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  • BGMI Masters Series season three to launch on the Star Sports Network

    BGMI Masters Series season three to launch on the Star Sports Network

    Mumbai: The BGMI Masters Series (BGMS) is back with its highly anticipated third season. Season three will begin on Friday, 19 July at 7:00 pm and will run until 11 August on the Star Sports Network. This season promises to be the most thrilling yet, with several innovative features for an esports experience like never before.

    Broadcast schedule:

    . Monday to Saturday: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

    . League week Sundays; playoff & finals: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

    Channel mix:

    Fans can catch all the action on Star Sports 2 (HD & SD) in English and Star Sports First in Hindi. Fans will also have the option to switch to Tamil & Hindi commentary on SS2 using the blue button.

    Digital streaming:

    The entire BGMI Masters Series will also be streamed on Star Sports & Nodwin Gaming’s YouTube, making it accessible to a broader audience.

    Exciting new features for season three:

    1. Powerplay:

     . Returning from season two to make the game action-packed from the get-go, this feature rewards double the points to squads for each finish they achieve in the first circle of each match.

    2. Impact player:

    . For the first time, the in-game leader will conduct a random draw to select the Impact Player. This player will earn double points for each finish.

    3. Bounty:

    .  Also debuting this season, the top four teams based on the standings of the league week’s first match will carry a bounty. In subsequent matches, the top four teams overall will carry a bounty, with ten bounty points awarded for wiping out an entire squad.

    Impact and reach:

    Over the first two seasons, BGMS has garnered an impressive reach of over 100 million across linear and digital platforms. As the biggest esports IP in the country, BGMS continues to play a pivotal role in bringing esports into the mainstream.

    Fan engagement initiative: play with the masters:

    BGMI fans now have the unique opportunity to play the game directly with top BGMI gamers featured in BGMS everyday through the ‘Play with the Masters’ initiative. This exciting feature, introduced by Star Sports and Nodwin Gaming, encourages viewers to follow Star Sports’ & Nodwin Gaming’s social handles and tune into the BGMS broadcast for updates on how to participate.

  • Stan announces strategic partnership with Nodwin Gaming & Star Sports

    Stan announces strategic partnership with Nodwin Gaming & Star Sports

    Mumbai: Bengaluru-headquartered esports fan engagement startup, Stan has announced entering into a strategic partnership with Nodwin Gaming and Star Sports, who are jointly presenting the Battlegrounds Mobile India Masters Series Tournament 2022. The tournament is set to become the first-ever nationally-televised esports tournament in the history of Indian esports. It will be held from 24 June – 17 July 2022.

    The objective of this partnership is to bring greater awareness to the masses for Stan which claims to be India’s first fan engagement platform that provides fans with the opportunity to meet their idols and bridge the gap between influencers and fans. As a part of the collaboration, Stan has been named as the ‘official collectibles partner’ at the upcoming BGMI masters series.

    The partnership between Nodwin, Star Sports and Stan aims to bring forth innovation and excitement across the intersectional areas of fan engagement and esports. Further, it will enable fans to get exclusive fan rewards such as meetups. In addition, Stan is also introducing a game in its app, through which its users shall be able to engage with the tournament, as well as hosting multiple giveaways on its social media handles, wherein exclusive event based rewards are to be given to the giveaway winners.

    Stan co-founder and COO Nauman Mulla said, “We at Stan are extremely proud and exuberant to be the collectibles partner of BGMI Masters Series, one of the biggest upcoming events in esports in our country. It was an obvious choice to partner up with them, as Stan strives to work with the best partners in this ecosystem; and hence we are taking this opportunity to bring awareness at a mass-scale through mainstream media showcase for Stan, a platform that provides fans’ community with the chance to meet and interact with their idols, and thereby bridging the gap between an esports athlete and a fan. We are confident that our partnership with Nodwin and Star Sports for the event would shine a light on Stan’s potential to grow as a leading fan engagement platform.”

    “Being the first esports fan-engagement platform in India, Stan is an ideal partner for the BGMI Masters Series as it will allow fans to directly engage with the tournament through this one-of-a-kind platform. We are delighted to have them on board as the ‘official collectibles partner’ for the series. With this tie-up, we have now covered one more access point to the tournament, post our association with Star Sports 2 for our television viewing audience, and with Loco and Glance Live for our digital audience,” said Nodwin Gaming co-founder and managing director Akshat Rathee.

    This year’s BGMI Masters Series will offer a prize pool of Rs 1.5 crore, and shall witness the participation of the top 24 BGMI teams in the country, as well as the top, most-celebrated BGMI esports players like Scout, Jonathan, Mortal, Owais and Ninja. On the other hand, Stan has built a one-stop platform for the constantly growing pool of esports fans in India and the world to optimally engage, play and grow closer to their idols in the gaming and esports space. Stan has already inked partnerships with several Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) athletes and creators in the country and claims to have crossed over 1,00,000 downloads in its beta mobile app within a month since its roll-out.