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Miss Twitch Weekly? Get the VOD + Timestamps for January 16th, 2015

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Twitch had it’s second 2015 episode of Twitch Weekly last week, talking about topics ranging from the new Twitch Music Initiative to PAX South plans to much, much more! If you want to know more about the all of topics discussed – the super duper crazy awesome /r/Twitch user Jikkircraft (@Jikkir on Twitter) has put together a run down of all subjects + timestamp links to each of those sections! Check it out below:

Original Post by Jikkircraft

Intro

  • Twitch Weekly will be on at 3:30 Central Time next Friday live from PAX South!
  • Confirmed handsome quota filled
  • Hosts @djWHEAT, @SomaJT, @Fishstix, @Atrioc
  • Special guest – Chief Strategy Officer of Twitch,@ColinCarrier coming at the end of the stream
  • Shoutout to Jikkir – thanks guys! These will be coming on a weekly basis, so watch this space!

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Twitch Music Library and Music Category Beta Launch!

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PAX South 2015 – 23rd – 25th Ft. “PJSaltan of Stream” Competition

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Twitch Movie Night #2

  • Right after the stream, the next Twitch Movie will be “Pixel Poetry”
  • If you’d like to support Devolver, use the coupon code “TWITCHLIVE” at Devolver Digital’s website for 50% off all Devolver’s films

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AGDQ 2015 Recap

  • ~$1.58 Million raised for charity!
  • Nearly 1 billion minutes watched
  • The Twitch donation (this was calculated dependant on the maximum concurrent viewers) donated $8k to this event
  • Notch donated 10k like the boss he is
  • Shoutout to the staff at AGDQ – awesome community effort!
  • Happy belated Birthday wishes to Romscout

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Smite World Championship Finals now over!

  • Congratulations to Cognitive Prime taking the first ever Smite Championships!
  • $1.3 Million Dollar 1st prize
  • djWheat likes to dry himself off with $100 bills… Kappa
  • Smite spectator mode is unbelievable comparatively to other MOBA’s – huge shout out to Hi-Rez raising the bar in quality and production value despite their size!

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Paragon Orlando is the final Smash Apex 2015 Qualifier

  • Super Smash Bros. Melee competitive scene starting to heat up!
  • Super Smash Bros. Melee “5 Gods” being beaten by newcomer LFFN
  • Fox player
  • The winner of Paragon Orlando will be the final APEX qualifier
  • Mango didn’t seat for APEX at Beast
  • Click here to follow the stream!

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Twitch AHGL Sweeps Week One in CSGO, DotA2, LoL, SC2, HS

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King of the Nerds sneak preview of Season 3 on Twitch tonight

  • Premiering the first 30 minutes of the show 6PM PST

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Duracell’s Madden 15 “Longest Lasting Tournament”

  • Professionals from the NFL, and some of the [pro Madden players facing off!](twitch.tv/twingalaxieslive)
  • Patrick Willis for the San Fran 49ERS, Maurice Jones-Drew for the Oakland Raiders and Adrian Foster for the Houston Texans
  • 26 hour tournament (as long as Duracell batteries last! Get it?)
  • Top prizes include SuperBowl tickets, NFL gear and T-Shirts!

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*Major League Hacking (MLH) Weekend College Hackathon! *

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Remember to tweet questions each week with #TwitchWeekly

  • Chance to win free Twitch Turbo? Yummy!

Return of the Survivor Gamez!

  • For those who lived under a rock, think Hunger Games meets Day-Z competition
  • Survivor Gamez went on hiatus during December 2013
  • The conclusion of Survivor gamez 5 will be on February 8th, at 1PM PST. Follow the channel
  • To follow the map channel, click here!
  • Starting March, Survivor Gamez will have a qualifier free for all to decide the wild card team for the next main Survivor Gamez

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H1Z1 Early Access launched yesterday!

  • @djWHEAT is a psychic – knew in advance about H1Z1’s server issues!
  • Lirik held ~100k viewers just waiting to log into the servers – H1Z1 fans are clearly hyped!

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Evolve Beta has begun – partnered with Operation Supply Drop * XboxOne Open Beta released until January 19th * Check out the official Evolve Twitch channel!

