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Turner Broadcasting is bringing video game tournaments to network TV in 2016.
Although ESPN hasdabbled lightly in eSports coverageover the last year, Turner Broadcasting is the first television network to go all-in with eSports. Beginning in 2016, Turner Sports president Lenny Daniels says the network will cover Valve’sCounter-Strike: Global Offensive(CS:GO) and eSports just like it covers traditional sports like Major League Baseball, the NBA, and the NCAA Final Four.
