Amazon bought Twitch

Wall Street Journal revealed an agreement between the two sides has been reached and can be announced immediately after Monday (August 25).

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American online retail giant Amazon is moving toward acquiring Twitch, which specializes in providing online video games on the Internet . According to US media, the value of the acquisition is up to $ 1 billion.

The website specializing in technology " The Information " said negotiations between the two sides have reached the final stage.

For its part, the Wall Street Journal also revealed an agreement that has been reached and can be announced shortly after Monday (August 25).

The Information and the Wall Street Journal all quote from close sources. While responding to AFP, Amazon and Twitch did not give any feedback.

If the transaction is confirmed, Amazon will overtake the Google giant, which has also attempted to buy Twitch in the past.

Twitch was launched in 2011, headquartered in San Francisco and is known as the world's largest video game publisher with more than 55 million unique visitors each month on www.twitch.tv . Games can be used online directly on Xbox ( Microsoft ) or PlayStation 4 ( Sony ) players.

Acquiring partner Twitch Amazon also started selling e-books and significantly expanded its operations in recent years. Especially for digital content, such as e-books, online videos and music or devices (Kindle, Fire Phone smartphones) and online services business ("cloud") ) .