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Sounds like Twitch is slimming down after Google buy. Smart move. Google cares about the demographics of Twitch a lot more, I'd imagine.

• ihuman 12y ago
  Has the acquisition actually been announced yet? All I can find are articles that say it is "confirmed", but with no link to the announcement.
  • crazypyro 12y ago
    Yeah, I'm not sure. I actually switched the tense of my statement a few times with edits. There have been at least 2-3 leaks of the deal, FWIW.
  • Joona 12y ago
    No, it's purely rumors at this point.
• baddox 12y ago
  Did the companies Twitch and justin.tv have anything to do with each other, other than their shared ancestry?
  • crazypyro 12y ago
    Yes. Same parent company. The parent company was renamed to Twitch earlier this year. Twitch was a part of the justin.tv site, but it became popular enough to warrant its own site. Twitch.tv continued to boom while justin.tv stagnated much like the other streaming sites.
  • dublinben 12y ago
    They were essentially the same company. The parent company, Justin.tv rebranded as Twitch.tv earlier this year.