Providers
The term “provider” is used for a streaming service like Twitch in this extension. As not all providers offer the same features, this page lists what each provider can do.
Dailymotion is a video upload site comparable to YouTube that also offers livestreams.
Features
- Stream page
- VOD Archive page
- Monitoring the status of channels
- Adding a user’s favorites (followees)
- Exploring featured channels and global search
This provider is currently unavailable
DouyuTV is a chinese game streaming platform.
Features
- Stream page
- Monitoring the status of channels
Old Livestream
Old Livestream is one of the oldest platforms and doesn’t have a specific focus.
Features
- Stream page
- Separate chat page
- Monitoring the status of channels
New Livestream
Livestream is an event based live streaming platform and streaming consultant. Owned by Vimeo.
Features
- Stream page
- Monitoring the status of channels
- Adding a user’s favorites (followees)
MLG.tv is another eSports streaming platform owned by Activision-Blizzard.
Features
- Stream page
- Brackets disguised as archive
- Separate chat page
- Monitoring the status of channels
Mixer is a game streaming platform focussing on low-latency streams. It was acquired by Microsoft and renamed from its former name “Beam.pro”.
Features
- Stream page
- Separate chat page
- Monitoring the status of channels
- Adding a user’s favorites (followees)
- Automatically adding the browser user’s favorites
- Exploring featured channels and global search
Picarto.TV is a streaming platform for visual artists.
Features
- Stream page
- Monitoring the status of channels
Smashcast is a game streaming competitor, mainly to Twitch. It is the merged efforts of the previous services of Hitbox and Azubu.
Features
- VOD Archive page
- Stream page
- Separate chat page
- Monitoring the status of channels
- Adding a user’s favorites (followees)
- Automatically adding the browser user’s favorites
- Exploring featured channels and global search
Twitch is the initial provider of the extension and focusses on games. It is owned by Amazon.
Features
- VOD Archive page
- Stream page
- Separate chat page
- Adding a user’s favorites (followees)
- Automatically adding the browser user’s favorites
- Monitoring the status of channels
- Exploring featured channels and global search
Ustream is another one of the age-old providers without any content focus. It was aquired by IBM.
Features
- Stream page
- Separate chat page
- Monitoring the status of channels
YouTube is the leading VOD platform and added livestreams, that can also be watched prettified on YouTube Gaming. This extension supports streams on YouTube Gaming, but they aren’t opened on Gaming.
Features
- VOD Archive page
- Stream page
- Adding a user’s favorites (subscribed channels)
- Monitoring the status of channels
- Exploring featured channels and global search