{"id":737249,"date":"2013-02-05T11:09:16","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T16:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/?p=215022"},"modified":"2013-02-05T11:09:16","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T16:09:16","slug":"twitchtv-to-offer-expensive-ad-free-subscription","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/737249","title":{"rendered":"TwitchTV to Offer Expensive Ad-Free Subscription"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most frustrating experiences while watching an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/tag\/esports\">eSports<\/a> event online is dropping a stream and having to reload and sit through another commercial while the action continues.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/tag\/twitchtv\">TwitchTV<\/a>, the most popular video game streaming service, has heard customer complaints and is now offering a solution.<\/p>\n<p>The new &#8220;Twitch Turbo&#8221; subscription service will allow users to remove all ads from the Twitch website.  That means no pre-roll ads, no display ads, and no companion ads.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the service is priced absurdly high at $8.99 per month.  A subscription to Netflix Instant Watch streaming is only $8 per month.  With a year-long PlayStation Plus subscription, for less than $5 per month gamers could be playing games themselves instead of watching other people game on a stream.  Not to mention free ad-blocking software can do the same job as Twitch Turbo for free.<\/p>\n<p>The Turbo service doesn&#8217;t only offer ad-free Twitch, however.  Subscribers will also get an &#8220;Exclusive Turbo Badge&#8221; to show off on the site, as well as custom set of new emoticons and exclusive chat colors.  Also, subscribers will get priority when interacting with customer support.<\/p>\n<p>TwitchTV is quickly becoming <em>the<\/em> online destination for streaming games and eSports.  Last year the company raised <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/twitch-raises-15-million-in-vc-funding-2012-09\">$15 million in venture capital<\/a> during a funding round.  At the time Twitch CEO Emmett Shear claimed that the website was seeing 20 million unique visitors per month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=TM1Uwrx3Fag:-LDZ8ujo5cs:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=TM1Uwrx3Fag:-LDZ8ujo5cs:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=TM1Uwrx3Fag:-LDZ8ujo5cs:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=TM1Uwrx3Fag:-LDZ8ujo5cs:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=TM1Uwrx3Fag:-LDZ8ujo5cs:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=TM1Uwrx3Fag:-LDZ8ujo5cs:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=TM1Uwrx3Fag:-LDZ8ujo5cs:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=TM1Uwrx3Fag:-LDZ8ujo5cs:mfZ73u_VV2s\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=TM1Uwrx3Fag:-LDZ8ujo5cs:mfZ73u_VV2s\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/webpronews\/all\/~4\/TM1Uwrx3Fag\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most frustrating experiences while watching an eSports event online is dropping a stream and having to reload and sit through another commercial while the action continues. TwitchTV, the most popular video game streaming service, has heard customer complaints and is now offering a solution. 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