google buys twitch.tv for $1b

[Fixious]

With Apple buying Beats and AT&T buying DirecTV, this seems to be the month of the blockbuster acquisition deal. And it looks like Google wants in on the action too—according to a report from Variety, the company is going to buy video game streaming site Twitch.tv for over $1 billion.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/05/report-google-to-acquire-twitch-tv-for-more-than-1-billion/

 

[WildFire]

whoa

 

[Royalty]

If only they bought Oculus too.

Blast you Mark blasting Zuckerberg. Dangnabbit.

 

[57thEnryu]

On one hand it could be awesome, YouTube has been trying to get into live streaming for a long time now...on the other hand, twitch is awesome as it is now, so the possibility of it getting worse...yeah we'll see where this goes...

 

[57thEnryu]

http://www.dailydot.com/esports/twitch-audio-censor-copyright-infringement/

 

[SeymourGore]

Might be a good idea for GReaper to finally release GReapTV as an alternative for twitch while this new audio and timed releases controversy is going down.

 

[Dino]

Google can *dance* off, its gonna affect streamers a lot :/

You can't play any music you want, only copyright free music :/

 

[57thEnryu]

Google can *dance* off, its gonna affect streamers a lot :/

You can't play any music you want, only copyright free music :/

censorship is only on vods, not live stream

 

[Dino]

censorship is only on vods, not live stream

Ah, well that's decent

 

[Fixious]

Well-sourced site The Information (subscription required) is claiming that Amazon is in "late stage talks" to purchase Twitch.tv, the video game streaming site, for $1 billion.

Update: The Wall Street Journal has chimed in, saying according to "a person who has been briefed on the matter," Amazon + Twitch is a done deal for $1 billion. The report says the official announcement could be made as soon as Monday.

Update #2: Bloomberg's sources say "An announcement for an acquisition for about $1.1 billion could be made as soon today, one person said," and Recode corroborates the reports, too.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/08/amazon-not-google-reportedly-buying-twitch-for-1-billion/

edit: Confirmed. http://www.twitch.tv/p/thankyou

 

[Armageddon]

I actually have something related to the topic to share... bookmark this...
Maybe i'm a bit confused or can't remember so well but wasn't FishStix involved with justin.tv?
I have an account there and can't remember why.. thought it might have been due to the fish link.
Anyhow if you have a JTV account you can have it switched to twitch.
http://justin.tv/

 

[Application-1]

Justin tv is twitch if I recall correctly. Started as justin and saw that the gaming category was growing so made a exclusive website for stuff like that. That is how I remember it atleast.

 

[Fixious]

I actually have something related to the topic to share... bookmark this...
Maybe i'm a bit confused or can't remember so well but wasn't FishStix involved with justin.tv?
I have an account there and can't remember why.. thought it might have been due to the fish link.
Anyhow if you have a JTV account you can have it switched to twitch.
http://justin.tv/

Yes, FishStix is a Twitch.tv employee (Director of Content Marketing).