Words by Michael Burns
PGL Major Stockholm 2021 saw unprecedented viewership for CS:GO – and a groundbreaking 4K workflow. FEED tools up to go behind the scenes
sports are back. Big time. PGL Major Stockholm 2021, which took place in November, was the first significant
championship after two years of isolation – and the only recent elite esports tournament to have a live audience. The competition became the most successful Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) event ever, with peak viewing numbers exceeding 2.74 million, more than double the previous record. The major boosted Twitch’s CS:GO category to fifth place, and sits in seventh place in Twitch’s top ten most popular esports events in history, according to escharts.com. PGL Major Stockholm 2021, the 16th such championship, was also the first Counter-Strike major broadcast in 4K. With viewers enjoying over 120 hours of the objective-based, multiplayer FPS action, the behind-the-scenes operation was a tournament effort in itself. Not only did the organiser, PGL, need to fly all the qualified players into Sweden – and entertain a large number of spectators inside Stockholm’s iconic Avicii Arena – but bringing the LAN event live to the world threw up a host of challenges for PGL and its broadcast partners.
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