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Re:Justin.tv has shut down by pkaye on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @03:53PM (#8138960)
Is there any money in twitch except through acquisition?
Re:Justin.tv has shut down by harmegido on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @04:41PM (#8139274)
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).
Re:Justin.tv has shut down by ihuman on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @04:43PM (#8139284)
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 (#8139240)
Top twitch streamers can pull 6 figures a year. I don't know what the bototm line for twitch looks like though.
Re:Justin.tv has shut down by morgante on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @04:04PM (#8139023)
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 (#8139675)
game publishers also have paid twitch for front-page visibility during release hype.

I have a feeling they pay quite a bit.

Re:Justin.tv has shut down by spinlock on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @04:27PM (#8139186)
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.
Re:Justin.tv has shut down by benihana on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @05:51PM (#8139706)
Ads, subscriptions and merchandise all come to mind.