Tag: twitch
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Twitch Is Changing How It Compensates Streamers, With Some Facing a Pay Cut
Twitch has made some tweaks to how it pays the streamers on a platform, and it might mean some streamers make more money, while others take a pay cut. “These changes aim to create a long term, transparent framework for streamer compensation that rewards and encourages creators who are committed to live streaming,” Twitch CEO…
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Twitch Lays Off 500 Employees About 35% of Its Workforce
Today, Amazon reportedly laid off 500 employees at the live streaming service Twitch, or about 35% of its workforce, according to a report from Bloomberg. This comes as, in early 2023, Amazon laid off about 400 employees. Twitch focuses heavily on streaming live gaming streams but has expanded in recently years to stream a wide…
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Twitch Will Shut Down in Korea Next Year
Twitch, a live-streaming gaming platform, is shutting down operations in South Korea on February 27, 2024, citing costs as the driving factor behind this decision. The company’s CEO, Dan Clancy, shared the shutdown timeline in a blog post on December 5. Although users will still be able to access streams, they will not be able…
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Twitch Drops Support for Nintendo Switch App
Twitch said on Tuesday that it will no longer support its app on the Nintendo Switch, which means you’ll no longer be able to view Twitch streams on the video game consoles. Starting November 6, you’ll no longer be able to download the Twitch app on the Nintendo eShop, the company said in a support…
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YouTube and Twitch Plan to Stop Offering Live Streamers Multimillion-Dollar Contracts
Twitch and YouTube are phasing out expensive multimillion-dollar content deals with top live-streaming gamers like Tyler “Ninja” Blevins as the companies move away from their strategy of chasing talent with massive contracts. At the TwitchCon conference in Las Vegas, Twitch Chief Executive Officer Dan Clancy told Bloomberg News that spending seven and eight figures on…
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Twitch is Lowering its Subscription Prices for Most Countries Outside the U.S.
The live streaming platform Twitch is changing its subscription pricing model to reflect local prices. The streamer currently has a tier 1 monthly subscription equal to $4.99 a month globally, but most countries outside of the U.S. will see that price drop, beginning with Mexico and Turkey on May 20, 2021. “Over the next few…
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NBC Partners with Twitch for Live Coverage of the Tokyo Olympics
NBC will partner with Twitch to provide a new way for fans to stream the Summer Olympics. The NBC Olympics Twitch channel will livestream coverage of the Tokyo Summer Olympics and events leading up to them. The content will be geared toward Twitch viewers with athlete interviews, Olympic-themed competition shows, and more. The NBC Olympics…
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The NFL’s Day After Christmas Game will Stream Exclusively on Amazon Prime Video and Twitch
Amazon is cornering the football streaming market for the big NFL game on the day after Christmas. Prime Video and Amazon’s gaming-centered Twitch will be exclusive streamers for the San Francisco 49ers vs Arizona Cardinals game on Dec. 26. The triple-header also features the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Detroit Lions at 1 PM ET and…
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Amazon Extends NFL Coverage to Post-Season with Rights to a Wild Card Game
Amazon will expand its deal with the NFL to stream a playoff game this season. Sources for The Wall Street Journal said conversations about the coverage took place Wednesday. The deal is for one of the two additional wild card games that have been added to the NFL postseason schedule, airing on January 10. Amazon…
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AMC Launches ‘The Walking Dead Universe’ Channel on Twitch
Today AMC Networks and Twitch announced their partnership to bring a first-of-its kind channel centered around The Walking Dead to the Live Streaming platform. The channel, called “TWD Universe,” will begin streaming Sunday, September 20th with content created exclusively for Twitch. TWD Universe will air a live show from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. every…