Microsoft is known for creating immersive and engaging gaming and live event experiences, like esports competitions, where Gamers form teams and battle using best-in-class gaming tools and devices. To amplify these events, they decided to broadcast monthly esports tournaments with fans joining in-studio and online.
Microsoft engaged Diversified’s Emerging Technology and Solutions (ET&S) team to develop the program and transitioned to Diversified’s Global Services team to implement. Drawing on a breadth of experience in broadcast and production, Global Services handles the acquisition and management of the talent and crew necessary to meet the event goals, as well as definition and execution of the overall production plan. Diversified then implements the production and live broadcast, the social media campaign, in-broadcast chat moderation, and Gamer prizing. A post-event report for each broadcast provides Microsoft with performance metrics, a synopsis of the event and key highlights.
Preparation for the series of events included a complete technical audit and proof of performance qualification of the esports & gaming studio at the flagship Microsoft Store on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Diversified performed remediation of problem areas to bring the studio to an optimal state. Now esports competitions are recorded in the updated studio and live broadcast to Microsoft and their partner channels with subsequent Simulive broadcasts over multiple weeks.
Diversified’s ET&S and Global Services practices position Microsoft and its partners for successful esports events which result in stunning experiences for their record-breaking audiences.
