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Esports organisations DreamHack and ESL have agreed a new three-year deal with Twitch, which will allow the Amazon-owned streaming platform to exclusively stream English-language coverage of ESL and DreamHack…
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Social media giant Facebook has invested $5.7bn (€5.24bn) in Jio in a move that makes it the largest minority shareholder in the Indian digital platform. The investment of a 9.9
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NBC Sports has picked up the United States broadcasting rights to the English Premier League's new competitive gaming tournament, the ePremier League Invitational Tournament.
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Major League Soccer is teaming up with domestic broadcast partner Fox Sports to create a new esports competition, which is designed to help fill the sports competition void amid the global Covid-19 pandemic
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BeIN Media Group, the international pay-television broadcaster, has acquired rights in a number of territories to the All at Home Gaming Cup, a new esports competition launched by French Ligue 1 side Paris…
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Esports organisations ESL and DreamHack are looking to the long-term as they continue to agree media rights deals with more traditional broadcasters.
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US-based interactive entertainment company Activision Blizzard has held talks with NBC Sports Group over the possibility of returning its Overwatch League esports competition to US linear television, it…
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NBC Sports has unveiled its second esports motorsport competition to help fill the void amid the sports shutdown caused by the global Covid-19 pandemic
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The United Soccer League has secured ESPN distribution for the new Rocket League esports competition it has created to help fill the void during the sports shutdown enforced by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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IndyCar is partnering with NBC Sports for the IndyCar iRacing Challenge, a new esports competition featuring a field of NTT Indycar Series drivers.
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Željko Karajica, a leading figure in the German sports media-rights industry, has taken up a position as consultant to #loggedinfestival, the new online esports platform. Karajica recently left ProSiebenSat.
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Polsat Games, the esports channel of Polish commercial broadcaster Polsat, has reached an agreement with esports organisations ESL and DreamHack to showcase a range of Counter Strike: Global Offensive…
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Fox Sports has reached an agreement with Nascar to broadcast the remainder of the US stock car racing series's new esports competition, the eNascar iRacing Pro Invitational Series
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Motorsport Games, the video game division of digital media group Motorsport Network, has agreed a strategic partnership with Formula E driver Jean-Éric Vergne and esports group Veloce to produce and broadcast …
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Monumental Sports and Entertainment has partnered with regional sports network NBC Sports Washington to broadcast esports simulations of previously-scheduled Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards …
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US stock car racing series Nascar has reached an agreement with domestic broadcast partner Fox Sports to air its new esports competition, the eNascar iRacing Pro Invitational Series
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Esports organisations DreamHack and ESL have agreed a media-rights deal for the ESL Pro Tour with Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2
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Germany-based sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to esports events organised by ESL, the tournament organiser and production company