Video site Blip is looking to increase the ad load on the content it’s hosting by making advertising mandatory. The changes are going in effect early next month. Read more at paidContent »
New York-based Blip, long a leading platform for independent video producers to get their work seen on YouTube, will launch a Los Angeles studio, where it will work more closely with content creators to tailor genre-based video for advertisers. Read more at paidContent »
Blip.tv has raised another $12 million in funding and debt and changed its name to Blip, dropping the .tv top level domain from the company logo. Why the change? So viewers won’t confuse the content with things that are made for TV. Read more »
As long as there have been web series, people have debated whether the term is inaccurate and derogatory. But when you talk to those working in the industry, it becomes clear that the term is here to stay — and that it’s a good thing. Read more »
Blip.tv struck a strategic partnership with The Collective to provide a mix of technology and ad sales for the management firm’s web clients. It’s a big win for Blip.tv, which will now take over distribution and monetization for some of the most popular producers on YouTube. Read more »
Blip.tv has launched a redesigned site, seeking to become the destination for independent web series. While others host a mix of professional, semi-pro and UGC content, with the redesign Blip.tv is focusing solely on bringing out only the best series content made strictly for the web. Read more »
More than half the employees at web video start-up Blip.tv are active Tumblr users, which has created a public awareness of the company’s internal culture. It’s a unique example of how corporate communications can incorporate social media, but would it work for any ol’ start-up? Read more »
The television business is on the cusp of the biggest technological upheaval since the introduction of cable TV. The addition of Internet connectivity to living room devices will enable new functionality around programming services, program discovery, social networking, ad targeting and measurement — aspects of the TV viewing experience that have remained largely unchanged for decades. These trends have the potential to become the foundation for new economic models around how viewers pay for video service and how program creation is financed. In this report, we examine the leading contenders’ strategic positioning, relative strengths and weaknesses, and provide the early line on their odds of success. Companies mentioned include Google, Apple, Boxee, Roku, Vudu, Samsung, Microsoft and Sony. To see a full list of companies and to read the full report, sign up for a free trial. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Internet video is growing at a significant pace. It has not yet taken a chunk out of the broadcast and cable audiences, but over time it will steal share from broadcast and cable just as cable stole from broadcast, which stole from radio before that. Read more »
Blip.tv is predicting its best quarter ever for fourth quarter 2010, thanks to sponsors including Samsung, Reebok and Kraft. Of course, while creators will be able to optimize their revenue, a show’s ability to be sustainable depends on its audience. Read more »
Blip.tv was one of the first online video partners to announce support for Google TV today, with a new page and video player optimized for Google’s Internet TV platform. The Google implementation also affirms Blip.tv’s commitment to open standards, with a video player built in HTML5. Read more »
Blip.tv is joining the HTML5 party, and it’s doing it with a brand new player, due to launch in the next couple of days. The new player supports advertising, maintains Blip’s previous look and feel, and will be about five times faster than the Flash player. Read more »
White Collar Brawler‘s pitch — that it’s sort of real-life Fight Club — is one of the rare pitches that does, almost, match with the subject matter. Next New Networks and Blip.tv partnered to launch the Portal A-produced series this week. Read more »
Timed perfectly for the eve of the Jewish New Year, Old Jews Telling Jokes, which launched in January 2009, today debuted its 200th episode in conjunction with a book published by Random House. Producer Eric Spiegelman reveals the show’s two secrets to success. Read more »
Hey, Quentin Tarantino, guess what? I found your new favorite web series. And it’s not just you who’s going to like it — any hardcore fan of classic exploitation movies will enjoy the detail-rich Missing Reel, which makes even offensive subjects palatable. Read more »
Teen drama web series Anyone But Me has raised $16,950 from its substantial fanbase over the last two weeks, thanks to a fundraising campaign kicked off two weeks ago by a three-day web-a-thon. 379 people so far have donated to the cause. Read more »
Today on the Net: Blip.tv develops a new form of pre-roll ad that allows users to click and download content on other devices, Discovery promotes digital media head Bruce Campbell and the EFF files an amicus brief arguing that UMG’s Veoh lawsuit would thwart federal law. Read more »
