I’m extremely proud to announce that tonight the JTV team has released a major upgrade to the site. This rollout is the culmination of months of ideas and a couple weeks of 14 hour working days for team, and Emmett, Kyle and Jacob all deserve a ton of credit for burning the midnight oil to get this out. Here are some of the changes we’re pleased to announce:

• A new tip system. We’ve removed announcements and made it easier for people to tip, but putting the tip submission form right beneath the video. We’ve also seperated tips for channels and put in a recommended section on each page.

• Seperate pages for live, archive, and tips. We wanted to make it super simple and obvious whether you were watching live or archived video, and easy to share tips with friends. We’re rolling out more tip features in the next few days to make tips even more like traditional short form content.

• A brand new live video viewer. Our most exciting announcement, we’ve released the beta version of the live video viewer we’ve been talking about for months! Check it out here!

I’ve moved over from doing a lot of production with other people to helping manage projects on the site, so while my stream might be a few more hours of staring at the website and talking about technical stuff for the time being, hopefully this means a more awesome viewing experience for all our viewers. Look for a more features and more beta broadcasters in the next week, as we race towards opening up our network!