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On February 10, 2014, Twitch.tv's and Justin.tv's parent company was rebranded as Twitch Interactive. Technology. Justin.tv's broadcasting and viewing was based on Adobe Flash. Users could broadcast directly from the site, with Justin.tv using Flash to auto-detect and stream from an attached webcam.
Justin.tv was a live streaming platform that launched in 2007 and became Twitch in 2014. Learn about its origins, popularity, controversies, and how it pivoted to focus on video game streaming.
- Justin.tv was shut down after the company decided to rebrand to Twitch. It was then acquired by Amazon and became more popular, leading to 30 milli...
- Justin.tv experienced issues on the platform like dangerous pranks, pirated content, and tragedy broadcast on Justin.tv. After some of these issues...
- In February 2014, Justin.tv shut down to focus on Twitch, which was then bought by Amazon later that month.
- Amazon announced that it had acquired Twitch for the massive sum of $970 million.
Aug 5, 2014 · Justin.tv was a platform that allowed anyone to stream live video, but it focused on gaming and became Twitch.tv. The original Justin.tv website, apps, and API were turned off in 2014, while Twitch is reportedly worth $1 billion.
Justin.tv was a pioneer in online video streaming that allowed anyone to broadcast live videos of themselves. Learn how it started, how it became popular, and why it shut down in 2014 after being acquired by Twitch.
Jun 15, 2012 · Justin.tv started as a lifecasting platform, but pivoted several times to find its niche in online gaming. Read how founder Justin Kan and his team faced challenges, controversies, and opportunities in the tech world.
Aug 5, 2014 · Twitch announced that Justin.tv website, mobile apps, and APIs are no longer in service as of August 5, 2014. The news fueled the rumors that Google was acquiring, or had already acquired, Twitch, the leading live streaming platform for gamers.
Justin.tv was a website created by Justin Kan, Emmett Shear, Michael Seibel, and Kyle Vogt in 2007 to allow anyone to broadcast video online.
