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Twitch Prime members can now get up to a full year of Nintendo Switch Online for free

sudshr47 March 28, 2019

Twitch is at the epicenter of broadcasting and watching video games. The service is home to monumental success stories within its catalog of streamers — Ninja, the most followed streamer on Twitch, immediately comes to mind, as well as gamer and YouTube personality Pokimane, and even that one guy who fell asleep during his livestream for a couple of hours. With over 15 million daily active users, Twitch has cemented itself as a pivotal component of the gaming industry, and as a global phenomenon.

When Amazon acquired Twitch for nearly $1 billion back in 2014, it introduced Twitch Prime soon after — a service that would be available to all Amazon Prime members. As a part of the deal, Twitch Prime members would have access to exclusive game loot each month, a free channel subscription every 30 days, and all the additional benefits of Amazon Prime, among other things. Read more…

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Amazon Prime members get a free year of Nintendo Switch Online through Twitch Prime

sudshr47 March 28, 2019

You may have forgotten about Twitch Prime, but the company is adding an interesting new perk for Nintendo Switch owners. The company is giving out up to one year of Nintendo Switch Online, the subscription service that lets you play online multiplayer games and access NES games. If you’re an Amazon Prime or Prime Video […]

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Twitch launches a four-person ‘Squad Stream’ feature to help creators get discovered

sudshr47 March 27, 2019

Twitch today announced the launch of a new feature called “Squad Stream,” which offers a way for up to four creators to go live and stream together within one window. The feature will allow creators to grow their communities by teaming up with others, as it gives streamers increased exposure by playing to a wider […]

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Google’s new Stadia gaming platform is all about streamers

sudshr47 March 19, 2019

Google unveiled its new Stadia game streaming service today and while we’re still waiting to hear more details about how (and when) consumers will be able to access the service, it’s clear that Google clearly kept game streamers in mind when it designed this new service. Indeed, it’s the first modern gaming platform that was […]

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In a challenge to Twitch and YouTube, Facebook adds ‘Gaming’ to its main navigation

sudshr47 March 14, 2019

Facebook’s gaming efforts and challenge to Twitch are taking another big leap today, as the social network begins the initial rollout of a dedicated Facebook Gaming tab in the main navigation of Facebook’s app. The goal with the new addition is to help people more easily find games, streamers and gaming groups they follow, as […]

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Meet the 19 startups in AngelPad’s 12th batch

sudshr47 March 13, 2019 Startups

Including a meal kit for authentic gourmet ramen, a millennial-focused platform for buying affordable fine-art and a benefits platform for gig workers.

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Camelot lets Twitch and YouTube audiences pay for what they want to see

sudshr47 March 7, 2019 Startups

As the streaming world continues to grow, startups are looking to take advantage of the opportunity and grab a slice of the pie, and indeed create new revenue models around it entirely. Camelot, a YC-backed startup, is one such company. Camelot allows viewers to place bounties on their favorite streamers, putting a monetary value on […]

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On the strength of its Mixer partnership, streaming toolkit developer Lightstream raises $8 million

sudshr47 February 27, 2019

Lightstream, a Chicago-based company which develops tools to augment livestreams, has raised $8 million in new funding as it looks to add monitoring, management, and monetization services to its suite of editing technologies. Last year, the company inked a partnership with Microsoft‘s live-streaming Twitch competitor, Mixer, to let streamers on the platform add professional flourishes […]

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Facebook wants up to 30% of fan subscriptions vs Patreon’s 5%

sudshr47 February 26, 2019

Facebook will drive a hard bargain with influencers and artists judging by the terms of service for the social network’s Patreon-like Fan Subscriptions feature that lets people pay a monthly fee for access to a creator’s exclusive content. The policy document attained by TechCrunch shows Facebook plans to take up to a 30 percent cut […]

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Fortnite goes big on esports for 2019 with $100 million prize pool

sudshr47 February 22, 2019 Startups

Epic Games, maker of the ultra popular Battle Royale game Fortnite, is putting up another $100 million in prize cash for competitive tournaments in 2019. The company made waves in the esports world last year, announcing $100 million prize pool for the 2018 competitive year, dwarfing every other competitive title in one fell swoop. This […]

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Medal.tv’s clipping service allows gamers to share the moments of their digital lives

sudshr47 February 19, 2019

As online gaming becomes the new social forum for living out virtual lives, a new startup called Medal.tv has raised $3.5 million for its in-game clipping service to capture and share the Kodak moments and digital memories that are increasingly happening in places like Fortnite or Apex Legends. Digital worlds like Fortnite are now far more […]

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Study says U.S. Twitch streamers raked in roughly $87 billion in 2017

sudshr47 February 18, 2019

A new study study estimates that revenue-earning American Twitch streamers grew to nearly 9,800 in 2017 (a 59 percent increase from 2016) and made an estimated $87.1 billion (representing a 30 percent YOY increase). Twitch is one of the fastest growing platforms for American content creators. In terms of YOY growth in number of creators […]