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Twitch Partner Spotlight – LegendofLorie

  • Last week’s featured partner – Absnerdity Jumped in viewers significantly from 100 to 1000-3000 viewers
  • Each week a new partner shouted out in Twitch weekly!
  • Spotlighted partners have a significant chance of being featured on the front page
  • Are you a partner? Request and ask about this with a rep on the partnership team!
  • This week’s featured partner – LegendofLorie, Check her out!
  • VOD time of Spotlight – the chat jumps in to surprise her! :D

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Video Spotlight – TwinGalaxiesLive

  • This weeks video spotlight – TwinGalaxiesLive
  • Here’s the Spotlight video VOD
  • Submit and showcase your own video by sending a dropbox video to twitch.tv/twitch as an inbox!

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Staff Picks: Jimmy Wisenhunt – “Esports on a whole new level”

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Q&A Time

  • As always, I always recommend checking out the VOD for the Q&A’s – they rock! Questions will be below for a tease!
  • What in the Mason jars on the livestream desk?
  • What are some of the events this year that you guys are excited about?
  • How big is the Twitch staffing?

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Twitch Music discussion with @ColinCarrier

  • As always, I’d highly recommend watching the Q&A all the way through. There’s some awesome information in this one, and so much that even this summary will miss out a lot of it!
  • If you haven’t already, check out the landing page!
  • Colin mainly looks at the new endeavors that Twitch can do, or are just starting to look into
  • His CS: GO rank is Gold Nova 4 star… LAME!
    :P
  • Opened the platform to allow musicians to interact with their community and fans, as well as gain further publicity. It’s a very win-win program for the broadcasters and musicians!
  • Twitch music library offers music cleared of copyright ID for both live events and VOD’s
  • The goal is to have a library which caters to everyone’s interests – Electronic is far easier to clear rights for on a global basis, so there is currently a much larger selection of that genre in the library
  • Music contribution to the library currently requires a following of fans to ensure quality of the playlist
  • Content will be added to the library extremely frequently – hopefully weekly
  • Twitch will actively be attempting to incite larger artists to add music to the library and playlists
  • There’s a lot of Darude Sandstorm hints in here… Take it as you will… DUDUDUDUDU
  • A lot of comment about Colin’s general attractiveness
  • If a song is removed from the playlist, all previous VOD’s will be safe from Audio removal
  • Got feedback? Contact feedback@twitch.tv!

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Closing Thoughts

  • Don’t forget – next week Twitch will be live at Pax South at the time of 3:30PM Central Time on Friday!
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Twitch Partner Spotlight

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Twitch announced the Twitch Partner Spotlight program, aimed at shining a light on the massive array of awesome Twitch partners, regardless of size, and giving them a chance to showcase their broadcasting talents with a wider audience!

How does it work?
Every week on the Twitch Weekly show, they are going to announce a new Partner spotlight for the upcoming week, during which time that Partner will receive not only the Twitch Weekly shout out, but an official mention on their social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, Google+) and have a high likelihood of receiving premium placement on the front page of the site (pictured below) whenever they’re live during that week.

Here’s an example of what the Twitch front page looks like when a partner gets spotlighted using Absnerdity, our very first Twitch Partner Spotlight pick.


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I’m a broadcaster – how do I get chosen?
With over a million broadcasters streaming, Twitch will be hard at work finding the hidden gems and rising stars that they think could best retain some of the growth that this increase in exposure would bring. Twitch’s Partnerships team will look at stats like chat activity, follower retention during spikes/raids, frequency and consistency of broadcasts, and a bunch of other behind the scenes stats before making their recommendation. The best advice, they are giving, is just to keep putting on the best possible broadcast experience for your followers and let the rest flow from there.

If you want to highlight something interesting or unique about your stream, feel free to send your info in a Twitch PM (better yet, include a 60-90 second video explaining your stream and it might be played on Twitch Weekly!) to the Twitch users “Twitch” or “TwitchWeekly“.

I’m not a broadcaster – what does this mean for me?
Twitch hopes that this is not only a beneficial program for broadcasters – who have a shot at really growing their audience – but to viewers as well, who may stumble upon an amazing, entertaining streamer they never would have found otherwise. So keep your eye out for the “Partner Spotlight” icon when you visit Twitch and you may just find a new favorite broadcaster!

