The DeanBeat: Twitch hack exposes more industry secrets
Perhaps the lesson of the leak of a trove Twitch‘s data, source code, and internal tools is that we can expect this to happen...
StreamElements pushing forward in the diversity space with its latest creator program
StreamElements today announced the opening of its second Creator Diversity Program, which will provide support to a select group of streamers who are part...
A Day Off Twitch gave the platform its lowest viewer hours of 2021
On Wednesday, streamers and viewers boycotted Twitch as part of an organized protest, A Day Off Twitch. Users wanted to highlight the platform’s issues...
ReadyUp enters Asia market and raises round from Cyberathlete Professional
ReadyUp, which helps game companies organize fan communities, is going into the Asian market, and it has raised a round from esports company Cyberathlete...
DrLupo will livestream exclusively on YouTube Gaming
Professional gamer Benjamin “DrLupo” Lupo announced an exclusive livestreaming deal with YouTube Gaming today. The deal for the internet gaming celebrity is a blow...
Marcus Graham: Looking back on 10 years of Twitch’s experiment with livestreaming
Twitch has generated more than 67 billion hours of livestream viewership since 2011, or enough for every person on Earth to watch over 8...
Non-electronic sports viewership grows on Twitch
The world has a lot more sports-related content than it can fit onto ESPN, Fox Sports, and AM Radio. And Twitch is helping to...
Why any developer can — and should — join the esports boom (VB Live)
Presented by Xsolla The global esports audience is 495 million strong and growing. And it’s surprisingly easy for developers and publishers to add tournaments,...
Games and transmedia — how we got here and where we’re going
Presented by Genvid When you create new worlds, particularly worlds which have their own rules and concepts, fans are going to have questions about...
Twitch sets new engagement record with 1.7 billion hours watched in November
A huge audience turned to Twitch to get more of their entertainment in November, according to data from Arsenal.gg — as pointed out by...