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For this season, PPGL commenced with the series of daily community cups where fans can take part and play with their favorite streamers and eSports influencers such as Z4pnu, C.Hix, Ghostwrecker, Kristine Santamena, and Een Mercado as well as shoutcasters like Shinboo and Manjen for MLBB. These cups, which will run until the first week of June, will feature long-form tournaments running on the horizon with a daily cash prize of Php10,000 at stake and for the benefit of the Philippine Heart Center. This is part PPGL's newly-forged commitment to gather aid for institutions working round the clock to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
The MLBB Community Cups will be followed by group stage broadcasts for Call Of Duty Mobile and Rules Of Survival on June 20 and June 21, respectively. The group stages are set to conclude with Mobile Legends Bang Bang and Marvel Super War starting July 11. Teams surviving the group stages will then face each other in the PPGL Grand Finals on July 31-August 2, 2020. Mineski Global founder and CEO Ronald Robins stated that while promoting responsible gaming in the country, PPGL also enables communities to express solidarity towards the frontliners who are working to ensure the safety of Filipinos from the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In partnership with ESPN and Netflix, leading global music streaming service Spotify has curated two different playlists tied to the wildly popular documentary series The Last Dance which chronicles the journey of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls towards their 6th NBA championship trophy in the league's 1997-1998 season. With assistance by Rudy Chung, the music within the series has generated buzz and interest as much as its story. Available now, the playlists will feature one with music and the other one flavored with podcasts.
The Last Dance's official playlist includes music from and inspired by the series such as LL Cool J's "I'm Bad", Prince's "Partyman", The Alan Parson Project's "Sirius" which happens to be the theme song of the Chicago Bulls during the 97-98 season and many others. On the other hand, the second playlist, as part of Spotify's recently-launched podcast playlists, will comprise of podcasts that are designed to help listeners find their next favorite show by introducing them to the latest and greatest in podcast content. After The Last Dance podcast playlist, updated once a week, will feature podcasts that discuss and dive further into the series, giving streamers a closer look at the show, including episode from The Bill Simmons Podcast, Jalen & Jacoby The Aftershow, Skip and Shannon: Undisputed, and more.
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Major League Wrestling (MLW), the fastest-growing global professional wrestling organization, recently announced a new partnership with Fight Globe, the industry leader for distribution of combat sports content. The multi-year agreement sees Fight Globe represent the distribution of MLW programming in Latin America, Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa as well as in Canada and Mexico.
Highly regarded as the leading distributor of MMA and kickboxing content worldwide, Fight Globe has established an exemplary track record in distributing television and media rights for sports federations, promoters and rights holders representing some of the most popular and influential combat sports brands and events across the globe. It further solidified and established its role as the world's largest fight sports and entertainment distributor after joining Athletic Sports Group in 2018.
Major League Wrestling features some of the most iconic and storied families in wrestling alongside the most popular Mexican luchadores and next generation athletes in the sport. These include CONTRA Unit, "Filthy" Tom Lawlor, Ross and Marshall Von Erich, The Dynasty, Mance Warner, Low Ki, LA Park, Injustice, Davey Boy Smith Jr., and Brian Pillman Jr. among others. Its weekly television series, FUSION, is available for free on MLW's official YouTube channel with new episodes streaming every Sunday at 7:05 am (Philippine time).
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ONE Championship, the largest and most valuable global sports media property in Asian history, has officially tapped Refinery Media as the company's production partner for The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition, which is slated to bring the hit reality television series to life for airing on the fourth quarter of 2020. Refinery Media has been known for its deep experience in top quality reality and non-scripted programming including The Amazing Race Asia, Asia's Next Top Model, SupermodelMe and Cesar's Recruit Asia among others.
The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition will invite sixteen (16) contestants handpicked from different parts of the globe to take part in a high-stakes game of business and physical challenges. The winner will receive a US$250,000 job order to work directly under ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong as his protege in Singapore for a year. The show has already started its casting process for talented, ambitious and driven individuals. For more information on the casting process, visit https://onefc.com/the-apprentice.
