Re:Justin.tv has shut down
by calbear81 on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @02:02PM
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It makes perfect sense since they weren't really interesting to go after (no money ) and now with the potential for a huge acquisition they need to reduce exposure to lawsuits from content companies that see a gigantic treasure chest almost ready to pop open.
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Is there any money in twitch except through acquisition?
There's also subscriptions. People will pay $5 to subscribe to a channel for a month, half of which goes to Twitch (other half to the streamer).
In addition to just subscribing to 1 channel, people can also subscribe to "Twitch Turbo," with gives all the money to Twitch.
Re:Justin.tv has shut down
by forrestthewoods on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @04:34PM
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Top twitch streamers can pull 6 figures a year. I don't know what the bototm line for twitch looks like though.
Advertising and partnering with big gaming contests can generate real revenue.
Re:Justin.tv has shut down
by thekylemontag on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @05:46PM
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game publishers also have paid twitch for front-page visibility during release hype.
I have a feeling they pay quite a bit.
Not really. The networking costs to stream to that many users is huge. Google has the infrastructure to change the cost structure but it only works with that kind of scale.