Gaming influencer report: Ninja leaps to top in August
Ninja may have just missed out on being the top gaming influencer in July, but the popular Fortnite streamer was right back aboard the...
China bans Twitch because people were finally watching it
Twitch is no longer available in China. Earlier this week, authorities in that country added the livestreaming platform to its blacklist. The Amazon site...
Ninja won’t stream with women, but he will stream with Doritos
Twitch and PepsiCo announced today that they are bringing the Doritos Bowl to the livestreaming platform. This is an invitational competition that will have...
Streamer DrDisRespect claims someone shot at his house during a broadcast
During a livestream today, popular Twitch broadcaster DrDisRespect abruptly ended his session after breaking character to tell viewers that someone had shot at his...
Social broadcasting platform Caffeine nets $100 million from 21st Century Fox as the duo launch a joint venture for content
Caffeine, the much-hyped social livestreaming platform unveiled by a duo of former Apple designers earlier this year, has raised more than $100 million in...
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...
Blue Yeti Nano is a smaller take on a popular USB mic for Twitch streamers
Streamers and content creators that fear audio-engineering tools have a new, more compact option from Blue Microphones. The company, which is now a subsidiary...
Twitch will stage massive Pokémon movie and TV show marathon
Livestreaming service Twitch is partnering with The Pokémon Company International to run a Pokémon movie and TV show marathon. The Pokémon: The Series extravaganza will feature...
Valve registers the domain for Steam.tv (update: it’s streaming Dota 2)
It looks like Valve has registered for the Steam.tv domain, as SteamDB creator Pavel Djundik first spotted. By looking at the source data for the...
Twitch glitch may have exposed some of your messages to other users
Twitch is warning users that it may have exposed some of their messages to other users. The livestreaming site has sent out emails today...