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The online store Amazon Monday officially announced the purchase Twitch.tv , a popular website that relays video games in real time . The transaction was valued at $ 970 million, about EUR 732 million .
Twitch, released in 2011 is the main internet site to see and relay games live, and has about 50 million unique visitors per month.
The company generates revenue through subscriptions advertisers and consumers , who pay for video games Online .
With this acquisition, Amazon advancing plans to expand its range of broadcast content Online , and compete with other companies such as Netflix or Hulu.
“We hope to learn from them and help them move even faster to create new services for the community of gamers, “stated Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, said in a statement.
For his part, Minister of Twitch Emmett Shear, said that “with the support of Amazon, we resources to better Twitch yet”
Both Google . – that was about to close its purchase a few weeks ago as Yahoo and had expressed interest on the web game Online live.
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