DANISH BROADCASTING CORP. SECURES EXCLUSIVE CS:GO LEAGUE STREAMING RIGHTS

The Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) has secured exclusive streaming rights for the country’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) league, Elgiganten Ligaen. 

DR’s deal with the league’s operator, Dust2.dk, includes all three finals of the league, which will be shown on the broadcaster’s streaming platform DR TV. Although agreement will also see the league’s play-off matches leave Twitch for DR TV, the corporation has said they will remain free to watch. 

Notably, the contract represents Elgiganten Ligaen’s first-ever television rights deal. 

Similar to other European public broadcasters, most famously the UK’s BBC, DR is primarily funded from a license fee, amounting to around $400 USD per year per household. 

AYO.NEWS says:

This is great news for Elgiganten Ligaen, and the fact that a major public broadcaster is willing to cough up for exclusive rights shows just how popular esports now are in Europe.