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Why Microsoft Has Acquired A Live Game Streaming Platform

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Blog post by Tim Mulligan
15 Aug 2016
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Only 8 months on from its January 2016 launch, live interactive game streaming site Beam has been bought by Microsoft. In many ways an aquihire (where acquiring company looks to acquire the team running...
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