Amazon’s Twitch to add video uploads in new battle with YouTube

SAN FRANCISCO — Twitch just strayed into direct competition with YouTube.

Emmett Shear, chief executive of Amazon’s Twitch division, announced at the TwitchCon 2015 convention today that the company will add video uploads and playlists in 2016.

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