Today on the Net: Hulu CEO Jason Kilar gets on video to talk about company growth and a possible IPO, Blip.tv’s check week has grown 77 percent over the last quarter and Qik’s mobile video service has exploded due to availability on the HTV EVO handset. Read more »
The second season of Anyone But Me racked up over 4.5 million views since its premiere in December. But the Streamy-winning lesbian teen drama’s third season may now depend on its fanbase, as its creators initiate a donations program with a twist. Read more »
Video analytics firm TubeMogul is adding a whole new layer to its reporting suite, giving its users the ability to drill down to a city-level view of how videos are performing across their sites. Even better — the new reporting features will be free. Read more »
Blip.tv has raised a $10.1 million round of financing aimed at rapidly growing its business for the distribution and monetization of web video shows. The funding round, which is the company’s third, was led by Canaan Partners and included existing investors Bain Capital Ventures. Read more »
Online distribution site Blip.tv is aiming to engage with the local web series scene by opening an office in Los Angeles and hiring Epic Fu co-creator Steve Woolf to work directly with creators interested in using the Blip platform. Read more »
Viacom vs. YouTube Is a Microcosm of the Entertainment Industry; even as thousands of artists and labels are embracing the internet, the top management at the big labels are behind laws that could give their companies the power to shut down any tech firm that attempts […] Read more »
Blip.tv is teaming up with 7-Eleven on a branded web reality series which will follow two teams as they race across the country to Indianapolis Motor Speedway while buying all their needs — including gas and food — at 7-Eleven convenience stores. Read more »
I knew I was going to enjoy the entertainment quiz show Red Carpet Run the moment I saw the words “on a moving treadmill.” Sure, it’s a gimmick to have contestants answer questions while running on a treadmill, but it’s a great gimmick. In fact, I’d […] Read more »
Video bloggers and other indie video producers turn to YouTube first to publish their work, according to a new State of the Vlogosphere report from Mefeedia. No big surprise here, but compare it to Mefeedia’s first report from early 2007, and you get a sense of […] Read more »
Mike Hudack, CEO of Blip.tv–which hosts and distributes user-created web shows–has been urging content partners to advertise in December saying “there’s money to be made.” In this interview, he explains what’s currently driving the company’s best month ever. Read more »
Despite new technology that can provide more engaging and better targeted ads for online video, most publishers have been stuck repurposing 15- and 30-second TV spots online, a problem that execs say leads to lower CPMs and a poor user experience. But with advertisers and agencies […] Read more »
blip.tv held a press conference this morning to unveil a slick creator dashboard and a host of new content partners that span old and newteevee including YouTube, Roku, WNBC and Verizon FiOS. The new blip dashboard offers a raft of features including single upload to multiple […] Read more »
Microsoft Mediaroom Brings Virtualization to IPTV; company says the technology can deliver a six-fold reduction in the number of physical servers needed to run a full IPTV service, reaching 30,000 subscriber homes per market using less than 10 servers. (release) Samsung, Bebo and Endemol Find their […] Read more »
Spot Runner to Lay Off 60; third round of layoffs for the ad company (previous rounds laid off 115 and 50 people), cuts to primarily affect local search and local outbound sales. (TechCrunch) Smaller Publishers Finding Success on YouTube; video sharing giant being more attentive to […] Read more »
A number of the major online video services have added an HD option for video uploads, but which one is the best? CNET’s Josh Lowensohn did a really great round-up of HD services and determined YouTube to be the best. Even better, Lowensohn created this handy-dandy […] Read more »
Online Video Companies Raise $75 Million in the Past Two Months; despite economic gloom and doom, VCs still opening their wallets to entrants in this sector. (Streaming Media) Blip.tv Content Added to TiVo; subscribers to the DVR service will have access to the “top-peforming” shows on […] Read more »
Silverlight 3 to Include h.264 Support; next version of Microsoft’s video player (due next year) will incorporate the high-quality video standard and will also include 3D support and GPU hardware acceleration. (Scott Guthrie’s Blog) Blip.tv Raised $5.2 Million; funding announcement originally didn’t have a dollar figure, […] Read more »
Blip.tv has discovered a way to insert dynamic DoubleClick ads into QuickTime streams, which means content creators could implement pre-, post or overlay ads on to their video podcasts on iTunes. Read more »
