Indian Esports update: Rooter sports bag media rights for esports tournament organizers Skyesports

Indian gaming industry is expected to grow in next five years across all domain which include- player size, financial incentives that a player will earn along with enormous popularity that the gaming ecosystem will enjoy will be on different pedestal.

Taking about recent development in the field of Esports in India, Rooter Sports recently acquired the media rights for  Skyesports tournament for next year. This means that the tournament will be broadcasted on Rooter and their aim is to make gaming stream possibly reach among wide variety of audience across globe.

Also the tournament will be streamed across different languages which include English, Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam. Along with streaming of these games they will also engage to produce additional content for Skysports IP for one year to offer more entertainment to fans.

🚨 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨

Fasten your seatbelts to witness some incredible Esports action 🔥@skyesportsindia now streaming exclusively on Rooter 🤝#SkyesportsOnRooter@shivanandysky @NavaniRajan @writetopiyush @dipeshagarwal @Gnanashekar pic.twitter.com/CecxXFu7L9

— Rooter.gg (@RooterSports) March 7, 2022

Taking about this new partnership Dipesh Agarwal, Co-Founder and COO of Rooter said “Skyesports is renowned for hosting some of the major esports tournaments in the country. Teaming up with a platform redefining Indian esports, this comes as a landmark deal for both entities. Rooter is the fastest growing gaming platform in India and we will help Skyesports reach millions of fans who will get the best esports content exclusively on Rooter. We also look forward to working with Shiva and the rest of the team to provide multiple engagement opportunities for fans with esports teams on Rooter’s platform.”

A statement came from Shiva Nandy who is the founder and CEO of Skyesports is elated about this new partnership said “Our goal has always been to make Skyesports’ IPs, which have been homegrown in India, more accessible. I am sure that our esports content will feel right at home on Rooter’s platform. Additionally, by distributing the media rights, we are empowering Rooter to implement strategies to further engage our already large audience. We look forward to closely working with them throughout the year to enhance the watching experience for the viewers while building esports from the grassroots level and launching more premium IPs.”

As Esports will be again part of upcoming Asian games 2022 it will be a huge opportunity for new players to take inspiration from 2018 Asian games bronze medallist Tirth Mehta to secure more medals for India in the upcoming marquee event.