Twitch is going to fund new reality programming

Now that we’re all inside and online a brain-breaking amount of time per day, Twitch is looking to fund a slate of new unscripted series to help broaden its audience — and take advantage of the fact that its audiences are bigger than ever. According to Bloomberg, which got its hands on an internal document looking for pitches, the company wants live, interactive programming that airs a few times per week — preferably, “game shows, dating shows, sports, music, and talk,” Bloomberg reports, “many of the cornerstones of reality TV.” (Though it is explicitly not looking for escape rooms.)

Bloomberg also reports that Twitch plans to spend between $50,000 and $250,000 a week on the endeavor — four to 10 hours of stuff — which is minuscule for...

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