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• He will also be the first creator to launch across both Facebook and YouTube Jellysmack has signed fast-emerging Australian Twitch star Whippy to its Creator Program.Whippy, a major Australian Grand Theft Auto Twitch streamer, is Jellysmack’s first Twitch star whose content will be featured on YouTube globally.He will also be the first creator to launch across both Facebook and YouTube in a multi-platform deal.Whippy started as a gamer living in country NSW with his mum before his Twitch character, Dundee, gained notoriety for teaming up with famous Twitch streamers xQc and Sykkuno and his viewership doubled.The Aussie has streamed Grand Theft Auto for more than 5,300 hours since his channel launched in 2016, but the recent viewing boost has unearthed the gamer’s skills – and financially supported a move into his own home.Jellysmack Australia and New Zealand country manager, Ezechiel Ritchie, said Whippy’s story demonstrated the transformative power of streaming.“We are thrilled to welcome Whippy to the Jellysmack Creator Program – he has become one of the breakthrough streamers on the fast-growing Twitch platform and it just shows how these platforms are unearthing new, exciting creator talent.“We’re confident Jellysmack’s multi-platform creator approach will help Whippy go well beyond Twitch…

With YouTube gaming coming up fast on the heels of Twitch’s streaming supremacy, it was only a matter of time before Twitch started switching up its style. Testing for a new ‘Cheer’ feature was rolled out today to select US creators, a feature that’s extremely similar to YouTube’s Super Chats. With parent company Amazon’s notorious money-hunger, in stark contrast to YouTube’s industry standard for creator pay, this move has sparked hot debate over revenue split. A brand new ‘Cheer’ system itself now takes clear design inspiration from YouTube’s ‘Super Chat’ feature. The primary way for viewers on YouTube’s livestream platform to donate to streamers. On Twitter, Zach Bussey revealed an email sent to select creators. Initially, it was believed the revenue split for this Cheer feature was “80% to the creator” and just 20% to Twitch. ⚠️ IMPORTANT UPDATE⚠️ THE 80% CUT FOR CREATORS IS ⚠️AFTER⚠️ FEES. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION THAT COULD MAKE THIS A WORSE SPLIT THAN BITS. pic.twitter.com/Ga4MtcCBEN — Zach Bussey (@zachbussey) April 20, 2022 This 80% seemed like a one-up on YouTube, which allows creators to take home 70% of Super Chats, and garnered huge interest initially, before users on Reddit and Twitter dug a bit…

Karim "Sanchovies" was banned from Twitch recently. The League of Legends streamer allegedly received a ban because he made, what could be interpreted as, a bomb threat against his internet service provider. Shortly after the Twitter account, StreamerBans announced Sanch's suspension, he quoted the tweet to let people know he doesn't care. Why Sanchovies was banned from Twitch The Canadian streamer was banned on Twitch for making an alleged bomb threat against his internet service provider, Rogers Communications, on stream. While no clip is available of the comment, viewers of the streamer have cited that comment as the most likely reason for the ban. Specifically, he said he wanted to plant a claymore mine, a remote explosive device, inside the headquarters of Rogers Communications. While most likely said as a joke or out of frustration, it is justified on the part of Twitch to take these threats very seriously and issue the streamer a punishment. Some people said that the threat was directed at Riot Games, the creators of League of Legends. However, it would seem that those claiming he threatened Riot either misheard or misrepresented what Sanchovies said. Almost immediately after the automated StreamerBans tweet, Sanchovies quoted the tweet,…

Fan Controlled Football reported record-breaking viewership for the opening week of the league’s second season. The professional indoor football league, which has eight teams and plays its games at Pratt-Pullman Yards in Atlanta, generated 2.5 million total live views across streaming platforms Twitch, NBCLX, DAZN, and FuboTV. It was an uptick of nearly 30% from the 700,000 live views last year. The four games included the league’s original four franchises, plus the four expansion teams that joined for the 2022 season.  The first week of action also featured a touchdown by 48-year-old NFL Hall of Famer and Zappers wide receiver Terrell Owens. The highlight received more than 10 million views across FCF’s social media platforms, and the 15 million total views across social platforms was also an FCF record.  FCF teams are owned by some of the most prominent names in sports and entertainment. Last year, former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch, free-agent cornerback Richard Sherman, and Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook became part-owners.  April 23 will be the first time Johnny Manziel and Owens will be on the field together.

