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YouTube launches YouTube gaming, introducing full streaming to YouTube. Twitch rolls out a private messaging system called Whisper, allowing users to send private chat messages without leaving their current chat. Twitch is reportedly hacked, resulting in users’ passwords being leaked. Twitch starts streaming poker, a game where the World Series of Poker drew 1.2 million viewers on average for its most recent live televised event. ĭailymotion, a French startup, starts streaming live gaming video. It starts with 500 songs from labels such as Monstercat and Spinnin Records. Twitch introduces a royalty-free music library featuring tracks from various independent labels cleared for use in streams. Twitch announces it has acquired GoodGame Agency, an organisation that owns the esports teams Evil Geniuses and Alliance. Twitch CEO Emmett Shear says that "We chose Amazon because they believe in our community, they share our values and long-term vision, and they want to help us get there faster". Īmazon announces it will acquire Twitch Interactive for US$970 million. responds by saying that Twitch is out of touch. Twitch announces it will start deleting archived broadcast recordings from its site after 14 days (60 days for partners or paying Turbo subscribers). Google holds talks about the possible acquisition of Twitch.
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The channel reaches over 6.5 million total views on February 17, 5 days since its introduction on February 12, and averages concurrent viewership between 60 and 70 thousand viewers, with at least 10% participating. Twitch Plays Pokémon, a crowdsourced attempt to play Pokémon Red using a system translating chat commands into game controls, goes viral. is renamed Twitch Interactive, reflecting the increased prominence of the Twitch over as the company's main business. , a live-streaming competitor to Twitch, launches.
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Twitch launches its Partner Program, which allows popular content producers to share in the ad revenue generated from their streams. spins off its gaming division as Twitch, which officially launches in public beta. , the parent company of Twitch, is founded.