Twitch pulls the plug on Justin.tv

7 Aug 2014

Steve Wright

Twitch today confirmed they’ve shut down Justin.tv, ending the streaming services seven-year run.

Videos on Justin.tv are no longer viewable. Anyone with a premium account for the service will be contacted shortly about a refund.

“We are immensely proud of Justin.tv’s legacy. Not only is it the birthplace of Twitch, but it was the pioneer of live video on the Internet,” Twitch COO Kevin Lin said. “It holds a special place in our hearts, as well as a special place in the history of the Internet, and will be missed.”

Twitch made the move to push resources to its video game streaming efforts.

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.