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Ninja Comes Back To Twitch With New Multi-Year Exclusive Deal
Thursday, September 10, 2020 - 9:22pm | 348Professional gamer Ninja is returning to Twitch after a year away from the top streaming platform. What Happened: Tyler “Ninja” Blevins has signed an exclusive multi-year deal with Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) company Twitch, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Why It...
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Tyler 'Ninja' Blevins Mysteriously Reveals YouTube As New Streaming Home
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 - 1:47pm | 350Fans of popular streamer Tyler "Ninja" Blevins have been waiting anxiously for his return after Microsoft Corporation's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Mixer was dissolved and handed over to Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) Gaming. Speculation favored his return to Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) Twitch...
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Mixer's Closure Delivered Large Payouts For Ninja And Shroud, But Where Will They Go?
Monday, June 29, 2020 - 8:41pm | 534Microsoft Corporation's (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced recently streaming platform Mixer will close on July 22, leaving the future of several streamers unknown. For many partners and content creators who already had established communities on the platform, the news came as a devastating blow. For top...
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YouTube Signs Gamer PewDiePie To Exclusive Streaming Deal
Monday, May 4, 2020 - 9:50pm | 352Alphabet Inc's (NYSE: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube has signed an exclusive streaming deal with Felix Kjellberg, aka PewDiePie, YouTube head of gaming Ryan Wyatt announced on Monday. “YouTube has been my home for over a decade now and live streaming on the platform feels like a...
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FaZe Clan's Ewok Partners With HyperX As Brand Ambassador
Thursday, April 30, 2020 - 10:53am | 459Soleil "Ewok" Wheeler has a list of accomplishments under her belt since her rise to fame as a "Fortnite" streamer. She was the first woman — and nearly the youngest at 14 — to join FaZe Clan. Who Is Streamer 'Ewok?' Ewok has streamed with other massive...
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Making Most Of Lockdowns, Facebook Gaming Launches Earlier Than Planned
Monday, April 20, 2020 - 10:53pm | 499Capitalizing on stay-at-home orders and lockdowns, Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) accelerated the launch of a dedicated gaming stream app. What Happened Facebook Gaming, a mobile app that allows gamers to watch streams from their favorite gamers, share smartphone screens and leave comments, was...
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Ninja's Move To Mixer Could Signal Change In How Streamers Make Money
Wednesday, April 15, 2020 - 4:35pm | 671In 2019, Tyler "Ninja" Blevins made a shocking announcement: he was leaving Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) Twitch streaming platform to make live content exclusively for Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Mixer. The blue-haired gamer became an international celebrity through his "...
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Twitch's Viewership Declined In Q4 After Popular Streamers Left The Platform: Report
Friday, January 17, 2020 - 8:25am | 397Total hours watched on Amazon.com, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AMZN) Twitch streaming platform declined sharply in the fourth quarter of 2019, after many popular streamers left the platform last year. What Happened Total hours watched on Twitch in Q4 2019 dropped to 2,299.6 million, a 9.8% decline compared...
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'Ninja' Blevins To Host First Mixer Stream From Lollapalooza, Invites 'Bugha.' How To Watch.
Friday, August 2, 2019 - 11:49am | 196Tyler "Ninja" Blevins will host his first Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) Mixer live stream Friday from Lollapalooza in Chicago. He has publicly invited Kyle "Bugha" Giersdorf -- the 16-year-old from Pennsylvania who earned $3 million Sunday for winning the inaugural...
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'Ninja' Leaves Twitch To Sign With Microsoft's Mixer
Friday, August 2, 2019 - 8:05am | 300Amazon.com, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AMZN) Twitch streaming platform may have some competition. Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, one of the most popular streamers in the world, has signed an exclusive deal to stream on Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) streaming platform, Mixer. The terms of...