The days of Twitch partner exclusivity are over. Twitch told partnered streamers in an email this morning that the platform was lifting its long-standing exclusivity agreement that denied partners the ability to stream on other services. Partners will now be able to stream on YouTube, Facebook Live, and other platforms \u2014 though in some cases, Twitch still limits what they\u2019re able to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cStarting today, you are now allowed to create live content on other platforms,\u201d Twitch wrote to streamers.<\/p>\n

In the email, Twitch recognized that streamers use multiple platforms to connect with their communities and said this move would grant them greater flexibility to grow those audiences off-platform. Content creators can now go live on other platforms as long as they\u2019re not also live on Twitch. This allows them to reach a greater breadth of people and potentially bring them to watch on Twitch.<\/p>\n

However, Twitch does put limits on simulcasting live broadcasts to multiple \u201cTwitch-like\u201d platforms. Streamers aren\u2019t allowed to broadcast their Twitch streams over to YouTube or Facebook for \u201cextended periods of time.\u201d Twitch says that simulcasting to mobile services like TikTok and Instagram Live is allowed, though. <\/p>\n