{"comments":{"user_name":"none","offComments":false,"page":null,"request_url":"\/loadcommentdetails?story=210384&articleUri=\/view\/news\/210384\/Twitch_parent_company_rebrands_as_Twitch_Interactive.php&story_type=newswire&_=1550722806330","story_id":210384,"comment_data":[{"id":"230988","legacy_id":null,"story_id":"210384","story_type":"newswire","user_id":"939467","anonymous":"0","date_time":"10 Feb 2014 at 10:06 am","website":"none","comment_body":"I see this as some pretty good news, not only for Twitch and the people I enjoy watching, but in a more general sense. Quite often, when new forms of distribution open up, they supposedly "threaten" the older forms, but I think that, given the case with the internet, it's really a matter of adaptation.
Look at radio. People thought that when television became big, radio would go away, but it simply found new audiences, specifically those on the road and those need something in the background. With the internet, they adapted into podcasts, online streaming services like Spotify, and all sorts of internet radio stations.
Now it's television's turn. I know they're starting to struggle not only against piracy, but also against all sorts of on demand services like Hulu and Netflix. However, seeing Twitch's success make me think that television can have a future if they simply adapt to online streaming. Televisions are starting to become more like computers with each year, it just seems inevitable that everyone will end up having one big "entertainment center" that covers radio, television, and internet at once (if some of us don't have that already). Having separate television and internet bills will seem archaic and pointless.
I apologize if my comment seems non-gaming centric, but I see this as an important step in the future of how we receive our entertainment, and seeing Twitch succeed like this is a good sign, in my opinion. ","comment_type":"comment","parent_id":"0","old_story_id":null,"old_user_id":null,"memberId":"939467","member_standing":null,"personId":"939467","firstname":"Josh","lastname":"Waters","blog_id":"939467","portrait_path":"portrait.jpg?1386867804","legacy_blog_id":null,"num_likes":"0","com_rep":"comment","original_comment_body":"I see this as some pretty good news, not only for Twitch and the people I enjoy watching, but in a more general sense. Quite often, when new forms of distribution open up, they supposedly "threaten" the older forms, but I think that, given the case with the internet, it's really a matter of adaptation.
Look at radio. People thought that when television became big, radio would go away, but it simply found new audiences, specifically those on the road and those need something in the background. With the internet, they adapted into podcasts, online streaming services like Spotify, and all sorts of internet radio stations.
Now it's television's turn. I know they're starting to struggle not only against piracy, but also against all sorts of on demand services like Hulu and Netflix. However, seeing Twitch's success make me think that television can have a future if they simply adapt to online streaming. Televisions are starting to become more like computers with each year, it just seems inevitable that everyone will end up having one big "entertainment center" that covers radio, television, and internet at once (if some of us don't have that already). Having separate television and internet bills will seem archaic and pointless.
I apologize if my comment seems non-gaming centric, but I see this as an important step in the future of how we receive our entertainment, and seeing Twitch succeed like this is a good sign, in my opinion.","author_url_name":"JoshWaters","author_url":"\/blogs\/JoshWaters\/939467\/","comment_likes":[""],"user_liked":1}],"artcle_comment_num":1,"articleUrl":"https:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/loadcommentdetails"},"baseUrl":"https:\/\/www.gamasutra.com","articleUri":"\/view\/news\/210384\/Twitch_parent_company_rebrands_as_Twitch_Interactive.php","topCmtIds":[],"offComments":false}