Activision Blizzard announced today that it will livestream esports contests exclusively on YouTube
The multi-year agreement is exclusive, meaning that Overwatch League, the newly created Call of Duty League,An Activision senior communications representative said the company is still free to host other content on Twitch. It appears it is likely to continue doing so.
"A lot of the focus in the live streaming wars has been on the individual content creators being signed, given that they make up the majority of the content in the space,” said Doron Nir, chief executive of StreamElements. “However, esports events are often responsible for the biggest audiences, with the two most watched channels on Twitch in 2019 being Riot Games and Overwatch League.
The release announcing the agreement says Activision Blizzard currently has “hundreds of millions” of monthly active users throughout the world.
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