Games can and should comfort patients with life-threatening illnesses
In 2009, I left a fantastic job at YouTube to join a relatively new startup: Justin.tv. I believed livestreaming was the future and spent...
What Twitch and esports can teach us about building successful media companies
From a 2011 spinoff of Justin.tv to a $1 billion acquisition by Amazon in 2014, Twitch has taken over esports viewing and led the...
Justin Kan's epic year: Selling Twitch for $1B, joining Y Combinator, and building an art car
Livestreaming entrepreneur talks about his experiences as a pioneer.
With 45M monthly viewers, livestreaming startup Twitch raises $20M — and gets investment from Grand Theft Auto V parent
Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive joins the latest round of funding for the popular video-streaming service.
Major League Gaming’s Raleigh competition draws record audience
Videogame broadcaster and event producer Major League Gaming’s (MLG) most recent competitive event in Raleigh, N.C., drew more than 130,000 concurrent subscribers, not including...
Twitch.tv hits 8M viewers, partners with Blizzard’s largest Starcraft 2 tournament
Online game broadcasting network Twitch.tv has passed 8 million unique visitors and 1 billion of minutes viewed in July. It has also partnered with the...
Justin.tv launches partner program for pro-gaming broadcasters
Video streaming site Justin.tv announced today it’s launching a revenue-sharing program that professional gamers with a large number of followers can enroll in through...