Google's YouTube to Exclusively Stream Activision Blizzard Content in Most of World
January 24 2020 - 4:50PM
Dow Jones News
By Allison Prang
Activision Blizzard Inc.'s (ATVI) preferred provider for its
game hosting infrastructure will be Google Cloud and YouTube will
stream Activision's live broadcasts of Activision's esports and
events exclusively in most of the world, Activision and Google said
Friday.
YouTube will be the company's exclusive streaming partner
everywhere for this type of content except China, the companies
said. Among the content that YouTube will exclusively stream is
Call of Duty League and Overwatch League, the companies said.
YouTube, which is owned by Google, will start hosting these live
broadcasts this week, Google and Activision said.
Write to Allison Prang at allison.prang@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 24, 2020 16:35 ET (21:35 GMT)
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