Twitch.tv Service
A Twitch.tv Service is a live streaming service.
- Context:
- It can (typically) be a Video Game Streaming Platform.
- It can be operated by Twitch Interactive.
- It can be associated with a TwitchCon Conference.
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- Example(s):
- on 2015
- on 2018
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Video on Demand, Amazon.com Subsidiary, Streaming Video, Let's Play (Video Gaming), eSports, Live Streaming, Streaming Video, Amazon (Company), Gamasutra, UBM Plc, Justin.tv, Video Game, Video Game Live Streaming, ESports.
References
2020
- https://twitch.tv/p/en/about/
- QUOTE: ... Twitch is where millions of people come together live every day to chat, interact, and make their own entertainment together. ...
2020
- (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitch_(service) Retrieved:2020-4-23.
- Twitch is a video live streaming service operated by Twitch Interactive, a subsidiary of Amazon. Introduced in June 2011 as a spin-off of the general-interest streaming platform, Justin.tv, the site primarily focuses on video game live streaming, including broadcasts of eSports competitions, in addition to music broadcasts, creative content, and more recently, “in real life” streams. Content on the site can be viewed either live or via video on demand.
The popularity of Twitch eclipsed that of its general-interest counterpart. In October 2013, the website had 45 million unique viewers,and by February 2014, it was considered the fourth largest source of peak Internet traffic in the United States. At the same time, Justin.tv's parent company was re-branded as Twitch Interactive to represent the shift in focus – Justin.tv was shut down in August 2014. That month, the service was acquired by Amazon for 970 million, which later led to the introduction of synergies with the company's subscription service Amazon Prime. Twitch later acquired Curse, an operator of online video gaming communities and introduced means to purchase games through links on streams along with a program allowing streamers to receive commissions on the sales of games that they play.
By 2015, Twitch had more than 1.5 million broadcasters and 100 million viewers per month. As of 2017, Twitch remained the leading live streaming video service for video games in the US, and had an advantage over YouTube Gaming. As of May 2018, it had 2.2 million broadcasters monthly and 15 million daily active users, with around a million average concurrent users. As of May 2018, Twitch had over 27,000 partner channels.
- Twitch is a video live streaming service operated by Twitch Interactive, a subsidiary of Amazon. Introduced in June 2011 as a spin-off of the general-interest streaming platform, Justin.tv, the site primarily focuses on video game live streaming, including broadcasts of eSports competitions, in addition to music broadcasts, creative content, and more recently, “in real life” streams. Content on the site can be viewed either live or via video on demand.
2017
- (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitch.tv#Charity Retrieved:2017-5-25.
- Broadcasters on Twitch often host streams promoting and raising money towards charity. By 2013, the website has hosted events which, in total, raised over in donations for charitable causes, such as Extra Life 2013.