Captain Studio.tv raised $10 million through a fundraising campaign. The team will create new games for streaming platforms and launch the Captain Hub PC application.

With the help of video games, Netflix will fight for the attention and free time of users. However, the company will inevitably face a number of challenges along the way. Venture capitalist Matthew Ball analyzed Netflix’s strategy in detail, and also talked about possible pitfalls and competition with other services. We present the key points from the material.

Netflix has started testing gaming features on its platform. The first mobile titles really appeared on the streaming service. However, so far only subscribers from Poland can play them.Starting from August 26, two titles became available to Polish users — Stranger Things: 1984 and Stranger Things 3. You can play them through the Netflix app for Android.

In July, the Chinese antimonopoly service blocked the merger of Huya and DouYu in order to prevent them from capturing the entire market of gaming streaming services in China. Against the background of the failure, Tencent began to reallocate resources for the development and expansion of its own platform like Twitch.The new plans of the Chinese giant were reported by Bloomberg.

During a conversation with investors, Netflix spoke in more detail about its gaming ambitions. The company will really add games to the service and will focus on mobile projects first. Netflix calls Epic Games one of its main competitors.The company’s executives shared information after the publication of the financial report for the second quarter (ended June 30).

New changes in American legislation are designed to toughen penalties for illegal streaming of content (including video games). Now violators can face up to 10 years in prison. Against this background, many began to worry that streamers would face criminal prosecution.This became known from the new amendments to the Law on Consolidated Appropriations for 2021, which provides government funding for federal projects and institutions.

Following Tele2, another Russian mobile operator, MTS, entered the streaming gaming services market. The company has launched an open beta test of the platform WASD.TV .

Mobile operator Tele2 has entered a new territory for itself and opened a streaming platform. It’s called CyberHero.

Streaming startup DLive has released a mobile version of the service for broadcasts for Android. DLive uses the technology of the Steem blockchain platform, created to encourage content authors on social networks using cryptocurrency.

The social network Facebook has launched a page with game broadcasts and opened a new Level Up program designed to support video game streamers.

In March of this year, Fortnite was leading in the top views of the Twitch platform by a four-fold margin from its closest competitor. Viewers watched Epic Games’ “battle Royale” streams for 611 million hours.

The Twitch stream platform has begun beta testing of a monetization system that will reward both streamers and developers of Twitch Extensions interactive add-ons.

Chinese streaming service Huya announced its entry into the New York Stock Exchange. The company expects to earn $200 million on the IPO.

Chinese IT giant Tencent has invested over $1 billion in local streaming platforms Douyu and Huya. In one day Douyu received $634 million, and Huya — $461 million.

Microsoft’s Mixer streaming service has an opportunity to buy a game or an add-on while watching its broadcast through the Mixer Direct Purchase function.