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Twitch’s deal to acquire exclusive international rights to the National Women’s Soccer League suggests the Amazon-owned streaming platform has become a go-to partner for traditional sports leagues seeking younger audiences.

Esports organisations ESL and DreamHack are looking to the long-term as they continue to agree media rights deals with more traditional broadcasters.

Spanish LaLiga football club Real Madrid has launched an official channel on social video platform Twitch
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The National Women’s Soccer League has finalised a three-year broadcast deal with CBS Sports and streaming service Twitch.

Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB), the top division of club basketball in Brazil, has furthered its reputation for innovation in the domestic media market by agreeing a rights deal with social video platform…

Amazon-owned video platform Twitch has taken down illegal sports content following a challenge from Russia’s Rambler Media Group, according to state news agency Tass.

Russia’s Rambler Media Group has secured a court ruling suspending the streaming of English Premier League football games by video platform Twitch, claiming that the Amazon-owned service is infringing u…

Formula One Management (FOM) has signed a one-race deal to show every session from the Mexico Grand Prix on online streaming platform Twitch

Australia’s National Basketball League (NBL) has claimed a first for the country with a global streaming agreement with social video platform Twitch.
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Twitch has been named the exclusive live streaming partner of USA Basketball, in a deal announced by the governing body and the National Basketball Association.
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Major League Soccer has signed a one-year partnership with the Amazon-owned Twitch to give its esports competition, the eMLS Cup, a more prominent position on the streaming channel

UK esports organisation Fnatic has agreed a long-term exclusive streaming partnership with social video platform Twitch
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Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, who is Twitch’s most popular live-streaming gamer, will provide play-by-play analysis of tonight's Thursday Night Football action on the Amazon Prime Video-owned channel. Th

Four of the biggest esports events in the West generated 190.1 million hours of viewership in 2018, according to research by Newzoo

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has launched Eleven Prime, a new channel that will be hosted by social video platform Twitch.

Three major deals last month have shown the esports market is maturing quickly, with rights-holders focusing on exclusivity and rights fees over universal reach and exposure for sponsors.

Twitch’s deal with game developer Activision Blizzard last month is the latest indication the live-streaming platform and its rivals are now seeking esports rights on an exclusive basis.

Social video platform Twitch has renewed its long-running streaming partnership with the DreamHack esports organisation for the 2017 season.