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| Formerly | TwitchAlerts |
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| Industry | Software |
| Founders | Tom Maneri; Ali Moiz; Murtaza Hussain |
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| Parent | Logitech |
| Website | streamlabs |
Streamlabs (formerly TwitchAlerts) is a software company headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company was founded in 2014 and distributes a variety of software centered around live streaming and content creation.
Streamlabs was founded in 2014 as TwitchAlerts, a fork of OBS Studio with on-screen visual alerts typically used by streamers. [1]
TwitchAlerts had no official affiliation with Twitch, and was later renamed to Streamlabs in 2016. Logitech purchased the company for $89 million on September 26, 2019. [2] [3]
Streamlabs Desktop (formerly Streamlabs OBS) is a free and open-source streaming software that is based on a fork of OBS Studio. Electron is used as the software framework for the user interface. [4] Streamlabs distributes the user's content over platforms such as Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook. [2] [5]
Crossclip is a video converter website that allows users to convert, edit and share live streaming content across multiple platforms. [6]
Willow is a link-in-bio link tool designed to help users increase revenue and make their links more discoverable. It includes a tipping feature and allows users to tip directly on the page. [7]
Melon is a browser-based podcast live streaming platform. Users can broadcast their live streams to Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, or a custom RTMP destination. [8]
Oslo is a video review and collaboration tool. Users can upload and share projects in the cloud, and Oslo's project management and annotation tools provide ways for teams to receive and review feedback, as well as upload videos to YouTube. [9]
Streamlabs Charity is a free fundraising platform that assists charities in raising funds and connecting with streamers. Excluding standard processing fees, the platform takes no cut from donations, allowing all proceeds to go to charity. [10] [11]
On November 16, 2021, Streamlabs released 'Streamlabs Studio', a cloud capture software for the Xbox One, Xbox Series S, and the Xbox Series X. [12] After the release, the streaming service Lightstream accused Streamlabs of plagiarizing their promotional materials. [12] [13] Later that same day, the OBS Studio team claimed in a tweet that Streamlabs used the name "OBS" in their products despite OBS Studio already denying Streamlabs permission to use the name. This gave the false appearance of being in partnership with OBS Studio. [14]
OBS Studio's tweet resulted in Twitch streamers, including Pokimane and Hasan Piker, threatening a boycott of their product if changes were not made. [15] Other companies, such as Elgato and 1UpCoin, released statements on Twitter about Streamlabs copying their products. [16] [17] The company subsequently removed the name "OBS" from their products. [18] [19]
Elgato is a brand of consumer technology products. The brand was manufactured and designed by Elgato Systems, founded in 2010 by Markus Fest and Stuart Smith, it was headquartered in Munich, Germany, until 2018 when the brand was sold to Corsair.
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Mixer was an American video game live streaming platform. The service launched on January 5, 2016, as Beam, under the ownership of co-founders Matthew Salsamendi and James Boehm. The service placed an emphasis on interactivity, with low stream latency and a platform for allowing viewers to perform actions that can influence a stream.
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Lily Ki, better known as LilyPichu, is an American online streamer, voice actress, artist and YouTuber. She is a member of OfflineTV, an online group of content creators, and was one of the most subscribed female Twitch streamers during her time on the platform. As a voice actress, she is most well-known for the voice of Genshin Impact character Sayu and the English dub voice of Muni Ohnaruto in D4DJ First Mix. Ki began creating videos on YouTube in June 2010 and streaming on Twitch in August 2012. After ten years of streaming on Twitch, she signed an exclusive contract with YouTube in July 2022 and announced the move to the platform. However, as of July 12, 2024, Ki returned to streaming on Twitch after her contract deal with YouTube expired.
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