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ESL and DreamHack agree landmark exclusive multi-year Twitch deal

An ESL Pro League event in 2019. (Photo: Helena-Kristiansson. ESL Pro League).

Esports organisations DreamHack and ESL have agreed a new three-year deal with Twitch, which will allow the Amazon-owned streaming platform to exclusively stream English-language coverage of ESL and DreamHack events from 2021.

The deal begins this year, with Twitch initially only having non-exclusive streaming rights to the events in 2020. In 2021 and 2022 these rights will be exclusive.

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