Tag: twitch
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Twitch Returns to Roku Players
A few weeks ago Amazon quietly pulled their Twitch app from Roku players. If you already had the Twitch app installed on your Roku player, you could keep using it; however, Amazon announced it was removing its app from the Roku Channel Store. Now Twitch is returning to Roku players with the Twitched Roku Channel,…
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Amazon Pulls Their Twitch Channel from Roku
Starting today the official Twitch app for streaming players is now a Fire TV exclusive. Amazon, who now owns Twitch, yesterday pulled their Twitch app from the Roku Channel Store. Any Roku owner who already had the Twitch Channel installed on their Roku now gets a warning message saying the app will no longer be…
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Mario Marathon Is Raising Money for Kids in Need on Twitch
Today Mario Marathon kicks off its tenth year of raising money for children by streaming online. Over the last 10 years Mario Marathon has raised over $560,000 for Child’s Play Charity. Since its inception in 2003, Child’s Play Charity has distributed over $43 million worth of toys, games, books, and monetary donations. “We rely heavily on…
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Twitch Acquires Streaming Rights to “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood”
Twitch the Amazon owned streaming service best known for live gaming streams is continuing to expand. In the past Twitch has done live streams of PBS classics like “Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting,” “Julia Child’s The French Chef,” and “Cosmos: A Personal Voyage.” Now Twitch is getting rights to “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood”. Starting May 15th…
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Twitch Just Released Its First Original Documentary
You may know Twitch has a streaming service that lets you watch gamers play your favorite game. Now the Amazon-owned streaming service is branching out into original content. In what Twitch Studio calls “testing the waters of original community-focused content,” Twitch released an original short documentary called Ironsights. “There are a lot of amazing stories…
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Amazon Adds a New Benefit to Their Amazon Prime Service
Love Amazon Prime Video? Love video games? Amazon has good news for you… This week Amazon announced that they are adding a new benefit, Twitch Prime, to their Prime service. “I’m proud of the result,” said Twitch Chief Executive Emmett Shear. “Not only do you get all Amazon Prime benefits, for no additional cost, you…
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5 FREE Fire TV Apps Every Cord Cutters Should Have
There are a Ton of Apps coming out for the Fire TV right now but what should you as a cord cutter get? Well here is our short list of 5 apps you really should have. Pluto TV Watch free TV on your favorite Amazon device. Download now to enjoy news, sports, movies, music, TV…
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Breaking: Amazon.com to Acquire Twitch
Amazon announced today that it has reached an agreement to acquire Twitch, the leading live video platform for gamers. In July, more than 55 million unique visitors viewed more than 15 billion minutes of content on Twitch produced by more than 1 million broadcasters, including individual gamers, pro players, publishers, developers, media outlets, conventions and stadium-filling…
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Amazon Adds Hulu Plus, Crackle, and Showtime Anytime Catalogs Into Fire TV’s Voice Search
Today Amazon announced that they are releasing an upgrade to their Fire TV that will bring expanded voice search. “We’re excited and energized by the momentum we’re seeing with Fire TV,” said Dave Limp, Vice President, Amazon Devices. “Customers are telling us they love it, developers are building for it, and we’re working hard to…