Twitch partner Sliker has been banned from the platform yet again, his second time in 2022 alone, after getting a little too frisky with an AI character. Following on from the wave of major Twitch bans in the past few days, popular English streamer Sliker has now been removed from the platform. Marking his second suspension already this year, Sliker’s latest ban appears to come as a direct result of getting intimate with an AI character. ❌ Twitch Partner “ItsSliker” has been banned! ❌https://t.co/JI71Fc5zkJ#twitch #ban #secondban #partner #twitchpartner 📣 — StreamerBans (@StreamerBans) April 19, 2022 The streamer was engaging with said AI in the midst of an April 19 broadcast when things got a bit too intense. Speaking with ‘Claire,’ an AI companion, Sliker continued flirting until things seemingly went too far. Having stepped over the line of what’s appropriate on the platform and violated the Twitch Terms of Service, Sliker was swiftly hit offline. At the time of writing, it’s currently unclear how long this particular ban may last. His previous ban, as a result of watching an Amouranth documentary, was quickly overturned just 24 hours later. The streamer is yet to respond to the ban on social media.…

A streamer on Team DisguisedToast in the $100,000 Twitch Rivals Rust Team Battle revealed more of how the competition reached a boiling point which eventually ended things a day early. Twitch broadcaster ‘CoconutB’ gave more context to the moment that started a rift with some in Team Alexby11 as concerns of competitive integrity violations started to mount during the games. Discrepancies covered everything from accusations of participants being “disrespectful” to alleged favoritism for one of the teams, but the situation came to a head after an apparent violation of the rules by the NA reps. After being labeled a “villain” of the Twitch Rivals event, CoconutB reviewed the tape and explained more about his side of the situation that was a big point of discussion after the event wrapped. On Twitch Rivals: Rust Team Battle: Thank you to @aLexBY11, @DisguisedToast, @playrust, & @RustoriaServers for their partnership and hard work to make this event possible pic.twitter.com/DQu3UWQ7T3 — Twitch Rivals (@TwitchRivals) April 16, 2022 A clip that shows Team DisguisedToast members, including CoconutB, made the rounds as proof of them cheating. But the streamer explains it as retaliating against their foes for doing the exact same to them earlier in the event.…

Longtime streamer Tyler "Ninja" Blevins has teased that he has a major announcement to make in the coming day. In the past, Ninja has been no stranger to big announcements, with many of his previous reveals often having something to do with his streaming home. And while it seems unlikely that Ninja will end up moving on from Twitch, which is where he currently streams to his viewers, the announcement will seemingly involve his career in some capacity. Ninja took to Twitter this afternoon and divulged to his followers that he'll be making an announcement at some point tomorrow on Tuesday, April 19th. He didn't say when this announcement will be coming about within the day, but he made it sound like it will have big ramifications on his career. "Big change and announcement tomorrow," Ninja simply said in his tweet.  Big change and announcement tomorrow— Ninja (@Ninja) April 18, 2022 So what could this announcement result in for Ninja? Well, it's obviously hard to say at this moment. The broad nature of his tweet means that literally anything could be in play. However, because this announcement is said to involve "changes" of some sort, it seems likely that this reveal…

On April 13, Twitch was flooded with fake Elon Musk accounts promoting a cryptocurrency scam, but they were swiftly taken down by the platform. And today, it appears the scammers are back with a new tactic, this time choosing to take over the popular but inactive Twitch account of Fedmyster. The account broadcasted a prerecorded video of Elon Musk discussing Bitcoin and Ethereum with multiple links to a nefarious website, according to viewers. Since then, the account has been banned from Twitch. But there has been no official statement from Fedmyster or the Amazon-owned platform regarding the duration of the suspension. The announcement of Fedmyster’s ban comes from the automated Twitter account StreamerBans, which has no affiliation with Twitch itself. It’s unlikely that Fedmyster himself will comment on the situation because the streamer has been inactive on social media for months following an attempted return to Twitch after sexual misconduct allegations arose against him in June 2020. Fedmyster tried to recover from the situation with a stream on June 23, 2021, but after massive community backlash, the streamer began to broadcast infrequently and eventually disappeared from social media entirely. He’s only tweeted two replies so far in 2022. Fedmyster wasn’t…

Credit: Reproduction Streamer Casimiro Miguel surprised by announcing that he will broadcast 2022 Brazilian Championship games on his Twitch channel. He acquired the right to broadcast by pay per view all games that Athletico Paranaense is home to in the competition. Thus, matches will be shown to paid subscribers of the pro. “Remembering that the broadcast is closed to subscribers! It’s not our choice, before criticism. This is because the right we acquire is pay per view. Tomorrow I’ll explain everything better in the live, but basically it’s the same model we made in the last year”, explained Casimiro. Casimiro will broadcast 19 Brazilian Championship games this year. See which matches the streamer will show on their channel: 2nd round: Athletico Paranaense vs Atlético-MG 3rd round: Athletico Paranaense vs Flamengo 5th round: Athletico Paranaense vs Ceará 7th round: Athletico Paranaense vs Avaí 9th round: Athletico Paranaense vs Santos Round 12: Athletico Paranaense vs Corinthians Round 14: Athletico Paranaense vs Red Bull Bragantino Round 17: Athletico Paranaense vs Internacional Round 18: Athletico Paranaense vs Atlético-GO Round 20: Athletico Paranaense vs São Paulo Round 23: Athletico Paranaense vs América-MG Round 25: Athletico Paranaense vs Fluminense Round 27: Athletico Paranaense vs Cuiabá Round…

Following an April 17 broadcast, VTuber and streamer Veibae received her first Twitch ban. Known for her variety streams, the VShojo partner has ...