Tag Archives: Twitch

Twitch has raised over $75m for charity since launch

Raising money for charity has always been an important part of Twitch’s mission statement, but now the streaming platform has announced it’s raised over $75m for over 100 charities since it first launched. High profile charity drives include speed-running event Games Done Quick, which this year raised $2.2m for the …

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Twitch Affiliates will be offered subscriptions too

Streaming video service Twitch’s subscription program will soon be available for Affiliate creators. Affiliates will be able to take advantage of the usual $4.99, $9.99 and $24.99 subscription rates. Twitch Prime members will also be able to use their free 30-day channel subscription on Affiliates, too. We designed the Twitch …

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Vodafone Spain to launch new esports focused Twitch channel this Friday

Vodafone Spain will launch an esports channel on streaming service Twitch this Friday, entitled eSports Vodafone. The channel, currently exclusive to Twitch, will broadcast content from 16:00 to 00:00 Spanish time and feature a variety of gaming news, entertainment and general interest programs well-suited for fans of esports, or those …

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Twitch goes IRL: why you should be attending TwitchCon

Twitch is a big deal, we all know that, and it’s getting bigger still. The service is increasingly looking to spread its reach beyond its staple Let’s Play and eSports streams, having introduced the IRL (in real life) category late last year. However, the biggest real-world manifestation of the service …

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Twitch secures Blizzard streaming rights

Online video giant Twitch has announced that it has secured a global two-year deal for exclusive streaming rights for over 20 Blizzard eSports events. The agreement secures coverage of major titles including Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, World of Warcraft, StarCraft II and Overwatch and, according to Twitch, reflects Blizzard …

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Reaching out – We Are Reach on Twitch vs YouTube and why more publishers should have official VOD channels

When Twitch announced in March it was going to sell games and give creators and developers the chance to earn a cut of each sale, the industry wasn’t sure what to make of it – though a potential competitor for Steam looked to be a major positive. While the platform …

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How to use streaming and VOD as marketing tools according to Twitch, Devolver and DingIt

The battle for the streaming market has been raging for years now. According to recent data from Streamlabs, Twitch is still by far the most dominant platform in terms of monthly active streamers, but the competition has never been fiercer. YouTube Live, for instance, has shown more growth than its …

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PUBG is a Twitch success story, and it’s all because of the drama

Death comes quickly in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, and it’s often senseless. There’s no fanfare, just the boom of gunfire and your body hitting the ground in a dirty building, or quiet woodland. Players dig it, with an average of 200,000 concurrent players and around 3m copies sold. However, it’s also incredibly …

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Twitch celebrates Prime in 200 new territories with fancy PUBG swag

To celebrate Twitch Prime’s expansion to 200 new territories, Twitch and Bluehole have teamed up to offer exclusive cosmetic items in the South Korean developer’s PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Only Twitch or Amazon Prime subscribers can get their hands on the loot, which consists of a t-shirt, balaclava, jeans and a pair …

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Twitch stream gives viewers $50,000 to invest on the New York stock market

In what is perhaps the strangest Twitch Plays yet, someone has set up a bot that lets Twitch chat invest $50,000 on the New York stock exchange. Stock Stream has been set up with $50,000, with donations also adding to that total. This $50,000 is then invested in the stock …

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