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According to Reuters, Twitch streamer Ninja was paid $1 million to stream the battle royale game 'Apex Legends' to his 13 million followers on February 5, 2019. He also tweeted about the event to his fans. $1 million "is more than twice media reports of Ninja's monthly earnings from streaming...

Fancensus has researched the growth of video game influencers on platforms such as YouTube and Twitch. The amount of views that the top 10 influencer channels on YouTube receive are growing by 40% on average. The top 100 influencers saw growth of 2.5 billion views. To ignite this growth...

While watching streams of the new Metro Exodus game this morning, I noticed that Twitch streamers were having issues with stuttering in the game. Streamer CohhCarnage became so frustrated with the stuttering issues that he cut RTX off, lowered the settings from Ultra to High and then to Low...

Twitch personality and professional Smash player Joseph "Mango" Marquez has been issued a 7 day ban from Twitch for "violating the community guidelines by displaying "dangerous consumption of drugs or alcohol" on stream." In the video clip that got the Twitch streamer banned, C9 Mango is seen...

Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) is a multifaceted streaming and capture software solution that has become popular with broadcasters on YouTube, Twitch, and other live-stream platforms. To get the highest quality broadcasts, an expensive dual PC solution is typically utilized where the game is...

Twitch streamer and Fortnite personality Ninja has been interviewed by CNN where he revealed that he made close to $10 million last year. 70% of his income is from YouTube and Twitch, but he also has sponsors such as Samsung, Uber Eats, and Red Bull. His 20 million YouTube subscribers generate...

As anyone who's spent more than 5 minutes on the site probably knows, there's a lot of toxicity in some of Twitch's more popular streams. But Blizzard is apparently testing a system that links Twitch chat to Battle.net accounts in order to create "a more positive viewing experience." Starting...

At TwitchCon 2018, Twitch announced several new features to make live-streaming more exciting for the audience. In turn it is expected that these new features will generate more traffic and revenue for streamers. The first feature called Squad Stream will allow up to 4 streamers to stream...

Twitch has been blocked in China after Chinese citizens flocked to the free streaming service to watch the Asian Games. Due to state broadcaster CCTV's complete lack of coverage of the event, Twitch became the third most popular app in the iOS App Store in China. Even though Chinese esports...

CD Projekt RED is streaming Cyberpunk 2077 game play live on Twitch! Update: The VOD File is now linked below at its starting time.

Valve is streaming DOTA 2 The International 2018 on Steam.tv. You can invite friends to Steam Chat groups to chat with them and watch the show together. It seems to announce to friends that you are watching the live game stream. It seamlessly allows you to skip to any point in the...

Individual streamers can still offer ad-free viewing as perk when you subscribe to their channel. They are also completely eliminating the 20% discount on selected video game preorders and replacing it with a $10 "credit" you can use on "almost" everything on Amazon. They are now pushing the...

Youtube tried to pay creators to lock in their content exclusively to Youtube back in 2014, and we all know how that worked out....it didn't. Youtube is feeling more heat from the likes of Facebook and certainly Twitch according to Bloomberg. Youtube is now paying to creators up to hundreds of...

I guess I'm old school, but I'm just amazed at the audience some of these Twitch streamers have accumulated. The latest big number is 10M for streamer Ninja. He announced this milestone yesterday on Twitter. Are you guys contributing to his numbers? I don't watch streams but I like going to...

The biggest battle that's ever been seen in Eve Online began yesterday and resulted in the two sides losing multiple Titan warships. The battle included over 3,500 players defending or attacking a Keepstar citadel owned by the Northern Coalition. The lost capital ships could be worth a million...

Representatives for Magic Leap have announced an upcoming demo of a developer sample on July 11, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. ET. This will be shown on the official Magic Leap Twitch channel and the specifications for the Magic Leap One will also be disclosed. Magic Leap representatives are being...

If you have an Amazon Prime account, you can link that your Twitch account, and use it to subscribe to your favorite streamer and get free games. Below is a graphic that lays out what free games you an get on what days. Claim your games here. Graphic and Video. Well, to celebrate Amazon...

https://blog.twitch.tv/get-ready-for-the-biggest-game-giveaway-in-twitch-prime-history-52e55aba19eb The catch is you have to claim them through their own app. I have no experience using it, so I don't know if it's its own launcher and/or you can claim them in Steam. In addition, everything in...

If you do not know much about the world of streaming games, The NYT has a fairly extensive article about how Twitch is seemingly getting a stranglehold on the market over Youtube Gaming, and not much is really said about Facebook's foray into the game streaming world. And while everyone is...

Facebook has announced they are going to open up a dedicated gaming portal where you can go and watch video streams. They say the new portal will make it easier for people to discover gaming video and help others to bring content to the platform. Also, they are planning on adding other features...

James "Phantomlord" Varga, a popular streamer of CS: GO, filed suit earlier this year against Twitch for banning him from the service and breaching their contract. He says the company has caused his character to be misrepresented and he can no longer work his once full-time job of streaming to...

Are the adrenaline packed, high tension livestreams of Hunt Showdown too much for you? Perhaps PvPvE gameplay just isn't your bag? Well fortunately for you, we're here to help, and bring you "twitchdefrags," a 24/7 livestream of a hard drive being defragmented. Let your cares float away as you...

Overwatch League pro Josh "Eqo" Corona is in trouble for making an allegedly racist gesture on livestream. Corona, who plays for the Philadelphia Fusion, was talking to viewers of his stream when he said "I'm Korean," after which he used his fingers to pull back the corners of his eyes. PCgamer...

While this might be setting the bar sort of low, it is an interesting data point for sure. Much of the increase in viewership is laid at the feet of Battle Royale titles PUBG and Fortnite. Thanks cagey. Perhaps the biggest revelation is that Twitch attracted more viewers than CNN. January...

Twitch has updated their Community Guidelines because of feedback from the community. These guidelines go into effect on February 19th and they have to deal with anti-harassment, hateful conduct, and sexual conduct. I believe all of us like a community that doesn't tolerate such conduct, but...

Independent wrestling organization WrestleCircus has come to Twitch. Live right now. I hope more live sports come to Twitch as I used to watch wrestling as a child. ;) https://www.twitch.tv/wrestlecircus This is who is scheduled on tonight's card. Hope there is a replay of the Brandy...

Twitch.tv has added 1080p/60fps streaming capabilities to their service by increasing the allowed ingest bitrate to 6000 kbps. This will allow for much more fluid video playback on channels where it has been enabled. Those channels will have lower bitrate options also! It is coming to all of...

In a move that some say is intended to take on Twitch, Facebook is now allowing live video streams from computers. Previously this feature was limited to mobile users. While this feature has been available to Pages for a while, now it has been opened up to all user accounts. Great, just...

Twitch has partnered with various video game publishers to sell games directly through the Twitch streaming service. For example your account through Ubisoft's UPLAY can be linked to your Twitch account. If your favorite streamer is streaming a Ubisoft game, then there will be a buy option at...

Twitch streamer and avid World of Tanks gamer Brian Vigneault, aka Poshybrid, has died during a 24-hour Make-A-Wish charity stream. Known for his marathon streaming habits, the father of three was at the 22 hour mark when he took a break to smoke a cigarette. He never returned and it was...

The ear training guide for audio producers http://training.npr.org/audio/the-ear-training-guide-for-audio-producers/#mixing I believe that it has more than enough information inside to help any that wants to get into streaming, podcasts, etc. Seems to be a terrific article just by glancing...