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How to Run a 24/7 DJ Mix Stream on Mixcloud and YouTube
A round-the-clock DJ mix channel can work on both Mixcloud and YouTube, but the two treat commercial music very differently. Here's how to split your mixes, add visuals, program the playlist and run a 24/7 DJ mix live stream carefully.
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Twitch Affiliate Requirements and How to Reach Them
Twitch lowered parts of its Affiliate bar with its Monetization for All changes, but the average-viewer goal is still where most channels stall. Here are the commonly cited criteria, where to check your own progress, a realistic plan to hit them, and where reruns help or hurt.
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How Indie Developers Use Live Streams to Grow Wishlists
Wishlists shape a Steam launch, and live streams are one of the few marketing channels a small team can run every week. Here's how indie developers pair store-page broadcasts with devlog streams on YouTube and Twitch, what content earns wishlists, and how to measure it honestly.
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Kick Stream Not Working? Common Errors and Fixes
Encoder says live but Kick shows offline? Connection refused, constant buffering or drops every hour? Here are the common Kick streaming errors, what usually causes each one, and step-by-step fixes.
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How to Stream Vertical Live Video on YouTube
YouTube accepts vertical live streams and can show them to people watching on phones. Here's how to stream vertical live video on YouTube: 9:16 settings, framing for mobile, when vertical beats horizontal, and running it 24/7.
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How to Add a Logo and Overlays to a 24/7 Stream Without OBS
Cloud streams play your file exactly as uploaded, so a logo or "now playing" card has to be inside the video. Here is how to make clean transparent PNG overlays and bake them into a seamless 24/7 loop.
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Twitch VODs Expire: How to Save and Reuse Your Broadcasts
Twitch deletes past broadcasts after a set number of days, and highlights and uploads now share a storage cap. Here's how long VODs commonly last, how to download and back up your own streams, how to organize a library, and how to reuse old broadcasts.
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Live Score Streams on YouTube: How to Grow a Sports Channel Without Broadcast Rights
You don't need the rights to the match footage to be live on matchday. Here is how live score streams with stats and voice commentary are built, what to watch out for on copyright, and how to keep the channel live between matches.
8 min readHow to Stream to TikTok LIVE, YouTube and Twitch Together
Streaming to TikTok LIVE, YouTube and Twitch at once is simple until orientation comes up: TikTok wants 9:16, while most YouTube and Twitch viewers watch 16:9. Here are your three options, their trade-offs, and how to set each one up.
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