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Two years after Amazon acquired Twitch, it finally came to light just how that would benefit the userbase. Today, that benefit has come to light. Twitch announced Twitch Prime today, a way for you to reap some rewards through Twitch through your already existing Amazon Prime account.This includes one free subscription per month towards any partnered channel. Twitch provides the details concerning this that I omitted.
Twitch Prime is a new premium experience on Twitch that is included with Amazon Prime. As a Twitch Prime member, you get free game loot every month, like instant access to the newest Hearthstone hero, Tyrande Whisperwind, or the new indie game, Streamline. You also receive discounts on new-release box games sold by Amazon during the pre-order period and for the first two weeks after launch. And on Twitch, once you link your Amazon Prime account to your Twitch account, you get an ad-free viewing experience, exclusive emotes and chat badge, and one free channel subscription every 30 days. When Twitch Prime members use their free channel subscription every month, the streamer gets paid just like any other subscription, so this introduces a new way to help support the streamers you love, even if you’ve never subscribed before. Or, you can just use it for crashing subscriber-only chat rooms. Your choice, boss! 
If you don’t have Amazon Prime, you may not know that it also includes unlimited fast shipping on millions of items on Amazon. This doesn’t sound exciting until the moment you need to decide between going to the store for toilet paper and playing another round of Overwatch. Amazon Prime benefits vary by country, and may also include unlimited streaming of thousands of movies and TV shows, streaming music from a library of over a million songs, and more. Check out the full list of Amazon Prime benefits in: US, UK, Canada, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. You can try it for free for 30 days right here, and when you do, you get all the Twitch Prime benefits instantly just by linking your Twitch account to your Amazon account.
If you don’t have Amazon Prime, you may not know that it also includes unlimited fast shipping on millions of items on Amazon. This doesn’t sound exciting until the moment you need to decide between going to the store for toilet paper and playing another round of Overwatch. Amazon Prime benefits vary by country, and may also include unlimited streaming of thousands of movies and TV shows, streaming music from a library of over a million songs, and more. Check out the full list of Amazon Prime benefits in: US, UK, Canada, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. You can try it for free for 30 days right here, and when you do, you get all the Twitch Prime benefits instantly just by linking your Twitch account to your Amazon account.
If you use Twitch and have Amazon Prime, you can tie your accounts together at the Twitch Prime website.
There are some added bonuses beyond just getting a free sub to toss around each month. To start with, the bonuses include a new Hearthstone hero, a game, and some skins for games.
9/30–11/6 — Hearthstone: The newest Hero in Hearthstone. Tyrande Whisperwind, the second priest class option for the game.
9/30–11/1 — Streamline, a new Indie game built from the ground up for broadcasters on Twitch to play with their viewers
9/30–10/2 (TwitchCon Only) — Smite: Exclusive “Boss Ymir” skin
9/30–10/2 (TwitchCon Only) — Paladins: Exclusive Bomb King Weapon Skin
9/30–11/1 — Streamline, a new Indie game built from the ground up for broadcasters on Twitch to play with their viewers
9/30–10/2 (TwitchCon Only) — Smite: Exclusive “Boss Ymir” skin
9/30–10/2 (TwitchCon Only) — Paladins: Exclusive Bomb King Weapon Skin
Looks like they're also adding in more transcoding options such as 1080p60fps.
So, what do the non-Partners get? Uh... well, I guess you can upload your own videos now? Yep. Quality options?
