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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