100 Thieves streamer, Valkyrae, leaves Twitch for exclusive YouTube deal
YouTube joins Mixer in signing popular Twitch streamers to exclusive deals.
Popular 100 Thieves streamer and content creator Rachel “Valkyrae” Hofsetter has ditched Twitch to sign a multi-year deal to stream exclusively on YouTube.
The deal was first reported by esports insiderRod “Slasher” Breslau, who said that the terms for the deal were less than the over US$1 million that other streamers have received in their own exclusivity deals.
The deal also follows a number of now-former Twitch streamers being pried away from the platform by its competitors, most notably Mixer’s acquisitions of Tyler “Ninja” Blevins and Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek.
Breslau added that the deal was negotiated by Valkyrae’s agency, United Talent Agency. The agency also counts other popular streamers, such as Imane “Pokimane” Anys, Jeremy “Disguised Toast” Wang, Lily “Lilypichu” Ki, and Michael “imaqtpie” Santana, among its list of clients.
Valkyrae’s fellow 100T streamer and former Call of Duty casterJack “CouRage” Dunlop also signed an exclusive streaming deal with YouTubein November last year.
I’m so happy to announce that I have signed with YouTube!https://t.co/rwCNthmYV2pic.twitter.com/DFAZS1hfX7
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