Hitbox.tv
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Type of site
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Streaming video service |
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| Available in |
English German Polish Russian Italian Portuguese Spanish French |
| Owner | Azubu |
| Website | http://www.hitbox.tv/ |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | October 2013 |
| Current status | Defunct |
Hitbox.tv was a live-streaming ESports video game website launched in October 2013. It is a competitor to Twitch.tv. It was aquired by Azubu, and then became Smashcast.tv.
In November 2015 SeedInvest, along with Wargaming and North Base Media, funded Hitbox with investing $4,000,000 USD. CEO/Co-founder Martin Klimscha was interviewed about Hitbox. He stated that "our goal at the moment is to build a superior live streaming platform" therefore taking on Twitch.tv. Martin Klimscha also stated that they wanted to improve the game streaming service by reducing latency. Martin Klimscha went on to mention that Hitbox was to be more than the "streamer and the chatbox" but it is to "build interactivity into this live streaming experience. Twitch.tv's CEO Emmett Shear held a Ask me Anything (AMA) on Reddit mentioning that Twitch would be "muting of archived streams playing music that was not licensed in previously recorded Video On Demand". He went onto say that Twitch would "scanning for 'ambient music' being played in the background by streamers".
Hitbox would be hoping to capitalize on this by not being as strict on Video on demand. In April 2016 Hitbox "signed a two-year contract with ESL gaming, Dreamhack, and Wargaming". ESL and Wargaming only exclusively partnered with Twitch in the past. "Hitbox does offer revenue-share for non-partners and their service is slightly more South-African friendly." Hitbox partnered with broadcasting company Nav-TV in South America. A third party has released an app for the company on the Windows App Store. There is also an app for Android as well as IOS.
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