Hitbox (service)
Streaming video service | |
Available in | English German Polish Russian Italian Portuguese Spanish French |
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Dissolved | May 9, 2017 succeeded by Smashcast |
Successor(s) | Smashcast |
Owner | Azubu |
URL | http://www.hitbox.tv/ |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | October 2013 |
Current status | Merged with Azubu |
Hitbox was a
History
In November 2015
Twitch's CEO
In April 2016, Hitbox signed a two-year contract with ESL gaming, Dreamhack, and Wargaming.[7] ESL and Wargaming only exclusively partnered with Twitch in the past. "Hitbox does offer revenue-share for non-partners and their service is slightly more South-African friendly."[8]
Hitbox partnered with broadcasting company Nav-TV in South America.
A third party has released an app for the company on the
.Hitbox planned to offer a 60
Hitbox had about 6 million
In November 2016, WarGaming, among other investors, invested 4 million US dollars into Hitbox.[12][13]
On January 10, 2017, Hitbox announced through their blog that they were being acquired by Azubu.[14]
On May 5, 2017, Hitbox shut down and their website was redirected to
References
- ^ "Twitch CEO Admits Screw Up, Hitbox Jumps To Acquire Disillusioned Streamers". Inquisitr.com. August 8, 2014. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
- ^ "Top Twitch broadcasters are considering livestreaming alternatives -- here's where they may end up". Venturebeat.com. August 7, 2014. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
- ^ a b Walker, Alex (May 27, 2016). "Twitch Takes Aim At Third Party Services By Adding Clips". Retrieved August 3, 2016.
- ^ "Where Will You Watch Wargaming Streams?". Fortune. November 4, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
- ^ Partridge, Jon. "How Hitbox plans to take on Twitch". Red Bull. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
- ^ a b "Twitch CEO Admits Screw Up, Hitbox Jumps To Acquire Disillusioned Streamers". August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
- ^ "Watch out Twitch, Hitbox is coming". April 6, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
- ^ Wolmarans, Kyle (April 6, 2016). "Watch out Twitch, Hitbox is coming".
- ^ "Hitbox app launches on Windows 10 PC, coming to Windows 10 Mobile". July 19, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
- ^ "Hitbox challenges Amazon's Twitch and Google's YouTube in game livestreaming". VentureBeat. June 27, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
- ^ "Hitbox is HTML5 ready". March 14, 2016. Archived from the original on August 7, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
- ^ "Where Will You Watch Wargaming Streams?". Fortune. November 4, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
- ^ "Take your game global without going bust (VB Live)". VentureBeat. November 23, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
- ^ "A New Beginning". Hitbox Blog. January 10, 2017. Archived from the original on May 10, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
- ^ "Welcome to Smashcast – smashcast". smashcast. May 9, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2017.[permanent dead link]