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ELEAGUE Names Twitch Exclusive Streaming Partner

Starting with this Friday's ELEAGUE Major: Boston, the only place to watch Turner's esports broadcasts online will be through Twitch.

Ozzie Mejia

January 24, 2018 3:50 PM

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Turner and IMG's ELEAGUE esports venture has entered a new year and with a new year come some new partnerships. ELEAGUE's biggest announcement on Wednesday involves one of its streaming partners, which will now become its exclusive streaming partner.

While ELEAGUE has previously streamed on Twitch and other streaming services, things are about to change going forward. Twitch will now be the exclusive home to ELEAGUE, starting with this Friday's ELEAGUE Major: Boston event. Turner and IMG were pleased to see the viewer numbers on Twitch, which set a record for highest concurrent views during the ELEAGUE Major Grand Final last year, with over a million viewers.

Prior to this announcement, ELEAGUE events could also be viewed on YouTube. The latter service is currently reeling from the loss of ESL One and the CS:GO Pro League, which are now heading to Facebook Live. ELEAGUE events can still be viewed directly from the ELEAGUE website, which offers its proprietary "ELEAGUE Game Command" mosaic video player. Select ELEAGUE events will also be featured on TBS.

In addition to the Twitch announcement, ELEAGUE also announced extensions for its current marketing partnerships. This includes HyperX, Dell, and Alienware.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?