Twitch will now let partners stream on YouTube and Facebook
by Ash Parrish from The Verge - All Posts on (#62T7G)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The days of Twitch partner exclusivity are over. Twitch told partnered streamers in an email this morning that the platform was lifting its long-standing exclusivity agreement that denied partners the ability to stream on other services. Partners will now be able to stream on YouTube, Facebook Live, and other platforms - though in some cases, Twitch still limits what they're able to do.
Starting today, you are now allowed to create live content on other platforms," Twitch wrote to streamers.
In the email, Twitch recognized that streamers use multiple platforms to connect with their communities and said this move would grant them greater flexibility to grow those audiences off-platform. Content creators can now go live on other platforms...