The Counter-Striker: Global Offensive tournament organiser, BLAST Premier, has announced that it has signed 35 media deals to vastly expand its broadcasting network so that the 2022 season can be watched in over 130 territories and in 25 different languages.
"We are delighted to start the 2022 season with the widest distribution in our history," said BLAST's VP of distribution and programming, Alexander Lewin. "BLAST Premier has been on a path of rapid growth since inception two years ago and is now available in over 25 languages worldwide. We are thrilled to extend our relationship with the vast majority of our existing licensees as well as welcome so many new partners to the BLAST family."
As mentioned in the announcement blog post, this will see the tournament broadcasted in all major esports regions and on a variety of leading media outlets, including TV2 (Denmark), TV Network Astro (Asia), OTT service StarTimes (Africa), and WePlay Esports (Ukraine and CIS).
BLAST Premier is currently still running the Spring Groups event, with the participating teams fighting for spots in the future Spring Showdown and the Spring Finals.
