MANILA, Philippines – Broadcasters on Justin.tv, the general video broadcasting network of Twitch Interactive, have until June 8 to save their broadcasts on the service.

A May 29 statement from Justin.tv’s blog announced that it would end all archiving after June 8. The reasoning was due to the low number of archived videos watched by Justin.tv users.

According to their blog post, user activity data pointed to more than half of the Videos on Demand (VODs) on the site remaining mostly unwatched with 0 or 1 total views. The majority of the VODs are rarely watched, having 10 or fewer views.

The findings, the blogpost noted, showed that the site’s users “come to justin.tv because they want to consume content and interact with their communities in real-time.”

The news of the removal of archiving follows reports that YouTube is in talks to buy the twitch.tv game streaming service.

Twitch.tv is justin.tv’s gaming counterpart on Twitch Interactive’s services. – Rappler.com

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