our editor Juliana Koranteng had a blast covering this year's Association of Independent Music , where Stormzy ruled the roost. And she had an opportunity to have insightful interviews with some of the other winners - in this case, Lethal Bizzle, Jeshi, Ibeyi and DJ Champion - about the passion that drives them to remain independent and the financial opportunities now available to .

Here is our take on what they said: https://mediatainmentfinance.com/uks-aim-awards-winners-indie-musicians-seek-control-of-financial-destiny/

Thank you Name PR for the opp.

23/05/2022

Juliana Koranteng, editor of our sister publication TechMutiny, was thrilled to take part as a judge of this rather exciting competition.

As the global world gets ready for the IBC mega event to return IRL in Amsterdam this September, our editor Juliana Koranteng is chuffed to report the winner of its recent IBC Accelerator of the Year Award, for which she was honoured to be a judge. The winning team, (Location-Based Extended Realities), developed a proof-of-concept project that could propel the experience of playing and viewing live and other competitive-gaming experiences to a new level. This includes esports incorporating and , activities that would have so far required impossibly heavy-duty computing power. But as this multiple-companies team (pictured) showed, it could become mass-market friendly if ultra high-speed 5G Internet connectivity is applied. For more details,https://cdn.asp.events/CLIENT_IBC_4ED0594D_5056_B739_542FB395BDA17423/sites/IBC-2021/media/Accelerators%202022/Kickstarter/IBC-Accelerator-Kickstart-2022-Press-Release.pdf
Juliana says: "Thank you Muki Kulhan and Mark Smith for inviting me to participate is such an exhilarating high-concept tech project."

13/05/2022

South music as performed by the pretty boy bands and beautiful girl bands is generating a lot of money for investors worldwide. But most of its allure for young teenage musics fans has been in its native country, the nearby Asian markets and the Americas, especially the US. Europe has now caught the K-pop bug in a big way, as confirmed by the mega festival taking place in Germany this weekend. We at MediaTainment Finance are intrigued to see its significance for current and future investors in the genre. Here is our take...https://mediatainmentfinance.com/k-pops-big-splash-in-europe-will-more-investors-dance-to-its-tune/

19/04/2022

At the MIP Markets event in early this month, our editor Juliana Koranteng had the honour to moderate a panel exploring the future of audiences and how that might be influenced by the viewing habits of the rapidly growing number of young audiences today. The insights and dynamic exchange of forthright views by the panellists Claire Hungate at Team Liquid, Alban Dechelotte at G2 Esports and Frank Sliwka at Epulze were not to be missed. What made the experience even more astonishing was the fact that this was the first event after it was postponed for two years due to Covid restrictions. Thanks to the leadership of Lucy Smith, a reshaped came back with as much vigour as ever. Find out more by registering for access to the MIPTV Digital platform https://www.miptv.com/en-gb/portal.html, and discover a plethora of other sessions, including several powered by Esports BAR, debating the future of , the , and more

09/03/2022

As seen in this exclusive interview with ESL Gaming’s Roberta Henandez (pictured) that our editor Juliana Koranteng wrote to commemorate , it has been heartening to see Esports BAR raise the profile of the numerous amazing women leading the charge in the competitive-gaming business. With her extensive experiences in the , recorded and industries as well, Hernandez expresses her no-holds-barred views about what the and other sectors could be doing to recognise fully women’s contribution to their businesses. https://blog.the-esports-bar.com/society/exclusive-interview-esl-gaming-celebrates-international-womens-day/

Check out the Esports BAR blog to discover other top-flight women esports executives like Claire Hungate of Team Liquid, Kim Phan at RTS and Riot Games’ Zeynep Gencaga.

26/01/2022

Delve into Esports BAR’s 2022 by our editor Juliana Koranteng. Check out the future of the global video-gaming and competitive-gaming businesses. Learn why is not only becoming a core pillar supporting the future of the and content industries, it is also becoming part of their foundation. https://blog.the-esports-bar.com/innovation/esports-bars-forecast-2022-is-a-year-of-more-innovation-growth/

14/01/2022