To entice top broadcasters to its streaming service (and make a cut from their tips), Twitch recently introduced "Cheering." It lets viewers spend actual cash to purchase "Bits," which they can then lavish on streamers by sending animated chat "emotes." The streamer gets to keep that money, minus Twitch's hefty 30 percent cut. Cheering has been in beta for just 100 broadcasters, but the Amazon-owned company announced that it's now available to all 11,000 or so partner streamers in the US and UK.
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