News 1,000 Dreams in partnership with Twitch to support female streamers Plans to raise money for BroadcastHER Grant through Women's History Month streaming event Feb. 26, 2018 Ivy Taylor
News Twitch delays enforcement of new community guidelines over clarity concerns Video platform criticised for new guidelines being vague Feb. 20, 2018 Ivy Taylor
News Banned Twitch streamer files lawsuit against platform for loss of earnings and "reputational harm" James "Phantoml0rd" Varga argues he was never given adequate explanation for the ban Feb. 20, 2018 Ivy Taylor 1 comment
News Twitch surpasses CNN and MSNBC with record-breaking viewership Video streaming platform attracts 962,000 concurrent viewers in January Feb. 14, 2018 Ivy Taylor
News Twitch ramps up anti-harassment efforts with new community guidelines Immediate indefinite bans introduced because "hate simply has no place in the Twitch community" Feb. 9, 2018 James Batchelor
News Number of streamers earning money on Twitch spikes by 223% in 2017 Over 150,000 people join Twitch Affiliates program since launching in April Feb. 8, 2018 Ivy Taylor
News YouTube gained 373% more streamers in 2017 - but Twitch still dominates Leading streaming platform home to 800,000 streamers in Q4, and you'll never guess what the most streamed game was Jan. 26, 2018 James Batchelor
News Twitch wins $1.3m lawsuit against view bots California judge orders bot makers to shut down and pay damages to leading streaming platform Jan. 25, 2018 James Batchelor
News Twitch names Sara Clemens COO Former Pandora COO takes over from co-founder Kevin Lin as Mark Weiler and Amir Shevat also join streaming site's executive ranks Jan. 17, 2018 Brendan Sinclair
News Twitch takes legal action following spambot incident Brandan Lukus Apple faces "mischief in relation to computer data" charge over 150,000 spam messages across 1,000 channels Jan. 17, 2018 Matthew Handrahan
News Twitch gets Overwatch League rights Streaming platform signs deal for exclusive third-party rights for regular season and playoffs outside of China for next two years Jan. 9, 2018 Brendan Sinclair
News Twitch announces reality game show for streamers Stream On to feature creators competing to turn live-streaming into full-time career Dec. 19, 2017 Ivy Taylor
News Twitch sees "glimmer of hope" in battle against toxic behaviour Co-founder Kevin Lin tells GamesIndustry.biz he believes positivity will perpetuate out from smaller, more controlled channels Dec. 5, 2017 James Batchelor
Feature Twitch: "We're almost ready to go full-blown Hunger Games" Co-founder Kevin Lin is excited for a new age of games development where streaming audiences can interact with the players Nov. 20, 2017 James Batchelor
News First game announced for Twitch Extensions Hitbox Team hired to develop game using Extensions for video streaming platform Oct. 23, 2017 Ivy Taylor
News YouTube introduces Twitch-style sponsorship service for streamers Trials of the $4.99 per month model have proven successful as platform abandons paid channel service Sept. 20, 2017 Ivy Taylor
News Amazon Associates lets Twitch viewers buy while streaming Meanwhile Twitch Extensions enables developers to build interactive overlays for streamers Sept. 1, 2017 James Batchelor
News Twitch expands subscription monetisation options With Affiliates can now able to access the service June 28, 2017 Christopher Dring
Stub Twitch Prime service rolls out worldwide Subscription service is now available in more than 200 countries June 6, 2017 Matthew Handrahan
News Namco, Twitch tag team Tekken tournament Streaming service continues push into eSports with multi-year deal to manage and broadcast Tekken 7 league May 25, 2017 Brendan Sinclair
News Twitch Unity day aims to promote diversity, inclusivity Streaming platform also selling t-shirt to raise money for Amnesty International May 15, 2017 James Batchelor
Opinion Switch, Twitch and Horizon: A critical week for retail Physical retailers bank on big March launches March 1, 2017 Christopher Dring
Feature Twitch will take on Steam by selling PC games Streamers will receive 5% cut of all games sold Feb. 27, 2017 Christopher Dring 5 comments
News Twitch introduces new tool to fight chat abuse AutoMod to assist streamers faced with sexist, racist and homophobic commentary Dec. 13, 2016 Christopher Dring
News Twitch divests itself of Evil Geniuses, Alliance eSports teams Streaming company transfers team ownership to players, citing obligation to avoid preferential treatment Dec. 12, 2016 Brendan Sinclair