In this interview, Chase, PR Director of Twitch, discusses Twitch.tv and the future of gaming.

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What is Twitch?

Founded in June 2011, Twitch is the world’s leading social video platform and community for gamers.

• 100+ million unique viewers per month
• 1.5+ million unique broadcasters per month
• 10,000+ members of the Twitch Partner Program. Partners can monetize channels with ads, subscriptions and merchandise. They range from the best players in the world to entertaining casual gamers to the biggest brands
• 106 minutes watched per person per day
• 20 billion minutes watched per month
• 1.5 million peak concurrent sitewide viewers
• 1 million+ peak concurrent viewership across a single event: ESL’s IEM Katowice (2015)
• More than 20M raised by charities using Twitch as platform (10.5+ million in 2014 alone)
• 25 million installs of our mobile apps with 3.99 billion minutes watched by 9.5 million unique viewers (April 2015)
• 30% of Twitch broadcasters are from Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles

Recent Twitch Timeline

In 2007, Justin.tv is launched by founders Justin Kan, Emmett Shear, Michael Seibel and Kyle Vogt. Jacob Woodsey is hired soon after in April as UI Designer (and is currently VP of Product Design). In 2008, Kevin Lin joins Justin.tv as COO

In 2011, Emmett Shear, an avid StarCraft II player and spectator, notices broadcasters are streaming a lot of video game content on JTV. This inspires the company to spin gaming content off into its own division called Twitch of which Emmett becomes the CEO/founder. Twitch also provides its broadcasters with tools specific for video game streaming. Kevin Lin initiates wrangling interest from larger partners (gaming companies, leagues, etc.), building out the partnership team and assisting with researching what streamers want, while Jacob Woodsey works closely with engineering to execute the launch on the design front.

2014
February 5: Wall Street Journal releases an infographic that ranks Twitch as the 4th largest site (above sites like Hulu, Facebook, and Amazon) in terms of peak Internet traffic in the U.S.
February 10: Twitch announces its 1 million broadcaster and 13 billion minutes watched per month milestones. The corporate umbrella name is changed from Justin.tv, Inc. to Twitch Interactive, Inc., making JTV a product of Twitch.
February 25: Twitch announces broadcast functionality is coming to Xbox One on 3/11 when Titanfall launches.
March 1: After 16 days, Twitch Plays Pokemon completes its first game with 1+M unique players, 9+M unique viewers, 36+M total views, and 1+B min. watched. Our biggest cultural phenomenon to date.
March 6: Twitch announces 3-year deal establishing Twitch as official streaming partner of E3.
March 10: Twitch collaborates with Capcom for the Capcom Pro Tour, the first ever Street Fighter-focused fighting game league. It will feature a combination of premier events, ranking tournaments, and online tournaments
March 11: Twitch broadcasting launches on Xbox One
April 16: Twitch helps Choice Chamber meet its Kickstarter goal since the game is being built from the ground up with interactive commands for use with Twitch.
April 29: Twitch wins 1st Webby Award from official judges and 3rd People’s Choice Award in Webby’s Games-Related category
May 7: Twitch wins GamesIndustry Grand Prize for Innovation (the event’s only award chosen by an editorial panel)
June 12: Twitch is awarded two Guinness World Records.
August 13: Twitch partners with ESL and ReedPOP for ESL One Dota 2, NY’s biggest esports event at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 9-10
August 25: Amazon acquires Twitch for approximately $970 million in cash
August 28: Gameloft’s Heroes of Order & Chaos is 1st mobile MOBA game with built-in Twitch broadcasting

2015
January 29: Twitch releases 2014 retrospective with 100M unique visitors per month milestone
February 20: Twitch announces TwitchCon 2015 is happening on 9/25-9/26 in SF, CA
February 27: Twitch wins “2014 Poker Innovation of the Year” award at the American Poker Awards.
March 23: Twitch announces it is the official broadcasting partner of Ultra Music Festival, the world’s premier electronic music festival.
May 14: Twitch announces its arrival on Roku


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