You can now watch ESL’s CS:GO tournaments on more than one streaming platform
ESL will stream its CS:GO tournaments on both Twitch and YouTube starting with the $1 million IEM Katowice this week, the tournament organizer announced today.
This change in broadcast approach comes after the exclusivity deal that ESL and DreamHack had with Twitch ran out. The deal was non-exclusive during 2020, but all the official English broadcasts ESL had in place for CS:GO tournaments had to be streamed only on Twitch during 2021 and 2022. The tournament organizer has also had exclusivity deals with YouTube and Facebook in the past, but that appears to be out of the plans for now.