Twitch Now Allows Simulcasting to Other Platforms

Twitch dropped its simulcasting guidelines which will allow creators to stream simultaneously on other live streaming sites.

Twitch Opens Simulcasting for Streamers

During the TwitchCon in Las Vegas, the streaming giant announced some changes to its Terms of Service which includes allowing its streamers to simulcast on any service. "We believe in giving you the freedom to simultaneously stream on other services, but we also want to ensure that the Twitch user experience is not compromised," Twitch wrote.

To maintain fairness, Twitch emphasized that the streamers should ensure that the quality of their simulcast will be no less than the experience on other platforms such as engaging via chat. Moreover, the streamers are not allowed to provide links that would direct the community to leave Twitch to watch on other services. The use of third-party services to merge activities across platforms is also not allowed.

All streamers are allowed to simulcast except for an agreement to Twitch exclusive. Also, creators who fail to adhere to the guidelines will receive a warning before Twitch will take any enforcement action against the account.

Twitch Improves Collaboration Feature

Aside from new streaming guidelines, Twitch also debuted Stream Together. The new feature will be replacing Guest Star which allows streamers to collaborate live.

The Stream Together feature can have up to six streamers collaborate while all of them are streaming on their own channels. Currently, Twitch is testing the feature with over 150,000 streamers for its opt-in beta.

Twitch is also working on making it possible to have a shared viewership count which will combine all the views of everyone streaming together. In addition, there will be an option to merge the chats from all the streams that are part of the collaboration. The Stream Together is expected to launch to everyone later this year.