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A teary-eyed Ellen DeGeneres bid farewell to her daytime audience of 19 seasons on the final episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show by asking everyone to “be your true authentic self” and to show compassion to others so the world can become a better place. After visiting with guests Jennifer Aniston, Billie Eilish and Pin…

13 people were shot at a Buffalo, NY supermarket on Saturday by Payton Gendron—an 18-year-old white male streaming live to Twitch—with 10 succumbing to their injuries, according to multiple reports. The assailant pulled up to a Tops Friendly Market, wearing tactical gear and carrying an assault weapon, around 2:30…

In its debut appearance at the NewFronts, Amazon offered some eye-opening statistics to illustrate its ramped-up efforts in ad-supported video streaming. The company said all of its over-the-top streaming reaches more than 120 million monthly viewers of ad-supported OTT content, up from 20 million viewers in January…

As Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon compete to reach traditional late-night viewers, a new breed of talk show host is emerging. Digital platforms such as Twitch, Clubhouse, TikTok and Instagram are becoming the home to new faces that appeal to tens of millions of younger users that have no idea who…

Samsung Electronics America and Amazon-owned Twitch have set a one-year mobile gaming partnership centered on Twitch Rivals North America, a series of online competitions. The Samsung Galaxy will exclusively host regular mobile gaming challenges and events. The companies formalized the agreement in a live Twitch…

Amazon has set broadcast crews and other programming on Prime Video and Twitch for what it is billing as a week-long “NFL Holiday Blitz.” The spree of football starts today and runs through Saturday’s exclusive stream of the San Francisco 49ers-Arizona Cardinals game, which will mark a milestone for Amazon. The…

In a potential sign of streams to come, Amazon Prime Video and Twitch will be the only places where viewers will be able to see an NFL game on December 26. The San Francisco 49ers-Arizona Cardinals contest will be part of a Saturday tripleheader on the day after Christmas, with the NFL Network having exclusive…

Expanding a hugely popular franchise, AMC Networks is launching a new channel on Twitch, The Walking Dead Universe, in partnership with the popular Amazon-owned live-streaming service. AMC said Thursday it will produce live original programming with fans able interact via Twitch, which started as a gaming platform but…

VENN, the Video Game Entertainment and News Network, is set to launch in August with 30 million households and distribution partners including Twitter, Twitch, YouTube and Facebook Gaming. In coming weeks, VENN will announce additional deals in digital, linear, free ad-supported streaming TV services and virtual…

Streaming sensation and World of Warcraft pro Byron “Reckful” Bernstein died on Thursday at age 31. His death was confirmed by his girlfriend, who said he committed suicide. Reckful had almost a million Twitch followers and amassed more than 250,000 YouTube subscribers. He was known for broaching sensitive subjects in…

Twitch, the live-streaming site owned by Amazon, and Reddit have both taken steps to limit content related to President Donald Trump. Along with recent moves by Facebook and Twitter, the sanctions have amped up recent tensions over the digital spread of Trump messages during the runup to the 2020 presidential…

Microsoft is shutting down its videogame streaming venture Mixer, announcing it will instead migrate its streaming community to Facebook Gaming. The move, which will take effect July 22, is expected to enable a number of high-profile streaming personalities from the gaming world to potentially return to Amazon-owned Tw…