Streaming has become an essential part of running a digital content creation business online, and Twitch’s platform is at the forefront of the broadcasting world. Traditionally, Twitch has been geared towards gamers, but it’s very quickly becoming a platform for a wide range of broadcasters. At this year’s TwitchCon, they took to the stage and announced some exciting new features that will be available by the end of this year. Here are a few of the highlights. For more info visit our site: https://goo.gl/YNgvtE

1. NEW FEATURES COMING
TO TWITCH
BY HOWARD PINSKY

2. STREAM SUMMARY
Creators want to know how
their stream went after it ends
and starting in November,
Stream Summary makes that a
reality.This summary will
include the most relevant stats
around viewers, follows, and
chat activity, surface top clips,
and show how their last stream
impacted progress towards
becoming an Affiliate or
Partner.

3. ACHIEVEMENTS
Achievements help creators
trace the path to Affiliate and
Partner status by showing them
their progress toward each
requirement.Achievements
also help creators learnTwitch
streaming basics, improve their
channel, connect with their
community, and more!

4. RAIDS
Raids–a way that creators help
each other grow by sharing their
community with another
channel–are now easier than
ever. A new /raid feature allows
streamers to seamlessly let their
viewers join a raid and then drive
traffic to another streamer.This
new feature also includes
tracking to see who raided your
channel and improved
moderation features, such as the
ability to choose who can raid
your channel through new
settings.

5. RITUALS
Rituals make it easier for
creators to celebrate special
moments that bring their
community together.The initial
Ritual enables creators to signal
to their community in chat that
a visitor is new to the channel
and to welcome them.

6. PREMIERES
Premieres allow creators to
maximize the excitement,
anticipation, and viewership
around new uploaded content by
creating live first-viewing events.
Similar to how people gather
around theTV for the debut of a
favorite show, fans can now do
the same virtually for a creator’s
new uploaded content. Creators
can watch along with their
community to provide insights,
commentary, or just enjoy the
show with their community.

7. ROOMS
With Rooms, creators can
develop smaller, parallel chat
groups for users with shared
interests, including moderators,
subscribers, followers, and
other community members.

8. SUBSCRIPTION GIFTING
SubscriptionGifting allows
anyone to gift 1-month
subscriptions to any streamer’s
channel to anyone onTwitch.

9. IN-EXTENSION PURCHASES
Enables partners and affiliates
to earn revenue from
developer-created digital items
that viewers buy
within Extensions.

10. Resource:
https://fullscreenmedia.co/2017/11/07/new-features-coming-twitch/