Twitter steps into gaming world to live-stream e-sports

New York March 3 (IANS) To stream tournaments and other e-sports events live Twitter has announced its partnership with ESL and Dreamhack -- two of the biggest organisations in the pro-gaming world.

According to a report in Verge the broadcasts will start from Saturday with Twitter streaming the ESL s Intel Extreme Masters World Championship in Katowice Poland for free on its platform.

Twitter has already more than 15 events locked in for live-streaming this year including Dreamhack tournaments and future IEM championships.

A 30-minute weekly show will be also broadcast on Twitter featuring latest highlights and behind-the-scenes footage.

Twitter has increasingly positioned itself as a broadcasting platform over the past few years signing deals with the NFL and other corporations to stream big-name games and events. Its new move into e-sports broadcasting comes at it s starting to diversify that streaming content having hosted live broadcasts of events as varied as the US Presidential Debates the report added.

--IANS
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