Justin.tv is not a profit center for Twitch Interactive, so they need to cut costs. If 50% of VODs are viewed <= 1 time, and most viewed <=10 times, why not just leave them there? Obviously storing them costs money, but there probably isn't a lot of bandwidth costs associated with it.
I don't have anything against what they're doing as much as the sugarcoating of "focusing on live video"
This also lends more credence that they're getting bought out soon and want to look good on the cost sheets.
Seriously, there can be no explanation for the ridiculously short notice other than YouTube said, "You look good, but your costs are just too high." (Or, if not YouTube, somebody else Twitch is trying to get into a bidding war with YouTube.)
Any other reason and management would have looked at the costs and said, "We need to transition out to save money," and provided a reasonable runway for their customers. As it is, this has nothing to do with making things better for their customers.
Justin.tv is not a profit center for Twitch Interactive, so they need to cut costs. If 50% of VODs are viewed <= 1 time, and most viewed <=10 times, why not just leave them there? Obviously storing them costs money, but there probably isn't a lot of bandwidth costs associated with it.
I don't have anything against what they're doing as much as the sugarcoating of "focusing on live video"
This also lends more credence that they're getting bought out soon and want to look good on the cost sheets.