Here's A $20 Million Bet That People Want To Watch Other People Play Video Games Online

For the uninitiated, Twitch is a streaming video service designed to let people broadcast their gaming sessions over the Internet to anyone who wants to watch. If that sounds too niche to be of interest, consider this: All Things D reports Twitch just raised a $20 million investment led by Thrive Capital. The money is going towards expansion, it seems – the plan is to "further scale its sales and infrastructure divisions." Founded in 2011, Twitch is the video-game specific subsidiary of the la...