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Apr 23rd, 2019
China's biggest live-streaming platform DouYu files for $500 million IPO in the US
The company is backed by Tencent and is considered China's answer to Twitch
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Oct 23rd, 2018
Top 10 streamed games of the week: Fortnite is finally knocked off the top spot
Our weekly chart of the most watched games across Twitch, YouTube Gaming, Mixer and Facebook.
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Aug 6th, 2018
1,000 Dreams Fund awards grants to 50 up-and-coming female streamers
A charity livestream back in March helped to raise $45,000 for the BroadcastHER grants
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Jul 23rd, 2018
Driver with Uber and Lyft is fired after livestreaming pickups to his Twitch channel
Jason Gargac had been livestreaming his customers without their consent
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Jul 18th, 2018
Twitch's new Giphy extension for streamers lets viewers react with GIFs
Content moderated in effort to ensure offensive GIFS are removed
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Jul 18th, 2018
Fortnite most-watched game in May racking up almost 600m hours of view time
Viewers watch nearly 700m hours of battle royale content in total
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May 31st, 2018
Twitch Fortnite streaming star Ninja uses streaming superpowers to save orphanage
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May 11th, 2018
Ninja is cleaning up his potty mouth and fans are f***ing furious
“Little kids shouldn’t be running around dropping f-bombs or swearing at all at that age”
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May 10th, 2018
Facebook adds new tools to make livestreaming more efficient
The platform has added persistent stream keys, live rewind and crossposting
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Apr 20th, 2018
Twitch streaming blocked in Russia amidst Telegram crackdown
Attempts to ban app result in other websites and services going offline
Job News
Apr 19th, 2018
Ex-Fullscreen senior director Nina Kammer joins livestreaming platform Mobcrush
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Apr 19th, 2018
Twitch pulls in 82% of watch time for top 20 streamed games in Q1 2018
Twitch and YouTube Gaming generated 2.5 billion viewing hours
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