Well, the easy answer is this supposed deal between google and twitch. Twitch as a service has special value because it aids in curation and discovery of video

Well, the easy answer is this supposed deal between google and twitch. Twitch as a service has special value because it aids in curation and discovery of video game streams. The fact that you can browse by game, browse by streamer, follow streamers, they all work in the video game streaming environment because of how people watch, and how streamers perform. Things like live events, reality shows, other live content is a bit trickier to categorize and manage than games. You can't have the same "titles list" as you do with video game streaming. All you can do is something like notifications to followers and subscriptions etc. The thing is, youtube does these things. If google is buying twitch, then youtube's live service and justin.tv do not serve distinct purposes, and youtube is probably a better platform (and better equipped to deal with piracy) than justin.tv was. You wouldn't want to just absorb twitch into youtube because twitch as a curator and means of discovery is better than youtube, specifically for video games. But justin.tv didn't serve that purpose well.