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The big business of live streaming video gameplay
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May 20, 2014
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The big business of live streaming video gameplay
Believe it or not, watching people play video games online is a huge business. The biggest company behind live streaming video game matches is Twitch Interactive.
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Believe it or not, watching people play video games online is a huge business. The biggest company behind live streaming video game matches is Twitch Interactive.

When you think of sports, you might think of baseball, basketball, football, soccer, and video games?

Believe it or not, watching people play video games online is a huge business. The biggest company behind live streaming video game matches is Twitch Interactive. Word is they might be bought up by Google for a cool $1 billion.

Dan Hsu, editor in chief at GamesBeat.com, joins the show to talk about the big business of streaming video gameplay.