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Did you know the world’s first “cyber sitcom” starred Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry? Well now you know.

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bliptv: Today we’re excited to announce a feature that both web series creators and web series viewers (pictured above) have been clamoring for.  Subscriptions. The very nature of web series demands them. If you enjoy an episode of a show, you’re going to want to watch more. But sometimes you’re just too busy, forgetful, or lazy, to keep track of every last awesome show you see. As people who watch a lot of this stuff, this is a problem we at blip thoroughly understand. And that’s why we’ve gone out of our way to make this really, really easy. Last week, we placed big, blue “subscribe” buttons just about everywhere on blip.tv. Click the button and you’re routed through a simple registration process (Log in with your Facebook ID, grant permissions and you’re done.  No new password to remember. WIN!).  Once subscribed, you’ll be notified when new episodes are available via your personalized Subscriptions link in the blip.tv masthead. You’ll also receive a weekly email listing all new episodes from the last seven days. Pretty easy right?  So let’s review. Web series are awesome. We’d all watch more of them if it were easier. Starting today, it is easier. So let’s start subscribing. We have subs, yeah! 

bliptv:

Today we’re excited to announce a feature that both web series creators and web series viewers (pictured above) have been clamoring for. 

Subscriptions.

The very nature of web series demands them. If you enjoy an episode of a show, you’re going to want to watch more. But sometimes you’re just too busy, forgetful, or lazy, to keep track of every last awesome show you see. As people who watch a lot of this stuff, this is a problem we at blip thoroughly understand. And that’s why we’ve gone out of our way to make this really, really easy.

Last week, we placed big, blue “subscribe” buttons just about everywhere on blip.tv. Click the button and you’re routed through a simple registration process (Log in with your Facebook ID, grant permissions and you’re done.  No new password to remember. WIN!).  Once subscribed, you’ll be notified when new episodes are available via your personalized Subscriptions link in the blip.tv masthead. You’ll also receive a weekly email listing all new episodes from the last seven days. Pretty easy right? 

So let’s review. Web series are awesome. We’d all watch more of them if it were easier. Starting today, it is easier. So let’s start subscribing.

We have subs, yeah! 

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Barrett Garese: An offer I couldn’t refuse (AKA my new job.)

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Probably the most famous line from The Godfather is “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” There’s a retroactively sinister tone to it, coming as it does shortly before a fairly memorable demonstration of the degree to which Don Corleone is willing to “negotiate.”

There’s another kind of offer you can’t refuse though, the kind that you weren’t expecting but simply can’t turn down. The kind that catches you by surprise, but makes you feel like you just caught opportunity knocking. The kind I just accepted earlier this week.

Two years ago I left UTA’s online group to work on some personal projects and theories. Some of those projects reached completion, some are still in various states of progress, and some were abandoned (for good reason) shortly after their inception. Running my own company has given me the opportunity to do things, meet people, and experiment in ways I never could have imagined. Coming as it did during a period of massive worldwide recession, it probably wasn’t the smartest move to make, but I was lucky enough to spend two years paying my bills doing only that which I found interesting. I can honestly say that while it was the toughest challenge I’ve ever given myself, I enjoyed (almost) every minute of it.

So given all that, it must be a pretty extraordinary opportunity to make me give up my cushy (and occasionally cars, video games, and nerf gun-obsessed) self-employed lifestyle. 

It is. 

Starting this upcoming Tuesday, I’ll officially be changing job titles, from “So…what is it you do again?” to Director of Content Partnerships at Blip.tv. 

I was already a Blip fanboy and I’m sure that more than a few people will claim this transition was inevitable given the frequency at which I recommend their services, but let me just name off a few of my reasons I said yes within 24 hours:

  1. I’ll be working with, under and for friends, past clients, and people whom I admire.
  2. Both the day-to-day and the long-term goals and projects are right up my alley.
  3. I’ll be joining what has always struck me from the outside as more of a family than a corporation. 
  4. I’ll be working for one of the most interesting and successful companies in the single most interesting, challenging, and rewarding segment of entertainment.

There’s simply no bad here.

I wasn’t looking for a new job, having enjoyed running my own company for the past two years, but sometimes you’re presented something that would be utterly stupid to walk away from. Sometimes the company, position, and people are just right and you know it as soon as you start talking.

This is one of those times. I can’t wait to get started.

THIS GUY. Welcome to the team, my friend!

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bliptv:

Shifting blip.tv Web Series Into Overdrive

Today blip.tv announced a strategic partnership with Collective Digital Studio to manage the distribution of the web series made by their creative talent, including The Annoying Orange, Fred, iJustine, FreddieW, and several other top creators.

These are exciting times at blip.tv.  On May 17th, we launched our new destination site dedicated to the discovery of the best in original web series to much fanfare and a ton of accolades.  We recently surpassed 3 billion video views, and we entered a new phase of growth that will dwarf that number in short order.  

This partnership breaks new ground for blip.tv and validates the position we’ve taken for years about the relevance of original web series, and our dedication to the success of their creators.  The Collective, like us, takes a long-term view that places the creator and star firmly in control of their own destiny.  Our partnership was the result of a ton of exploration about how we can work together to add value to the web series creators who will be a part of it.

Starting today, the creators working with Collective Digital Studio will build upon their amazing success by adding new audiences on the blip.tv destination site and our network of distribution partners.  We’ll also work with them to take advantage of opportunities with advertisers so that they can make more and better content for their fans, which will be available on the new blip.tv destination site, on YouTube, and on their own sites.

I’m immensely proud to have these creators on blip.tv alongside the highly curated array of dramas, comedies, how-to’s, hosted, and reality web series we offer.  These guys have interactivity and engagement built into the DNA of their work, and you don’t need to look any further than them for proof that the days of creators asking for permission from gatekeepers to make their art are over.

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Announcement time, again! As Mike said during the press conference, this is a pivot point for the web series world. We’re doing everything we can to elevate the industry and help creators, with big audiences and small, take it to the next level.