Twitch creator Kai Cenat completed a “subathon”, streaming 24 hours per day for 30 days, breaking Twitch's record with ~727,700 subscribers in November 2024
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Twitch plans to raise its new Tier 1 sub and gift sub prices on mobile in 40+ countries on October 1; in an email, Twitch says Tier 1 will rise by $2 to $7.99
Twitch has announced yet another increase to the price of subs after already raising the cost earlier in the summer.
Twitch says its Twitch Tier 1 subscriptions in the US will increase from $4.99 per month to $5.99 per month on July 11, the first price hike for US subscribers
Monthly Tier 1 memberships will go up by $1 in July. — Twitch is joining Spotify, Max, Peacock, Crunchyroll …
Twitch raises the price of Turbo, its ad-free subscription that offers extra emoticons, chat badges, and more; the US price jumps from $8.99 to $11.99 per month
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Starting June 1, 2023, Twitch says subscription revenue above $100K will be split 50/50, not 70/30, for streamers on premium deals, citing hosting costs
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Livestreaming report: Twitch had 17B watch hours in 2020, up 83% YoY, and Facebook Gaming had 3.59B, up 166%; YouTube had 100B watch hours across live and VOD
Spanish gamer David “TheGrefg” Martínez had 2M+ concurrent viewers on Twitch to watch him reveal Icon series Fortnite skin, breaking the previous record of 635K
Smashing all previous records — Spanish streamer and EU Heretics team owner David “TheGrefg” …
Restream, a service that helps creators stream to around 30 platforms simultaneously, raises $50M Series A co-led by Sapphire Ventures and Insight Partners
Live streaming of video has come into its own during the coronavirus pandemic, with services like Zoom, YouTube, Twitch …
Caffeine, which aims to compete with Twitch but focuses on content like rap battles, has raised $113M, led by Fox Corp, Cox Enterprises, and Sanabil Investments
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg : Tweets: @woodleyipt See also Mediagazer Tweets: M. Woodley / @woodleyipt : “While Twitch caters to gamers, Caffeine has had its biggest success with rap-music competition.” 👀...
Reports: live-streaming grew 45% between March and April, and 99% YoY; Twitch saw the highest growth, as hours watched rose 50% from March to April and 101% YoY
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