Twitter Seals eSports Live-Streaming Deal

Twitter has been very busy setting up a string of live-streaming deals with broadcasters, ranging from live sports to financial news shows. And now it’s taking on a new challenge – eSports.

Twitter’s foray into eSports broadcasting is its latest deal with ELEAGUE, an eSports broadcaster. ELEAGUE, is an eSports company made up of WME | IMG and Turner Sports. Twitter made a deal with the company to stream the semifinals and championship for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. During the live streaming coverage, there will be live highlights, stats, score updates, Periscope content, memes, and GIFs all tweeted from the official Twitter account – @EL.

Twitter is now live streaming eSports championships with its latest deal with ELEAGUE

Click To Tweet

If you like our stories, there is an easy way to stay updated:
Follow @wersm

Anthony Noto, Twitter’s CFO explained a little bit more about the deal:

[quote]eSports fans go to Twitter to see and talk about what is happening now in competitive gaming. Gamers are one of the largest and most engaged audiences on Twitter,[/quote]

and

[quote]we are thrilled to partner with Turner and WME | IMG to bring them the live content from ELEAGUE and Twitter commentary they are already looking for, all on one screen.[/quote]

ELEAGUE itself considers Twitter to be “the native social platform for eSports”, and that the partnership with Twitter “provides […] passionate fans with an additional opportunity to consume ELEAGUE content”.

And they are not wrong to assume this. The deal itself is only one in a string of partnerships with broadcasters, aiming to turn Twitter into a perfect “social” companion to live broadcasts. But is this enough to get Twitter out of its rut? Will it – or can it – help Twitter in its current stagnant state?

Also Read: YouTube Launches Event Pages On YouTube Gaming

#ELEAGUE #eSports #live broadcast #live streaming #Twitter