A new way to enjoy all video gaming has to offer is soon going to be available on one channel called Venn. Venn is looking to be the future of enjoying gaming entertainment from all different platforms. Some of the biggest names in gaming have already funded over $17 million dollars in the hopes it will be bigger than Twitch and Mixer. Venn’s founders are hoping to gain the attention of streaming platforms biggest online celebrities to bring all their viewers over to Venn.
Venn is being classified as the MTV for video gaming viewing for the current phenomenon of streaming games, esports, and let’s plays. The two founders of Venn, Ben Kusin and Ariel Horn, is looking to bring the latest in streamers, casters, and content creators to its platform.
These streamer and content creators Kusin mentioned they’re looking to gather to be a part of Venn are top tier. Horn and Kusin are looking to bring this top tier sponsor-based streams into the more traditional network environment. They’re looking to make a show with higher production values and talent contracts that could be afforded by a network figure.
The two founders of Venn definitely have the credentials to make something like this work. Ariel Horn specifically, is a four-time Emmy-winning producer from his time working on Olympics coverage for NBC. Then moving to Riot Games and Blizzard Entertainment for esports coverage. His co-founder Ben Kusin is a former global director of new media at Vivendi Games. To say these two are ready to produce a platform like Venn is an understatement.
Horn and Kusin are not being too particular on which platforms they’re using for Venn either.