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Video Game Tournaments to Be Televised on CBS

Gothic Girl | July 28, 2007 | News | Wii Misc 
CBS is planning on adding a new sporting event to their broadcasts: Video Game Tournaments.

Up until now, smaller networks like G4 and Gameplay have aimed their Video Game broadcasts towards the seemingly-small group of teenage gamers. But with recent consoles (such as the Nintendo Wii) appealing to broader and more general audiences, CBS is aiming for the bigger picture; attracting people of all ages to the Video Game culture ...
The magic of television has already transformed everything from motorcycle acrobatics to poker into living-room spectator sports, not to mention turning competitive singing into a national obsession. Next on the list: video games.

Tomorrow at noon, CBS, the august home of the Masters and March Madness, will become the first broadcast network in the United States to cover a video game tournament as a sporting event.

So viewers flicking channels looking for a ballgame or golf tournament may instead encounter a couple of young guys rocking out on plastic guitars, or some (literally) disembodied digital boxers throwing uppercuts, or a fanciful animated wizard casting a spell.
“Who knows, in 10 years we could be looking back on this as a very significant moment,” said Rob Correa, senior vice president for programming at CBS Sports.
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    Gary15 | July 28, 2007
    Nice tos ee gaming being more and more recognised though here in the UK it's still not near the levels of the US and especially Japan which is a shame.
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    KingX2 | July 28, 2007
    lol that's funny. You could be watching some toddler channel and a Teen Rated Guitar Hero pops up. They might not do that, but it's still nice to see some more adevertising.
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    dxrocks_666 | July 28, 2007
    That sounds really cool.I cant wait to sit on my couch watching people play harry potter or guitar hero or some other game.
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    Tom | July 28, 2007
    I hope they have some kind of bloopers thing where gamers really cock up and end up losing because of it. Hopefully we'll see a remake of the angry German kid. Shame I'd never see it.
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    EdwardTheBard | July 28, 2007
    Great idea! I couldn't agree more! I like video games more than e.g. football so this would make a great addition!
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    Storm | July 29, 2007
    Actually, there is a televised gaming tournament/league in the UK, put up an article about that a few weeks ago.

    This may get CBS quite a few viewers. Reminds me of that show on G4, Arena. That was fun to watch.
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      Supernouva | July 29, 2007
      CBS as it is gets a lot of viewers, this time it just means that kids will be watching the channel.
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    Final Blade | July 29, 2007
    I don't know about anyone of you but me watching someone else play is kinda boring. It would only make me want to play.
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    tidus04 | July 29, 2007
    Nice to see this is expanding on TV nicely, hopefully it can do the same to the world as what Texas Hold Em by taking over the world on tv.

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