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New Twitch Rules Ban The Confederate Flag, 'Unwelcome' Comments About Streamers' Appearances
9.12.2020
Today, Twitch announced a “significant” update to its harassment and hateful conduct policies. The update takes aim at multiple blind spots in Twitch’s previous rules, adding clearer language about membership in hate groups, symbols like the Confederate flag, and sexual harassment.Read more
Facebook's New Program Pays Black Streamers To Help Them Go Full-Time
8.12.2020
Facebook Gaming is far from the biggest video game streaming platform out there, but it has at least shown a tendency to put its money where its mouth is—a practice Twitch and other industry leaders could learn from. Today, Facebook announced a program to aid Black creators in their pursuit...
Twitch Removes 'Blind Playthrough' Tag After Disability Criticism
5.12.2020
Since 2018, Twitch has had a tag system that allows streamers to categorize their broadcasts according to their content’s contents and give viewers an at-a-glance idea of what they’re about. Tags also tie into Twitch’s still-rudimentary (but increasingly prominent) recommendation system. Until very...
Is Spotify Looking to Add Crypto as Payment Method? This Job Offer Suggests It
4.12.2020
Music and podcast streaming service Spotify posted a job offer that woke up interest in the crypto community, as it’s related to supporting cryptocurrencies for payments on the music platform, potentially. Spotify Is Treading Crypto Waters With a New Job Listing According to the job listing...
Streamix.io Launches High Yield APY DeFi Farming on ValueDeFi.io
4.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Streamix.io, a crypto currency DeFi startup and social media platform for streaming and gaming, partnered with ValueDeFi.io, which allowed Streamix to be one of their first cryptocurrency projects to use their FaaS (Farming-as-a-Service) platform and drive more value. See and trade...
Audio streaming giant Spotify is looking into crypto payments
3.12.2020
Is Spotify hinting at soon-to-come crypto features?
Theta Labs Launches Its Blockchain Video Delivery Platform in Beta
3.12.2020
Theta Labs says it plans to democratize content delivery with its decentralized video platform
Twitch Stopped Working Right After Fortnite's Big Marvel Event
1.12.2020
Today, Fortnite players battled Galactus, devourer of worlds, in the culmination of the game’s Marvel-flavored fourth season. With the event ending on a cliffhanger, the biggest boy in a fictional universe of very big boys did not end up going down. But Twitch sure did.Read more
Audius Has Big Numbers by Crypto Standards but Can It Take On SoundCloud?
11.11.2020
A blockchain-based streaming site is betting tokens can win over artists and fans
T-Mobile Enters TV Streaming Services, Plans Start at $10
28.10.2020
US telecom giant T-Mobile announced on Tuesday the launch of TVision, a TV streaming service by the company with the aim of un-cabling the TV experience. In the official tweet, it stated that there would be no annual service costs, and users will get access to live TV from as low as $40 per month....
Binance VC arm leads $1.3M raise for decentralized streaming protocol
23.10.2020
Decentralized music sharing service Audius has raised nearly $10 million so far
Justin Sun’s BitTorrent to Acquire Esports Platform for New Streaming Ecosystem
22.10.2020
BitTorrent is evolving into an ecosystem of decentralized storage, data protocols and content distribution, the firm says
[článek] Streamovat, co to půjde. Disney dělá z videa na internetu střed svého podnikání
15.10.2020
[4 minuty čtení] Jedna z největších mediálních firem na světě spokojeně sleduje rostoucí zájem o službu Disney+, která příští rok dorazí také do České republiky. Oficiální česká stránka streamovací služby Disney+ dosud nabízí jen možnost odebírat newsletter. Zatímco v Německu nebo Rakousku už mohou...
Bitcoin-related ads are now streaming on Disney+ in some regions thanks to Zebpay
22.9.2020
“Learn about simple, secure Bitcoin,” the ads state
Gaming platform Ultra integrates Theta Network for live streaming
3.9.2020
Gamers will see previews of games being played live before purchase and can earn rewards to spend in the Ultra ecosystem for sharing streams
Pornhub Accepts Bitcoin: Top Adult Site Expands Cryptocurrency Payment Options
2.9.2020
Pornhub now accepts bitcoin as the platform expands its cryptocurrency payment options. The leading adult video streaming website has over 12 million videos, more than 130 million daily visitors, and was visited 42 billion times last year, according to the platform. Pornhub Accepts Bitcoin Pornhub...
CT Talks: Join us Friday for a livestream about crypto in the music industry
27.8.2020
Tune in to our live show about blockchain’s implications for music
XRP Crypto Scammers Seize 2.5m-sub YouTube Account, Start Live-streaming
21.8.2020
Source: Adobe/filins (edited by Cryptonews)
2020 is becoming the year of the social media crypto scam hackers after raiders took control of the YouTube accounts belonging to a 2.43 million-subscriber Brazilian channel – filling it up with videos promoting an XRP scam.
In a video from...
German Police Seize $30M in Crypto From Streaming Site Operator
6.8.2020
One of the main operators of the now-shuttered streaming site movie2k.to has forfeited over $30 million worth of crypto to German police
Twitch Doubles Down on Crypto, Gives Subscribers 10% Discount
27.7.2020
By offering a discount, video streaming platform Twitch is encouraging users to actually use cryptocurrencies for goods and services