Twitch.tv is a live streaming video platform focused on e-sports and video gaming. The website was launched in June 2011 by Justin.tv co-founders Justin Kan and Emmett Shear as a subsidiary of Justin.tv focused on gaming-related content. According to internal analytics from 2013, there are over 43 million viewers on Twitch every month, with the average viewer watching an hour and a half a day.

On 24 July 2014, it was reported by VentureBeat that Google signed a deal to purchase Twitch for approximately $1 billion. As of July 2014, the report – which originated in May 2014 – remains officially unconfirmed.