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Miss Twitch Weekly? Check the VOD + Timestamps for January 9th, 2015

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Twitch had the first awesome 2015 episode of Twitch Weekly this week!

If you want to know more about the topics they discussed the super duper crazy awesome /r/Twitch user Jikkircraft (@Jikkir on Twitter) has put together a rundown of all subjects + timestamp links to each of those sections! Check it out below:

Original Post by Jikkircraft
Intro

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Happy New Year!

  • What are your resolutions? Tweet #TwitchWeekly for a chance to win Twitch Turbo

PAX South 2015 – 23rd – 25th (with a Twitch Town Hall!)

  • Twitch Town Hall will return this Pax South!
  • Twitch Weekly will host there Live!
  • Guests include Cyrus Hall (Lead Software Engineer, Twitch) and Aaron Krasnov (Product Manager, Twitch)
  • Come to the Town Hall for some Twitch #Swag!

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Vote for Twitch in the TechCrunch 8th Annual Crunchies

  • Nominated for “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop”. Beat Kim Kardashian, for the love of God!

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Twitch Movie Night

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Awesome Games Done Quick 2015 raised $600,000+ so far!

  • Where’ve you been if you don’t know about this!? [Check it out!](twitch.tv/gamesdonequick
  • This number doesn’t even take into account the Humble Bundle
  • With the Humble Bundle, over $1,000,000 has been raised so far
  • Did you see the engagement that happened? It was cute!
  • Remember 100% subscriptions to #AGDQ goes directly to charity

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D2L Vegas Finals at CES are over!

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Smite World Championships

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Canada Cup Master Series

  • Huge fighting game names participating including Daigo, Luffy, Xian, and more!
  • Pay-Per-View event – $14.95
  • [CanadaCup – Check it out!](twitch.tv/CanadaCup)
  • [CanadaCup2 – Check it out!](twitch.tv/CanadaCup2)

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OGN is now League Championship Korea (LCK) – new season begun!

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Beast V – Largest Euro Smash Bros. tournament in history

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GSL (Global Starcraft League) is back!

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Twitch Partner Spotlight – Absnerdity!

  • New program – Each week a new partner will be shouted out in Twitch weekly
  • If spotlighted, they will have a significant chance of being featured on the front page
  • This will be different and unique to usual front page features
  • Are you’re a partner? Request and ask about this with a rep on the partnership team!
  • This week’s first ever featured partner – Absnerdity, Check him out!
  • VOD time of Spotlight

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/r/Twitch post by Pinworms666 “50k Followers”

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Ex-IGN Editors Launch “KindaFunnyGames” Twitch Channel

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Video Spotlight – GamrEnchantment

  • This weeks video spotlight – GamrEnchantment
  • It’s a little quiet – turn it up :)
  • Submit and showcase your own video by sending a Dropbox video to twitch.tv/twitch (They’re low on submissions, so now’s your chance!)

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Staff Picks: #AGDQ2015 MVPs

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Q&A Time

  • “What are your plans this year for @TwitchESports?”
  • “Are you going to implement a feature to allow people to watch multiple streams and chats simultaneously?”
  • “Is specialized streaming software required, or can embedded PS4 and XboxOne software grow an audience alone?”
  • “What happened to the free sub to /twitch, and what happened to the emotes?” #DiscoKappa “What is one good piece of advice you can give any streamer?”

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Closing Thoughts

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Twitch Has Acquired GoodGame To Make Pro Partnerships More Appealing

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Video-game-streaming service Twitch just announced that it will acquire GoodGame, a full-service agency dedicated to serving the needs to pro-gamers and brands looking to be involved in the eSports industry.

GoodGame has built a business over the last 10 years by sponsoring its own competitive esports teams, connecting brands with popular third-party teams, creating viral content for brands looking to market to gaming enthusiasts, and more.

“We’ve been responsible for funneling more than $10 million toward players, teams, tournaments, and other parts of the esports ecosystem,” writes GoodGames CEO Alex Garfield in a letter on the company’s site explaining the sale.

The move lets Twitch capture more of the value generated by the growing esports industry, which has already been a huge key to its success — on any given day, Twitch regularly has more people watch League of Legends than concurrently watch major news networks.

