Esports

NBA 2K League games will be simulcast on YouTube for the rest of the 2019 season, under a deal announced yesterday [Tuesday]

Media company Modern Times Group has appointed Thomas Schmidt as chief commercial officer of its eSport subsidiary, ESL

Russian telco MTS has launched a new esports-focused media platform through which users can stream content and take part in competitions. The vc.ru website reports that the WASD

Pay-television broadcaster Polsat will air coverage of the Ekstraklasa Games, a new esports tournament organised by production company ESL in partnership with Poland’s top-tier football league and game d…

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

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has agreed a deal with sports and betting-related services company Sportradar to acquire rights for this seasons eFootball.Pro League in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Russian internet company Yandex has agreed a long-term deal with US video games developer and esports event organiser Riot Games for rights to its League of Legends series

Esports organisation ESL has expanded its partnership with Facebook Gaming to deliver non-exclusive coverage of its global competitions on the social media platform

UK esports organisation Fnatic has agreed a long-term exclusive streaming partnership with social video platform Twitch

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has added further content for its new esports channel by agreeing a two-year rights deal with US video game developer and events organiser Blizzard Entertainment

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has signed a content partnership with esports organisation ESL

Catalan public-service broadcaster TV3 has formed a dedicated esports channel through which it will offer coverage of eFootball.Pro League, a competition founded by Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué.

German media company ProSiebenSat.1 has acquired rights for the Virtual Bundesliga, the esports football competition that is operated by the German Football League (DFL)

Spanish telco Movistar has announced the closure of its esports channel two years after its launch

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

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has said it will close its dedicated US sports channel to make way for a new platform for esports

Thomas Schmidt has been appointed as a member of the board at esports specialist Turtle Entertainment, which operates the ESL organisation

21st Century Fox is the latest media giant to take the plunge into esports and video game streaming, investing $100m into new streaming platform Caffeine