BCC Gaming adds 10 million YouTube subscribers, 2.7 billion lifetime YouTube views, and 1.6 million Instagram followers to Omnia’s owned brand portfolio
Omnia Media acquires YouTube channel BCC Gaming
(Los Angeles, USA – May 29, 2019) – Omnia Media expands its reach by almost 12 million subscribers with the acquisition this month of BCC Gaming, the largest Fortnite community video brand that publishes daily Fortnite video gameplay highlights to YouTube and Instagram. The acquisition adds to Omnia Media’s existing portfolio of owned digital video brands for gamers, including Arcade Cloud and The Countdown and builds on the company’s position as the largest gaming content network globally with nearly 500 million subscribers between the company’s owned and talent represented properties. A division of Blue Ant Media, Omnia Media is a gaming video content company that produces and distributes owned and talent-produced video content for gamers.
“BCC Gaming is a great addition to our growing network of strong digital video brands in the gaming space,” says Greg Kampanis, Senior Vice President, Operations, Omnia Media. “BCC Gaming solidifies our reach considerably and allows us to entertain even more video game fans. We plan to build on what BCC Gaming is already doing so successfully to date while bringing BCC’s content to new platforms and an even broader audience worldwide.”
“I knew Omnia Media was the best place to grow BCC Gaming,” says Charlie Ley, Owner, BCC Gaming. “They will not only continue to cater to BCC’s dedicated and passionate fan base, but also grow the channel’s reach via new opportunities and platforms,”
Created in 2011, BCC Gaming is a gaming community channel featuring the most exciting, interesting and funny video game highlights. The channel has over 10 million YouTube subscribers and acquired over 2.5 billion views since launching. Their Instagram handle has over 1.6 million followers. BCC Gaming will continue its successful operations as is with Omnia Media adding additional resources to continue to produce content the community enjoys. In addition, Omnia will expand BCC Gaming content to new platforms including Omnia’s owned animated and live action gaming channel Arcade Cloud.
Omnia Media leads the rapidly growing gaming video market through the distribution of owned and talent produced content with a global reach of over 50 million monthly visitors and nearly three billion views a month across YouTube, Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, Amazon, and Roku. The company produces and distributes animated and live-action gaming video content through their owned digital brands Arcade Cloud, The Countdown and now, BCC Gaming.
Omnia Media is a leading gaming content company with a global reach of over 50 million monthly visitors and nearly three billion views a month via digital and OTT platforms such as YouTube, Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, Twitch, Amazon and Roku. The company’s owned brands Arcade Cloud, The Countdown and BCC Gaming produce and distribute animated and live-action programming for a gamer audience. Arcade Cloud’s popular animated series The Squad has attracted more than 100 million views since its premiere and BCC Gaming counts more than 10 million subscribers and 2.8 billion lifetime views. Omnia also represents the largest gaming content network globally with 900 channel partners including some of the top influencer talent in gaming such as Daequan, Shroud, Misfits, Sidemen, and ThinkNoodles. Omnia works with leading advertisers and brands to sell media and produce custom branded content for the gamer audience around our owned and talent produced content. Omnia Media is based in Los Angeles, CA and is a fully owned subsidiary of Blue Ant Media.
Blue Ant Media is an international producer, distributor, channel operator, and gaming video content company. We operate seven production houses around the world, creating content for broadcasters and streaming platforms, ranging from documentaries to animated series to dramas. Our distribution business, Blue Ant International, offers a substantial catalogue of content, including one of the world’s largest 4K natural history offerings. Blue Ant Media operates linear and SVOD channels on multiple continents under 14 brands including Love Nature, Smithsonian Channel Canada, BBC Earth (Canada), ZooMoo, Arcade Cloud and more. Omnia Media, our gaming company, has the largest gamer talent network in the world. It creates and distributes gaming video content across digital and OTT platforms such as YouTube, Snapchat, Facebook, and more. Blue Ant Media is headquartered in Toronto, with nine international offices in Los Angeles, Singapore, Auckland, Dunedin, London, Washington, Sydney, Beijing and Taipei.
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