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

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.