The debate between the two rounds of the presidential election between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron will be broadcast on Twitch this Wednesday evening, several successful streamers have announced, after months of vagueness around the broadcast of television programs on the live platform.
"Rights" to broadcast
“Well, I just acquired the rights to broadcast the debate on Twitch (…) Can we comment on this together?
“Launched journalist Samuel Étienne on Twitter on Monday, accompanied by the link to his Twitch channel.
Not really "rights", but rather "1,500 euros excluding tax" of "participation in technical costs", to reuse the images of TF1 and France 2, said the presenter of "Questions for a champion" on Tuesday.
A success in the first round
A sum, but his “community seemed really ready for that moment”, he explains, noting the strong audiences of his program dedicated to the first round of the presidential election on April 10 with “300,000 unique spectators”.
"On Twitch, we really have time to talk about the issue of the debate" and the interaction "seduces" the spectators, appreciates the journalist-streamer.
Samuel Étienne was quickly joined by other Twitch figures: political streamer Jean Massiet, former collaborator of ex-minister Marisol Touraine, YouTuber with two million subscribers HugoDécrypte and the very popular Sardoche (1.2 million fans on Twitch).
The challenge: to attract “people, a large part of whom would not have gone to conventional channels”, almost “a work of public interest”.
“We are going to put tens, even hundreds of thousands of people in front of this debate”, he rejoices.
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