SBJ Esports: strong Twitch viewership for LEC

The League of Legends European Championship (LEC) broke into Twitch's weekly top 10 channels in the most recent standings, the only region to do so as the LoL season is winding down with major regions finishing out their Summer playoffs and finalizing their World Championship representatives (Trent Murray, SBJ).

Publicly-traded Danish esports company Astralis Group reported its financial results for the first half of '21, generating net revenues of $6.24M during the six-month period, up 91.6% compared to $3.26M during the same period of '20. However, in total, Astralis reported a net loss of $2.01M, compared to a net loss of $4.8M last year (Tobias Seck, SBJ).

Esports Entertainment Group’s Online gambling service VIE.bet is now an official sponsor of Brazilian organization SG esports, covering its two Dota 2 teams, a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team, and the organization’s roster of streamers and influencers (Victor Frascarelli, SBJ).