Twitter has inked a slew of sports and entertainment live-streaming deals (TWTR)

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July 5, 2017 5:32 PM

Twitter recently signed new deals to stream several sports leagues and an entertainment convention, strengthening its overall push into live streaming.

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Twitter recently signed new deals to stream several sports leagues and an entertainment convention, strengthening its overall push into the live streaming category, according to.

The recent deals include signing with The All England Club to stream Wimbledon highlights and clips,IGN to streamSan Diego Comic Con 2017, theCanadian Football Leagueto stream a weekly live show,Sela Sportto stream matches of the 2017 Arab Championship club football tournament, and the National Women’s Hockey League(NWHL) to 19 stream games for the 2017-18 season.

Here are some takeaways in light of Twitter’s recently signed deals:

Twitter isn’t only focused on strengthening its sports offerings.
The slew of sports-related streaming deals could help Twitter make up lost revenues from missing out on NFL streaming rights.
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Video is Twitter’s largest ad-revenue generating format.

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