Gaming giants like Activision Blizzard, Riot bet on eSports’ TV prospects


  • eSports
  • Monday, 07 Feb 2022

Riot Games and Activision Blizzard are among the gaming giants making big investments to juice the burgeoning market for eSports TV rights deals. — AFP

LOS ANGELES: Esports is the biggest opportunity in TV that nobody’s talking about – yet.

That’s the view from video game industry veterans who see eSports – or the exploding world of live video gaming competitions, complete with crowds of virtual fans cheering them on – as poised to explode in the coming years.

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