A new live-streaming service that will broadcast eSports 24/7 is being set up by in order to rival the likes of Twitch.
The service, named DingIt, hopes to differentiate itself from its competitors by focusing upon broadcasting eSports footage from around the world, with it having already increased its user base from 7,000 to 100,000 in two months. While DingIt will feature independent broadcasters, it is the hope of CEO Mark Hain that the channel will eventually be able to garner enough support that it will be able to feature round-the-clock footage of eSports-related video content.
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“We have about 250,000 broadcasters on board and had about 60 eSports events in April,” Hain said.“We expect to double that in the next few months. We’ll soon have a 24/7 eSports channel, which doesn’t exist anywhere else currently.
“Our focus is eSports events, with broadcasters being a secondary focus. We want to get to the point where we have a 24/7 channel of eSports content. That’s how we’ll differentiate ourselves.”
Twitch currently holds the monopoly on livestreaming events and, even though YouTube is looking to challenge its place atop the throne, it looks likely that it’ll remain that way. However, DingIt has one more trick up its sleeve in regards to convincing broadcasters to move away from their streaming platform of choice.
“Currently if you are on YouTube or Twitch, you can barely make a living unless you’re very, very big,” Hain continued. “But all of intermediate broadcasters can live on what they make from the DingIt platform. A lot of broadcasters are coming to us because of that.”
Of course, DingIt is a relatively unproven format, so right now it’d likely be difficult for broadcasters to make a lucrative career from it, though the broadcaster is currently organizing tournaments with prize funds in order to increase public interest. You can check it out right here.
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