PGL hopes to boost Cluj Napoca viewership with co-streamer applications

PGL Cluj Napoca is PGL’s first top-tier CS2 event for this month, and it has a stacked list of teams in attendance. The tournament has a massive prize pool and 16 teams competing for their share. Today, PGL has invited co-streamers to send in their applications if they wish to co-broadcast the official event. If you want to watch the tournament along with your viewers, here’s how you can go about applying to become a co-streamer. 

The official PGL broadcast will go live on Twitch starting Feb. 14. However, PGL is inviting applications for those interested in co-streaming the matches. Co-streaming the event will allow you to provide an alternate experience of the matches to your viewers. With some of the top streamers expected to co-host the event, viewers will have multiple options on how they wish to view the $1.25 million tournament.

People interested in co-streaming PGL Cluj Napoca can apply for the same by filling out a form. The tournament will only applications for English co-streams.

Sixteen teams will attend PGL Cluj Napoca 2025. The list of teams will include several from the Valve Global standings, which promises to make the event an exciting viewership experience. Here are all the teams that will attend the event:

PGL Cluj Napoca will take place from Feb. 14 to Feb. 23, featuring some of the biggest teams in attendance. Held shortly after IEM Katowice, the event will give teams a chance to assess both their strengths and weaknesses, as well as those of their opponents.

Several teams have skipped the PGL Cluj Napoca over the past few days. FURIA’s withdrawal allowed Imperial Fe to participate in this tournament. Disagreements over how PGL structures the prize pool have led to several teams pulling out of the event. 

Other tournament organizers such as ESL and BLAST divide the prize pool between actual prize money and revenue share for the teams. PGL’s approach has been to put all the prize pool into prize money. With no revenue share, there will be a few teams that will go home with nothing to show for attending the event. 

PGL CEO shed some light on the reason for this format. “Instead of splitting funds across different categories, everything goes into a single payment to the organization. Teams will receive the full amount, based solely on performance, within two weeks of the event,” he wrote on X.

With organizations receiving the entire prize money, it will be up to them to decide how to distribute this prize pool. 

While some teams have decided to skip this event, it still has several well-known organizations in participation. Only time will tell whether the revenue model works in the long run or not.

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