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Twitch Radio
The streaming powerhouse Twitch, mainly used to stream esports, is going old school, in a new school kinda way. They are partnering with Radio.com, parent Entercom for interactive livestreams of sports radio stations. All around Major cities in the US!
This was first reported by Variety and will see Radio.com sports stations stream on Twitch in the following locations:
- Boston (WEEI in Boston)
- New York (WFAN 101.9 FM/660 AM)
- Dallas (105.3 The Fan),
- Chicago (670 The Score),
- Atlanta (92.9 The Game), and
- Detroit (97.1 The Ticket)
They’ll each have their own dedicated branded channels on Twitch too. VP David Rosenbloom said that the partnership would introduce sports broadcasting to a ‘new generation of fans’
Twitch is more than just games
Twitch isn’t just a gaming platform anymore, with the streaming giant expanding it’s content offerings on the platform. So it now includes other entertainment as well. Director of New Verticals at Twitch Jane Weedon said in a statement that Twitch has seen a growing community of sports fans on the platform.
“Twitch is the place where people come to connect and engage over their shared interests, and you’ll be hard-pressed to find a group of people more passionate than sports fans,”
“With the addition of sports radio, on-air talent and fans will be able to interact and discuss their favourite athletes, teams and leagues with one another in real time.” Jane Weedon
Weedon added that the users will be able to join in the conversation with Twitch’s Chat feature, much like the long cherished call in format of talk radio stations.
This deal arrives at a time in an uncertain time for sports as COVID pummels sports industries all over the world. With sports stadiums remaining a no-go area for the time being. Radio still has plenty of opportunities to keep fans connected to the teams they love including analysis and interviews.
(Engadget)
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Zoom Q2n-4K
We recently had James Haskell on the show and he told us about an amazing piece of kit! The Zoom Q2n-4k! It combines unrivaled audio with crisp 4K imaging making for an amazing little device! Revolutionising rehearsals, performances and live streams!
You can capture a full band, or a solo act or anything you want with five field of view settings. Plus the 150 degree lens and colour LCD will allow you to easily frame the perfect shot! Furthermore it’s in 4K Ultra HD resolution!
Hitman 2
The first Hitman was released in 2016 and it was a stellar game and got great reviews from critics and gamers alike. Now, in 2018, Hitman 2 is released and is giving gamers a second helping of an incredible game. A sequel to the hugely popular Hitman series.
In Hitman 2 your task is to travel the globe and track targets across exotic sandbox locations. Travel across sunny streets to dark and dangerous rainforests. Nowhere is safe from you, the world’s most deadly assassin. As Agent 47 your task is to eliminate the elusive Shadow Client and unravel his militia. Upon learning your targets true identity and your own past, nothing is ever the same.
Features
Hitman 2 takes you across 6 brand new sandbox locations to plan out perfect assassinations. Environments are complex and provide you with endless opportunities to eliminate targets in the most creative of ways.
Utilise your environments to do this, helping you plan and execute the most perfect of assassinations. Using stealth and sabotage to your advantage. Creativity will become a deadly weapon of yours.
Hitman 2 is a brand new campaign with brand new missions, however the high-stakes Elusive Targets and even more free love content gives you hours of content to test your killer creativity.
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Drake Breaks Twitch Records with Ninja
Drake recently broke some more records. This time it wasn’t for a hit track streamed on Spotify. Nor was it for spending x amount of weeks on the Billboard 100. This time it was for concurrent live viewers on Twitch with Twitch superstar, Ninja.
Yes you heard correctly. Twitch. The game streaming platform.
Drake recently hit up massive superstar streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins to play Fortnite. According to Blevins, Drake followed Ninja on Instagram, only for a few days later to slide into Ninja’s DM’s to ask about the possibility to join forces on Fortnite.
At first Drake joined Ninja for a few rounds of duos, with the unlikely pair winning two rounds. Then Drake called on Travis Scott and NFL Superstar Juju Smith to get in on the action of Squad mode. At it’s peak Ninja’s gaming session with Drake, Travis Scott and Juju Smith hit 628,000 concurrent viewers. The most for any stream on the platform. (Personal stream, not including huge e-sports events or branded content) We were even treated to drop ins from KimDotCom, Logic even wanted to get in on the action, as did Lil Yachty.
@ninja @drake I’m online let’s go
— king of the youth (@lilyachty) March 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/Logic301/status/974160337195868165
Logics call out even got a shout out from Drake mid stream:
Drake told Logic to pull up on fortnite on @Ninja stream. pic.twitter.com/IhRjWIlgaz
— Bobby Tarantino (@LogicsFanpage) March 16, 2018
Here are some gems from the stream:
So what did we learn? Drake’s a vegan and likes pineapple on pizza, Drake heals people by reciting his own Lyrics and Travis Scott likes to trash talk online.
The aftermath: Ninja
In all seriousness, Drake hoping in on Ninja’s stream set Twitter on fire and brought A LOT of attention to the gaming space. Ninja was raking in a lot of money during that stream, he is said to have earned $25,000 from Twitch subscriptions that night A LONE. (You can sub to your favourite creator on Twitch for $5 a month, like Netflix) This is not counting the donations that Ninja got that night. One of them being $5k dollars.
Therefore what’s the fallout from this? Everyone now knows what Twitch is about. Twitch has got a HUGE boost in it’s competition with YouTube. (Though they are two separate platforms, based on two different ways of sharing content)
So, what does Ninja get out of streaming with Drake? Well, it’s said that he is now earning $500K a MONTH in Twitch subscriptions. At the rate he’s going, he’s said to earn $1M a MONTH. In just Twitch Subscriptions. Not including sponsorships, merch or Twitch Donations.
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