Twitter Adds More E-Sports to Live-Streaming Efforts – Wall Street Journal (subscription)

Twitter Inc. plans to broadcast more than 1,500 hours of competitive videogame contests this year, bolstering its live-streaming efforts and stepping up its presence in one of the fastest-growing areas of the game industry.

The social-networking company Thursday said it is working with ESL, one of the largest e-sports organizers, and DreamHack,…