Appear has become an instrumental player for IP contribution in the esports broadcast market, as RIOT Games unveils the media technology leader as powering its new remote production centres
aving established itself as an institution in the accelerating esports space, Riot Games’
commitment to levelling up its esports productions led to the development of its first remote broadcast centre in 2022. SCALING UP Launched as ‘Project Stryker,’ this state-of-the-art facility, located in Dublin, Ireland, utilises Appear’s X Platform to support the production and broadcast of both LoL Esports and VCT broadcasts at a global and regional scale. Riot first deployed the X Platform to support the 2023 League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational, the first international competition of the annual LoL esports calendar. Taking place at the Copper Box Arena in London in May 2023, fans were treated to a real spectacle as the Chinese team JD Gaming came out on top in the final match, beating fellow Chinese team Bilibili Gaming to take home the trophy. The event proved to be one of the most popular and highly viewed editions to date, with a peak concurrent viewership of just under 2.3 million.
award-winning esports broadcast productions – League of Legends Esports (LoL Esports) and the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) are consumed by millions of avid gamers each year. This consumption is both physical and virtual, delivering next- level experiences to esports fans around the world. As a natural step for a world- leading game developer, publisher and esports organisation, Riot’s
A WORLDWIDE APPEAL Esports events are attracting increasing numbers of spectators across the globe
DELIVERING LIVE CONTRIBUTION X-CELLENCE Appear’s X Platform is a key component to live AVC/HEVC feed contribution and delivery to and from Riot’s next-generation remote broadcast centre, due to its high- quality, low-latency capabilities. Its SMPTE 2110 native connectivity for AVC/HEVC encoders and decoders, with integral SMPTE 2022-7 and NMOS support, enabled Riot to seamlessly migrate from its previous
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