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Nvidia's RTX cards have a new NVENC video encoder, and it is a viable replacement for X264.

NVENC vs. X264 — Does CPU or RTX GPU encoding work best for Twitch?

Jeff Grubb October 15, 2018 1:31 PM

SE.Pay is a new Adyen-powered PayPal competitor for Twitch streamers

Jeff Grubb October 4, 2018 12:29 PM

Gaming influencer report: Ninja leaps to top in August

John Cassillo September 30, 2018 6:00 AM

China bans Twitch because people were finally watching it

Jeff Grubb September 24, 2018 1:05 PM

The perfect food to eat while touching a keyboard and mouse.

Ninja won’t stream with women, but he will stream with Doritos

Jeff Grubb September 14, 2018 9:03 AM

DrDisRespect broke character to explain that someone has fired a weapon at his house for a second day in a row.

Streamer DrDisRespect claims someone shot at his house during a broadcast

Jeff Grubb September 11, 2018 11:21 AM

Social broadcasting platform Caffeine nets $100 million from 21st Century Fox as the duo launch a joint venture for content

Paul Sawers September 5, 2018 6:00 AM

Guest

Games can and should comfort patients with life-threatening illnesses

Jonathan Shipman August 28, 2018 4:30 PM

The Yeti Nano in four different color configurations.

Blue Yeti Nano is a smaller take on a popular USB mic for Twitch streamers

Jeff Grubb August 28, 2018 5:00 AM

Twitch will stage massive Pokémon movie and TV show marathon

Dean Takahashi August 23, 2018 9:00 AM

#VBTransform @VentureBeat Leveraging AI & analytics for growth

Uber wants to use AI to guide drivers through the onboarding process

Khari Johnson August 22, 2018 4:43 PM

You can watch broadcasts on Steam right now, but maybe Valve wants you to have an easier way to do that using your browser.

Valve registers the domain for Steam.tv (update: it’s streaming Dota 2)

Jeff Grubb August 17, 2018 2:49 PM

Twitch has fixed a bug that put messages in the wrong archives.

Twitch glitch may have exposed some of your messages to other users

Jeff Grubb August 16, 2018 1:41 PM

Fallout 76 is skipping Steam, but that’s not the real threat to Valve

Jeff Grubb August 7, 2018 3:31 PM

Dead Cells’ Twitch integration is great

Jeff Grubb August 7, 2018 10:31 AM

Review

Elgato Stream Deck Mini review — an improvement with fewer buttons

Jeff Grubb August 3, 2018 3:36 PM

Fortnite dominates livestreams watched in Q2.

Fortnite crushes rivals on Twitch with 74% rise in Q2 viewership

Dean Takahashi August 2, 2018 8:00 AM

Twitch Creator Camp has both crash-courses and master classes for streamers

Stephanie Chan July 24, 2018 9:15 AM

Twitch gets transparent about how it wants to boost discovery

Jeff Grubb June 27, 2018 11:04 AM

Guest

Want to make your name as a streamer? Work on your GIF game (updated)

Richard Rabbat June 22, 2018 3:45 PM

PUBG gets weapon skins inspired by Twitch streamers

Jeff Grubb June 1, 2018 4:31 PM

Twitch celebrates Pride month with new emotes and activities

Jeff Grubb June 1, 2018 9:03 AM

Twitch is down, so let’s go watch cable, I guess

Jeff Grubb May 30, 2018 12:48 PM

VB Live

The esports surge — and the massive opportunities behind it (VB Live)

VB Staff May 24, 2018 4:10 AM

Sliver.tv lets Twitch streamers keep their followers engaged with a new trivia game.

Sliver.tv launches Tilted Trivia game for Twitch esports fans

Dean Takahashi April 24, 2018 5:00 AM

Twitch launches beta test for new way to monetize extensions

Stephanie Chan April 23, 2018 2:00 PM

YouTubers get a new suite of live-video tools from StreamElements

Jeff Grubb April 20, 2018 9:46 AM

VB Live

Cash in at scale on the esports explosion (VB Live)

VB Staff April 5, 2018 1:50 PM

VB Event

GamesBeat 2018: In search of the rare and elusive wild influencer

VB Staff April 2, 2018 11:30 AM

Twitch cuts jobs as it plans ‘aggressive growth strategy’

Jeff Grubb March 30, 2018 10:00 AM

VB Event

GamesBeat 2018: Follow the money into the future of monetization

Jen Larsen March 29, 2018 4:10 AM

Fortnite is Call of Duty’s latest, greatest threat

Jeff Grubb March 15, 2018 4:31 PM

1,000 Dreams Fund and Twitch launch charity event for women streamers

Stephanie Chan February 23, 2018 9:00 AM

Overwatch League will reward Twitch viewers with tokens for in-game skins

Mike Minotti February 21, 2018 10:00 AM

Blizzard is streaming a puppy version of Overwatch on Twitch

Jeff Grubb February 19, 2018 3:44 PM

Twitch Prime rolls out new indie game program

Stephanie Chan February 19, 2018 10:13 AM

Twitch launches new zero-tolerance policy for hateful content, issues new streamer guidelines

Jeff Grubb February 8, 2018 1:11 PM

Dr DisRespect claims he ‘broke’ Twitch (Updated)

Jeff Grubb February 5, 2018 11:26 AM