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CyberZ has gained exclusive rights to broadcast the [Vainglory International Premiere League (VIPL)]. OPENREC.tv will broadcast the event starting from December 3rd, 2015.

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CyberZ, Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo Prefecture/Shibuya Ward, CEO: Takahiro Yamauchi), a consolidated subsidiary company of Cyber Agent, Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo Prefecture/Shibuya Ward, CEO: Susumu Fujita, Tokyo Stock Exchange listing code: 4751) has gained exclusive rights to broadcast the [Vainglory International Premiere League (VIPL)] in collaboration with OGN (Headquarters: Seoul, South Korea, CEO: Bo Paly).

Produced by Super Evil Megacorp (Headquarters: San Mateo,USA, CEO: Bo Daly), Vainglory is an innovative, multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game. This being the second installment of VIPL, it will be held at YongSan e-Sports Stadium in Seoul, South Korea. The tournament will be broadcasted throughout the United States of America, China, Europe, Japan as well as Southeast and [OPENREC.tv], a Japanese video platform for gamers, has been granted exclusive rights to deliver the video content. Play-by-Play commentary will be carried out by Stan Smith, John Doe and Mokson all of whom are accomplished gamers. The broadcast overview for Japan is as follows:

■「Vainglory International Premium League」
Broadcast Span:December 3rd, 2015(Thurs.)~January 10th, 2016(Sun.)
Broadcast Time:Every Thursday from 7pm
Every Sunday from 1pm
(There will be no broadcasts on December 24th (Thurs.) and December 27th (Sun.)
Commentators:Stan Smith, John Doe and Mokson
VIPL Broadcast URL: https://www.openrec.tv/live/vainglory_vipl
Video Platform:OPENREC.tv
 WEB:https://www.openrec.tv/
 App Store:https://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/openrec.tv-gemu-shi-kuang/id912776162
 Google Play:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.cyber_z.openrecviewapp

Through this initiative, we aim to mobilize the e-sports community for market development as well as expand the awareness of e-sports in Japan.

■About OGN
OGN, a subsidiary of CJ E&M (South Korea), is the world’s first gaming broadcast station established in the year 2000. Having a hand in the planning, management, broadcasting and player development of popular e-sports games such as League of Legends, Hearthstone, and World of Tanks makes OGN the world’s largest scaled producer. Furthermore, besides producing e-Sports competitions, OGN is also involved in broadcasting planned videos of various games.

■About Super Evil Megacorp (SEMC)
SEMC was founded by a team of game development veterans gathered from companies such as Riot Games, Blizzard Entertainment, Rockstar Games, Insomniac, etc. [Vainglory] is a hardcore MOBA game with excellent operability and it’s the first game title produced by SEMC, receiving the title of “Best App of 2014” from the App Store.
Vainglory Website公式サイト: http://www.vainglorygame.com

■ About CyberZ
Name: CyberZ, Inc.
Address: 16F, Shibuya Mark City West, 1-12-1 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Established: April 1, 2009
Representative: Takahiro Yamauchi, President & CEO
Business content: smartphone-based advertising business/ smartphone-based media business

■ For inquiries regarding this press release, contact:
Public Relations, CyberZ Inc.
E-mail: press@cyber-z.co.jp
Phone: +81-3-5459-6276 Fax: +81-3-5428-2318

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