Twitch is an American video live-streaming service that was introduced in June 2011 as a spin-off of the general-interest streaming platform Justin.tv. It is operated by Twitch Interactive, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., and focuses on video game live streaming, including broadcasts of esports competitions, along with music broadcasts, creative content, and in real life streams.
The content shown on Twitch’s homepage is listed according to audience preference and includes real-time strategy games (RTS), fighting games, racing games, and first-person shooters. By October 2013, the website had 45 million unique viewers, and this increased to the point that by February 2014; it was considered the fourth-largest source of peak Internet traffic in the United States. This popularity eventually led to the re-branding of Justin.tv’s parent company as Twitch Interactive in October 2013, and Justin.tv was shut down in August 2014 when Twitch was acquired by Amazon for US$970 million.
As part of Amazon, Twitch was able to introduce synergies with the company’s subscription service Amazon Prime. Twitch also acquired Curse 2016, an operator of online video gaming communities, and introduced means to purchase games through links on streams, along with a program allowing streamers to receive commissions on the sales of games that they play. By 2015, the service had more than 100 million viewers per month, and in 2018, it had 3 million broadcasters monthly and 15 million daily active users, with 1.4 million average concurrent users. It also had over 27,000 partner channels by May of the same year.
Twitch remains the leading live-streaming video service for video games in the United States and holds an advantage over YouTube Gaming, which shut down its standalone app in May 2019. As of February 2020, Twitch continues to be a popular source for gamers and esports competitions, offering an unparalleled selection of content for its users and a great platform for streamers to share their work.
Subscribing to a Twitch channel is an easy way to show your support for the streamer and is a great way for creators to make money and for viewers to get exclusive access and rewards. A monthly subscription costs a minimum of $4.99 and can go up to $24.99, depending on the channel and what benefits they offer. When you subscribe, a portion of the money goes to the streamer, while the rest goes to Twitch.
The benefits that one receives from subscribing depend on the channel and tier that one chooses. Common benefits include exclusive emotes and badges, which are displayed next to the viewer’s name, exclusive subscriber-only streams and competitions, no ads during the stream, and an alert to others when the viewer has been subscribed for a certain amount of time. A single subscription goes towards one channel, so if you want to subscribe to two different channels, that will be an additional cost.
Subscribing is an easy and affordable way to show your support for a creator, and with the new benefits, it is a great way for both streamers and viewers to make the most out of their experience on Twitch.
Twitch.tv CANCEL GUIDES
Get together the following account information:
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In a browser, goto https://help.twitch.tv/s/contactsupport?language=en_US
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