Justin.tv was a website created by Justin Kan, Emmett Shear, Michael Seibel, and Kyle Vogt in 2007 to allow anyone to broadcast video online. Justin.tv user accounts were called "channels", like those on YouTube, and users were encouraged to broadcast a wide variety of user-generated live video content, called "broadcasts".
Justin Kan speaking at Gnomedex in 2007
Justin Kan is an American internet entrepreneur and investor. He is the co-founder of live video platforms Justin.tv and Twitch, as well as the mobile social video application Socialcam. He is also the cofounder and former CEO of law-tech company Atrium. In 2024, he announced the launch of Stash, an e-commerce and payment platform tailored for video game developers.
Justin Kan at Web 2.0 Expo 2007 in San Francisco. Photo: Anders Frick
Kan speaking at a Solana event in Los Angeles in February 2022