French media company Vivendi and its pay-television broadcaster, Canal Plus, have struck a partnership with the ESL esports league.
Under the deal, a new esports league will be launched in France, with coverage of the tournament and other ESL events being shown on Canal Plus platforms and Vivendi’s video-sharing website, Dailymotion.
Canal Plus will show a new magazine programme, Esports Canal Club, which will be dedicated to esports. Canal Plus will also show Game Fever, a documentary focused on esports, on October 26, before broadcasting coverage of Paris Games Week from October 27-31.
ESL has hosted more than 12,000 online events and the league will collaborate with Vivendi and Canal Plus to stage new events in France.