I would recommend to make it more visible when the channel is hosting another. Especially for new people on twitch its often very confusing.

Solution idea: for example, I would show the offline screen with a transparent screen over it (so you can still see the offline screen through it) in the center of it saying "This streamer is currently hosting XYZ" with a button to show the hosted channel on the page you are on right now, like "show" - or "hide" if you want to check out the offline screen - because quite a few of us have information on it that we'd like people to see but we also want to host others! :)
OR at least just put the "hosting XYZ" in the center of the display, a teeny tiny button in top left corner is often not seen. As it seems its planned to be shown even less - a little note on the bottom of the display. This will lead to people being mistaken for their hosted channels even more! Don't.

I like the ideas you put in, it will take time to get used to tho I guess.

Things I want to mention too:
- remove category in schedule and give option to completely disable it. Not everyone has a schedule, and changing it every few days will be a nuisance.
- more icons for About/ Social Media "Panel" (Discord, Artstation etc) + drag'n'drop changing the order they're in.
- background image behind channel trailer customizable
- since panel images are limited to a certain size, give the options to link panels that'll always stick together (one above or next to each other) or to put them in a certain order.
- bring back the "following" tab, I liked to see who the streamers follow and I liked to see my followings listed like it used to be.

Thanks for trying to make our experience better! <3

Everything is sooo big, it looks like I had my resolution on 200%.
The panels should all be customizable and moveable.
The Info page should be the first thing my viewer should see and not all my videos.
The schedule plan looks like font size 150 pt. and should be much smaller and perhaps integrated in my info page.
And at last -> let it be selectable if I want to show an Intro video or my own created banner

It seems like there's no way to select what part of the stream goes up on the "check out this X stream by STREAMER" parts of the homepage. Streamers should be allowed to pick what parts of their stream get highlighted.

The 'customize your channel' link should take you to an interactive version of the same layout, with clear buttons showing which part of the page you would be changing - and *everything* should be customizable. Moreover, most or all of the new features should be optional.

I stream ocassionally but I watch more often. I think making a renovation of channels when they're offline is a good idea, however there are many channels that have Offline communities that hang around the chat so it's useful to have the chat be available still as soon as you enter the streamer's channel instead of having to click a tab, it seems to me it seeks to resemble the mobile experience but I don't understand why? I like more customization options and making the channel look more professional but for the introduction video, wouldn't it be better to have it where the normal offline screen would be? and after the video is done playing or if the video is stopped give the streamer's schedule info IN the same player like it is right now when you want to watch a VOD Having all the information at a glance is far better than making users click here and there to find out things, specially cuz not many are gonna want to watch a whole minute video of someone selling themselves basically

I would really like to be able to change the banner behind the video player. The Purple with the stream name repeating is very generic and not amazing to look at.

Also I really would like to the "Categories" renamed to something like Games / Activities. "Categories" works much better for away to search by tags (which is pretty poor to do so currently).

I like each of the individual sections below the banner but would also like the ability to hide the schedule button if you currently don't have one. Or some option to say that you don't have one over just having people click it to find nothing.

It seems like the suggested streamers is automated from our auto-host list(?), would like an option to select these manually if the person chose to do it that way.