With GoodGames on its team, Twitch can further ingratiate itself in the business of running teams and getting money to professional gamers. That in turn makes these popular streamers more likely to stick with Twitch when showing off their gaming chops, rather than jumping over to competitors like YouTube or Steam Broadcasting.

It also expands Twitch’s interactions with big brands. While Twitch already makes it very easy for Twitch partners (users with a large number of subscribers) to make money by playing video ads on their streams, there’s likely ample room for Twitch to move up-market in terms of quality and revenue thanks to its huge audience and focus on video content. GoodGame’s team brings with it existing working relationships and an expertise in pitching the gaming audience to companies with big budgets for brand advertising.

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Twitch to Acquire GoodGame

Twitch takes another big step in video game broadcasting and esports by adding more services to its partner program — bringing advertisers new ways to reach this rapidly-growing audience, and providing more revenue opportunities to broadcasters and players

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – December 9th, 2014 – Twitch, the leading video platform for gamers, today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire GoodGame, the world’s first full-service agency dedicated to the esports and live video game broadcasting communities. Since its inception nearly a decade ago, GoodGame has grown into one of the gaming industry’s most progressive talent and content companies. The acquisition will allow Twitch to harness GoodGame’s unique service package, as well as its staff’s industry expertise and community leadership, in order to offer an even broader array of support and monetization opportunities to the greater Twitch community.

As esports and live video game broadcasting continue to grow at an explosive pace, advertisers have struggled to understand how to most effectively engage and reach this massive audience. GoodGame has helped solve this problem with an arsenal of fresh, non-traditional engagement methods uniquely suited to the ever-evolving digital media audience. This, coupled with its efforts to establish clear standards for reporting and communication of value to sponsors, has allowed GoodGame to succeed at welcoming major sponsors and advertisers into the community.

Under the leadership of its CEO, Alexander Garfield, the company has created a model that keeps players and content creators focused on what they do well while monetizing their work more effectively via advertisements, sponsorships, and merchandising. With GoodGame’s specialized skill set added to Twitch’s already industry-leading partner program, Twitch streamers will soon have even more ways to build their careers as content creators.

“GoodGame has an amazing reputation in the industry for its expertise in both sponsorship sales and talent support. Their passion for helping content creators and pro players achieve success has elevated the entire industry in the minds of brands worldwide,” said Kevin Lin, COO of Twitch. “GoodGame was a natural fit for Twitch because of our shared experience in creating compelling monetization opportunities for content partners and helping sponsors get the most out of their investments. We have worked with GoodGame CEO Alexander Garfield for several years, and there is a clear opportunity for him to bring his skills and experiences to many more of our partners.”

“We view GoodGame as a conduit,” said Alexander Garfield, CEO of GoodGame. “Its purpose is to help support as many players and broadcasters as possible by channeling revenue into our community, and making sure it stays here. I can think of no better way to accomplish that goal than by working hand-in-hand with the very same platform whose passionate audience has essentially built our company. We wouldn’t have made it to where we are today without Twitch and its users – we’re excited to give back.”

About GoodGame
GoodGame is an all-in-one talent and content company focused on gaming and esports. Over the past decade, its staff of industry veterans has worked with teams, represented players, managed tournaments, created content, and brought numerous marquee advertisers into the gaming space. GoodGame prides itself on being community-focused with the goal of supporting as many players and teams as possible by providing new and compelling monetization opportunities. For more information about GoodGame, visit www.goodgame.gg.

About Twitch
Twitch is the world’s leading live video platform and community for gamers where more than 60 million gather every month to watch and talk about video games with more than 1.1 million broadcasters. Twitch’s video platform is the backbone of both live and on-demand distribution for the entire video game ecosystem. This includes game developers, publishers, media outlets, events, user generated content, and the entire esports scene. In February 2014, Twitch was ranked the 4th largest website in terms of peak internet traffic in the U.S., fortifying the brand as an entertainment industry leader and the epicenter of social video for gamers. For more information visit: www.twitch.tv.

Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly from management’s expectations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to competition, management of growth, new products, services and technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment and data center optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption, inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com’s financial results is included in Amazon.com’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.

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