Huya Live ( zh, s=虎牙直播, p=Hǔyá Zhíbò) is a Chinese video

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service. The site is one of the largest of its kind in China, and also operates globally as Nimo TV. Similar to other streaming services like

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, the site primarily focuses on

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and includes official broadcasts of

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competitions. In addition, Huya also has live broadcasts for a variety of other genres, including

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and "

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" streams.

History

On 24 November 2014, it was announced that

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's video streaming service would begin operating independently as Huya Live. On 4 January 2018,

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gave Huya Live exclusive rights to broadcast the

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's professional esports league for ''

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'', in China. The same was done for the

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and LEC on 20 January 2020, the equivalent leagues in North America and Europe respectively. Huya had 150 million monthly active users at the start of 2019. In April 2020,

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became the largest shareholder of Huya, having increased its voting power to 50.1% which reduced JOYY's voting stake from 55.5% to 43%. The mobile app of Huya was banned in India (along with other Chinese apps) on 2 September 2020 by the government, the move came amid the 2020 China-India skirmish.

Nimo TV

Nimo TV is the global name of Huya Live. Nimo TV is the most used streaming platform in multiple countries such as Brazil, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

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History

Nimo TV

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