Justin.tv (as co-founder)

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live streaming platform startup company website

Justin.tv was an early live-streaming platform that helped popularize user-generated live video online and later evolved into the foundation for Twitch.

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Label Occurrences
Justin.tv 2
Justin.tv, Inc. 2
Justin.tv (as co-founder) canonical 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf live streaming platform ⓘ
startup company ⓘ
website ⓘ
acquiredBy Amazon ⓘ
surface form: Amazon.com, Inc. (via Twitch Interactive)
acquisitionDate 2014 (via Twitch acquisition) ⓘ
businessModel advertising-supported ⓘ
premium accounts ⓘ
coFounder Emmett Shear ⓘ
Justin Kan ⓘ
Kyle Vogt ⓘ
Michael Seibel ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 2014 ⓘ
evolvedInto Twitch ⓘ
focusShiftedTo video game live streaming ⓘ
foundedBy Emmett Shear ⓘ
Justin Kan ⓘ
Kyle Vogt ⓘ
Michael Seibel ⓘ
genre user-generated content ⓘ
hasPart Justin.tv gaming section ⓘ
headquartersLocation San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
helpedPopularize lifecasting ⓘ
live game streaming ⓘ
user-generated live video online ⓘ
inception 2007 ⓘ
industry live streaming ⓘ
online video ⓘ
influenced Twitch culture and technology ⓘ
subsequent live streaming platforms ⓘ
launchDate March 2007 ⓘ
notableAlumni Emmett Shear ⓘ
Justin Kan ⓘ
Kyle Vogt ⓘ
Michael Seibel ⓘ
notableFeature 24/7 live lifecast of Justin Kan at launch ⓘ
channels for user-created live streams ⓘ
live chat alongside video streams ⓘ
offeredService channel creation for users ⓘ
live video broadcasting ⓘ
live video viewing ⓘ
operatedBy Justin.tv (as co-founder) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Justin.tv, Inc.
originalConcept lifecasting Justin Kan’s daily life via a wearable camera ⓘ
parentOrganization Justin.tv (as co-founder) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Justin.tv, Inc.
programmingLanguage Ruby on Rails ⓘ
reasonForShutdown to focus resources on Twitch ⓘ
shutdownDate August 2014 ⓘ
successor Twitch ⓘ
targetAudience gamers (later phase) ⓘ
general online audience ⓘ

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Kyle Vogt → employer → Justin.tv (as co-founder) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justin.tv
Kyle Vogt → founded → Justin.tv (as co-founder) ⓘ
Socialcam → spunOffFrom → Justin.tv (as co-founder) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justin.tv
Justin.tv (as co-founder) → operatedBy → Justin.tv (as co-founder) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Justin.tv
this entity surface form: Justin.tv, Inc.
Justin.tv (as co-founder) → parentOrganization → Justin.tv (as co-founder) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Justin.tv
this entity surface form: Justin.tv, Inc.