Half Life TV

HLTV is commonly used in almost all Counter-Strike leagues and events. The technology is freely available to the public, but often gamers will purchase an HLTV server for their team from a game server company to provide the bandwidth to support tens or hundreds of spectators. The goal is to acquire a fan base of support for a team by allowing spectators to watch matches and to critique the strategies they employ on different maps.

HLTV also has the ability to record (or more appropriately, create demos or replays of) matches in online amateur leagues and of scrimmages between competing teams. Team members or other people with an interest can then replay the demo to evaluate the effectiveness of various strategies and to improve their teamwork.