Twitch streamers come home after big-money contracts at rivals dried up


More than a half-dozen high-profile livestreamers started broadcasting solely on Twitch last year after contracts with Alphabet Inc’s YouTube and the upstart Kick streaming platform expired. — AFP

Video-game influencers are returning to Amazon.com Inc’s Twitch en masse after seven- or eight-figure deals to livestream exclusively on other platforms ended.

More than a half-dozen high-profile livestreamers started broadcasting solely on Twitch last year after contracts with Alphabet Inc’s YouTube and the upstart Kick streaming platform expired.

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