Online video service Blip is trying to scale down from 900,000 publishers to just a few thousand serialized shows. That process is anything but painless.…
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Instead of launching its own YouTube competitor from scratch, Maker Studios buys Blip
Blip Networks, which transformed itself from a generic YouTube alternative to a platform for serialized online video, is being bought by one of YouTube's biggest networks of publishers.…
Read MoreBlip to publishers: we’re going to monetize your videos, whether you like it or not
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 MoreBlip launches studio focused on branded content
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 MoreBlip.tv raises $12M, changes name to… Blip?
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 MoreWhy we’re going to keep calling them “web series”
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 MoreBlip.tv Adds Fred, Annoying Orange and Others With Collective Partnership
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 MoreBlip.tv Redesigns To Be Like Hulu for Indie Web Series
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 MoreWhy Oversharing Can Help Startups
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 MoreThe Golden Age of Choice and Cannibalization in TV
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 MoreBlip.tv Predicts Best Quarter Yet for Web Creators
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 MoreBlip.tv Leveraging HTML5 for Google TV
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 MoreBlip.tv Going HTML5, With Advertising
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 MoreWhite Collar Brawler Gets Real About Boxing for NNN and Blip.tv
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 MoreOld Jews Telling Jokes Launches Book, 200th Episode
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 MoreGrindhouse Fans Gotta Check Out Missing Reel
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 MoreAnyone But Me Crowdsources $17K For Season 3
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 MoreVid-Biz: Blip.tv, Discovery, UMG-Veoh
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 MoreVid-Biz: Hulu’s CEO, Blip.tv’s Check Week, Qik’s EVO Explosion
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 MoreAnyone But Me Plans “Web-a-Thon” to Fund Third Season
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 MoreTubeMogul Adds City-Level Analytics
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 MoreBlip.tv Raises $10.1M for Web TV Distribution
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 MoreBlip.tv Aims to Engage L.A. With Epic Fu‘s Steve Woolf
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 MoreVid-Biz: Viacom-YouTube, ITV Online, HBO
Viacom vs. YouTube Is a Microcosm of the Entertainment Industry; even as thousands of artists and labels are embracing the internet, the…
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