MTG's e-sports firms partner with Chinese streaming platform Huya

Reuters

Published Jul 23, 2020 11:21

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - ESL and DreamHack, both owned by Sweden's e-sports and gaming firm MTG (ST:MTGb), have entered a partnership agreement with live streaming platform Huya (N:HUYA) as the Swedish company seeks to expand in the booming Chinese e-sports market.

MTG said the deal with Huya, which is backed by internet giant Tencent (HK:0700), made the Chinese firm an exclusive digital media partner of e-sports competitions in several Chinese languages and dialects.