Huya Live

Huya Live
Type of site
Live streaming, streaming video
Available inSimplified Chinese
Traded asNasdaqHUYA
Area servedChina
Worldwide (as Nimo TV)
OwnerTencent (50.1%)[1]
JOYY (43%)[2]
URLwww.huya.com Edit this at Wikidata
www.nimo.tv (outside China)
CommercialYes
Launched24 November 2014; 9 years ago (2014-11-24)
Current statusActive
Huya Live
Chinese虎牙直播
Literal meaningTiger's Tooth Livestream
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHǔyá Zhíbò

Huya Live (Chinese: 虎牙直播) is a Chinese video live streaming service. The site is one of the largest of its kind in China, and also operates globally as Nimo TV.[3][4] Similar to other streaming services like Loco, the site primarily focuses on video game live streaming and includes official broadcasts of esports competitions.[5] In addition, Huya also has live broadcasts for a variety of other genres, including cooking, traditional sports and "real life" streams.[6]

  1. ^ "Tencent bolsters lead in China's game live-streaming market after Huya deal". South China Morning Post. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  2. ^ Sun, Leo. "Tencent Gains Control of Huya: What Does This Mean for JOYY?". NASDAQ. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  3. ^ "New livestreaming opportunities for gamers as Nimo TV takes over Thailand". nationthailand.com. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Huya Picks AWS for Overseas Expansion". capitalwatch.com. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  5. ^ Techweb. "虎牙直播荣膺金瑞奖"2016最佳产品/服务创新奖"" (in Chinese (China)). Archived from the original on 2 May 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  6. ^ "YY直播改名虎牙直播背后原因揭秘 老板倾心有虎牙的美女主播" (in Chinese (China)). Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.