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TwitchTV started out as platform for streaming competitive eSports (Electronic Sports)
events and gaming competitions, such as LCS (League of Legends Championship Se-
ries) or the Starcraft 2 Dreamhack competition held in Sweden every year. It is now
considered “the leading video platform and community for gamers with more than 34
million visitors per month”, as stated on their website. Apart from streaming competi-
tions and gaming events, the Twitch platform is also used by gamers to stream their
own gameplay footage to share with other gamers. Figure 4 shows what a user’s pri-
vate streaming page will look like on the Twitch service. [14]
Figure 4 Screenshot of a live-stream on TwitchTV [15]
Usually a streamer would also have a second feed, PiP-style (Picture-in-Picture), from
a webcam visible somewhere on the central screen, but the streamer shown in Figure
4, either did not own a webcam or simply had it turned off. The image does however
show the design and style of the TwitchTV-platform, with the option for viewers to
switch from a streamers currently streaming content and access their previously
streamed material in the top right corner. All of the footage streamed on Twitch is
stored on their servers for two months before it is deleted to increase storage space for
further streams, unless a streamer chooses the save indefinitely option from the set-
tings before publishing the content.
A few of the reasons, as to why TwitchTV is so popular are that there is usually minimal
lag in the streams and viewers have the possibility to interact with their favourite
streamers via the chat-box on the right hand side. This feature creates a sense of