- SPORT1 will air DreamHack’s 2019 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Rocket League tournaments on its pay-TV channel eSPORTS1.
- The deal provides platform-neutral and TV-exclusive rights for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
- eSPORTS1 also broadcasts live competitions for games such as League of Legends, Overwatch, and FIFA 19.
German sports network SPORT1 has signed a partnership with DreamHack 
to broadcast Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) and Rocket League tournaments in 2019.
The deal will see five total tournaments broadcast via SPORT1’s eSPORTS1 premium TV channel, with platform-neutral and TV-exclusive rights for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. eSPORTS1 will broadcast the CS:GO DreamHack Masters tournaments in Dallas and Malmö, Sweden along with the Rocket League DreamHack Pro Circuit tournaments from Dallas, Valencia, Spain, and Montreal.
“With DreamHack, we welcome onboard our next strong content partner to eSPORTS1, with their considerable experience of showcasing major eSports events,” said SPORT1 COO TV and board member Daniel von Busse, in a release. “With the new partnership, eSPORTS1 now offers live events from all currently popular eSports games. DreamHack Masters is one of the top event series in CS:GO—our viewers can look forward to some first-class entertainment. We are convinced that even the still-relatively-new Rocket League will also be a hit with the community.”
eSPORTS1 already airs live competitions for games such as League of Legends , Overwatch , Dota 2 , FIFA 19 , Hearthstone , and Pro Evolution Soccer.
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“We are delighted to have signed this partnership with SPORT1, which will make our CS:GO and Rocket League tournaments accessible to a wider German-speaking public,” said DreamHack’s chief product officer Michael Van Driel, in a release. “SPORT1 is a professional and well-known sports network and their dedicated esports channel, eSPORTS1, is simply a perfect fit [for] DreamHack.”
