Valve has finally delivered on one of the community's requests made early last year in today's update by integrating a list of top streams into the main menu.

The stream list features prominently on the main menu when the game is first launched, using the same type of drawer as contracts and recent news:

Clicking on a stream will open the stream in the user's default browser, while clicking the "View More" button will take the user to the Team Fortress 2 stream directory.

mana, one of the community's representatives at the April 2015 meeting with Valve in which major changes to the game were revealed, shared his thoughts about the impact of the new feature:

It's an incredible first step towards unifying the community. Streams have always been one of the best methods for people to get acquainted with the competitive side of the game, and quite a bit of effort has been poured into making them high-quality. Providing the streams with more exposure via the main menu will only result in more players being exposed and hopefully interested in our scene.

Obviously, we're quite excited as this will be a great boost to all competitive broadcasts we do, especially those of major events like the upcoming ESEA Invite playoffs and of Insomnia58 in August. It will also provide major help to solo streamers—recently, a few dedicated people have been able to make streaming TF2 a sustainable job, and this new addition will make it more viable for them as well as many others in the long-term.