Fan streams of the last Major of 2026 must stay fully non-commercial, with no paywalls, no sponsors and no studio sets.
PGL have published their community broadcast guidelines for the PGL Major Singapore 2026, which runs from 24 November to 13 December. Any individual creator may stream the matches for free and in any language, but only from the in-game CSTV feed and only as a non-commercial fan stream.
The rules cover independent community streamers. Licensed media rights holders and officially approved co-streamers work under separate agreements, and PGL have opened an application form for creators who want official co-streamer status. dust2.com.br was first to report the rules.
The main rules
- No paid access. Viewers cannot be charged, streams cannot sit behind a paywall, and footage cannot be sold or licensed.
- No sponsors. No sponsors, product placements, ads or sponsored overlays during the broadcast, and no sponsor promotion on the channel page, panels or chat while covering the event.
- No caster sets. A physical set with several on-air talents is not allowed. PGL want community streams to “stay personal in format”.
- CSTV only. Re-streaming any official broadcast feed, including the livestreams available inside the game client, is banned.
- No commercial outlets. Media companies, production studios and esports content studios cannot run community streams unless they hold a licence for the event.
- No Valve-banned names. Anyone currently banned by Valve from events cannot appear on a stream, on camera or on voice.
The CSTV feed already runs on a 180-second delay, so streamers do not need to add their own. They can use any platform, also several at once, and the stream title should name the event and the match, as “PGL Singapore Major” followed by “Team A vs Team B”, or just “PGL Major” when space is short. PGL say they may act against streams that break the rules in real time and without notice, including takedown requests.
Stricter than Copenhagen
The sponsor rule is the clearest change from PGL’s last Major. At Copenhagen in 2024, community streamers were only barred from showing certain sponsor categories: companies tied to Valve’s game economies such as skin and key sites, betting, monitors and gaming chairs. In Singapore, no sponsor exposure is allowed at all. Copenhagen streamers also had to set a 120-second delay themselves.
The rules matter more each year. Co-streams accounted for almost half of all hours watched at major esports events in the third quarter of 2026, as we reported in October. For the full field, see every team at the PGL Major Singapore and our PGL Major Singapore 2026 page.
