I've had lots of time to think about the streaming space over the last two weeks that I've been in Costa Rica! I could write an exceptionally long intro about some of those sentiments. But that conflicts with the fact it's my last full day here - so instead, I'm going to hold onto the Pura Vida life for one more day and defer a longer intro until next week! Let's get into this week's recap!
Twitch News
- An update to the Suspensions, Appeals, and DMCA documentation clarifies the rules, restrictions, and outcomes. Most of these policies already existed but were kept private by Twitch. I suspect Europe's Digital Services Act (DSA) has forced Twitch to make several updates.
- Speaking of the DSA, you may start to see new ban/report emails as a result of another change made to them to comply with the DSA. If something looks different, please DM me!
- The Rotterdam Ahoy venue listed Twitchcon Rotterdam tickets going on sale on the 26th of February. 15 minutes before sending this newsletter, they removed the date.
- CEO Dan Clancy admitted that Twitch tried to surface more smaller creators in discovery, but it had a negative impact on Twitch as a whole AND didn't help those smaller creators grow.
- Until February 28th, Pinned Cheers has a Valentine-themed reskin.
- A new experiment will help creators find someone to raid. It allows creators to filter potential raid targets by their follow status, uptime, tags, etc.
- This former Twitch staffer shared his experience from the last couple of years and how the layoffs (including his own) impacted him.
Streaming Industry News
- TheGrefg's ESLAND Awards, an awards show for the Spanish-speaking streaming community, occurred on February 16th. It averaged ~255,000 viewers on Twitch and ~55,000 on YouTube. Winners included:
- Streamer of the Year: IlloJuan
- Streamer Revelation: xCry
- Best Event: La Velada Del Ano III (Ibai)
- Promising Streamer: Paaulacg_
- Roleplayer of the Year: AgenteMaxo
- Variety Streamer of the Year: IlloJuan
- News Coverage: DavooXeneize
- IRL Streamer of the Year: LlunaClark
- Anger of the Year: ElXokas
- Clip of the Year: Guanyar
- QTCinderella's Streamer Awards went down on February 17th. It averaged ~138,000 viewers on Twitch and ~14,000 on YouTube. Winners included:
- Rising Star: NoraExplorer
- Hidden Gem: EverythingNowShow
- Best Speedrunner: Wirtual
- Best Creative Arts Streamer: RubberRoss
- Best Vtuber: Ironmouse
- Best Software and Game Dev Streamer: PritateSoftware
- Best Strategy Game Streamer: DisguisedToast
- Best Battle Royale Streamer: iiTzTimmy
- Best IRL Streamer: Jinnytty
- Best Shared Channel: nmplol
- Best Chess Streamer: loltyler1
- Best Streamed Event: Ludwig's Dodgeball Championship
- Best Streamed Series: Austin + Will Neff's Name Your Price
- LiveSpace launched its API, with immediate BotRix support.
- LiveSpace also announced 'sub-second latency' will be released in the next 60 days.
- TikTok Live now allows you to choose multiple gift goals instead of just one.
- Lester Chen (former Global Head of Gaming Creators at YouTube) shared his thoughts on YouTube's 2024 vision.
- The European Union's investigation into online influencers determined that creators rarely disclose when they are doing commercial (paid) content.
- Collabstr released its 2024 Influencer Marketing Report. Good insight into both size, spending, and general growth opportunities.
- Tyler Blevins shared his thoughts on multistreaming and brand partnerships with Campaign US. He says, referencing the Twitch CEO, that they talked about how multi-streaming doesn't make sense if you're a smaller streamer (100-800 viewers.)
- French politician Rachida Dati was asked to explain her appearance on a Twitch-streamed rap show.
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