November 2011
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August 2011
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“I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime...”
– Warren Buffett: I could end the deficit in 5 minutes (via wreckandsalvage)
Accountability is a glorious thing.
June 2011
4 posts
Barrett Garese: An offer I couldn’t refuse (AKA my... →
spytap:
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...
I'm Hiring a Content Partnerships Coordinator
evangotlib:
stevewoolf:
It’s a good gig at an awesome company. Job listing is here.
Come work for blip.tv. And Steve. He’s super awesome. And tall.
Blip.tv LA is hiring!
Watchbliptv:
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...
May 2011
4 posts
Building the place to discover the best in...
bliptv:
Today we launched the new blip.tv destination site. The purpose of the new site is to give original web series a home on the Internet. That’s because, up until now, there hasn’t been a good site dedicated to the discovery of original web series.
Original web series are a product. They compete for people’s attention just like anything else. They must be marketed. Many original web...
Six months of work...
mikehudack:
The team here at blip has been working like dogs for the last six months. All fifty of us. Can’t wait until we get to show people what we’ve been working on. Next week.
We’re incredibly excited. Next week, folks!
Blip.tv is hiring a lot of new sales reps! →
evangotlib:
Our business continues to move up-and-to-the-right. So much so that we need more sales reps to help us take blip.tv to the next level.
I am adding four sales reps to the blip.tv sales team. One in New York, one in Chicago, one in San Francisco and one in Los Angeles. We already have killer reps…
April 2011
4 posts
Exciting news for blip.tv producers!
bliptv:
We’re upgrading your show pages! Beginning soon, your pages will be customized to better represent your brand. Providing all required assets and information can increase your show’s presence both on the site and across the Internet.
Head over to blip.tv/dashboard and watch Annie’s introductory video for more info.
If you have any questions at all, please visit support.blip.tv.
We’re...
March 2011
8 posts
Time to drop some Cosby trivia after landing on...
In the pilot, the Huxtables have only four children. Following the pilot, the Huxtables have five children, with the addition of their eldest daughter, Sondra (Sabrina Le Beauf). The character was created when Bill Cosby wanted the show to express the accomplishment of successfully raising a child (e.g., a college graduate).Whitney Houston was considered for the role of Sondra Huxtable. Sabrina...
Netflix To Enter Original Programming With Mega... →
kenyatta:
Video streaming juggernaut Netflix is becoming an original programming player. In what is probably the biggest gamble in its 14-year history, I hear Netflix has outbid several major cable networks, including HBO and AMC, for Media Rights Capital’s drama series House of Cards, executive produced and directed by David Fincher and exec produced by and starring Kevin Spacey.
Negotiations...
“TubeMogul proposed and Google endorsed a new metric — cost per view (CPV) — to...”
– Why Video Advertising Needs to Dump Impressions and Move to ‘Cost Per View’ | DigitalNext: A Blog on Emerging Media and Technology - Advertising Age (via schlomo)
February 2011
5 posts
YuMe Says 15% of TV Ad Spending Should Move to... →
A lot of great data here. The argument for moving dollars from TV to online video is really a no brainer. The difficulty is shifting 50 years worth of advertiser perceptions. Download the whitepaper.
Some takeaway thoughts from this week's...
spytap:
So after hearing about it for a while, I finally found myself able to join the weekly #WebSeriesChat convo on twitter. All in all, a lively conversation that included a number of different opinions from a number of very smart people. Since I had to step away partway through and just missed the end, I thought it prudent to expand on some of my takeaways and thoughts below.
YouTube is not...
January 2011
6 posts
‘Tosh.0′ Makes Record-Breaking Return →
See what happens when you advertise on blip.tv?
December 2010
4 posts
Air Force Unveils Fastest Defense Supercomputer,... →
At 500 teraflops per second, it’s operating over 8x faster than Skynet in T3.
November 2010
5 posts
Time Warner Cable’s New Bundle: Under $40, No ESPN →
The castration of cable television begins now.
Watchbliptv:
Hi guys, Annie here! Kelly and I have been working on a little side project called Blip on Blip, the second iteration of a series originally created by co-founder Dina Kaplan and Director of Content Eric Mortensen. We’re happy to present our first episode today!
This week, we sit down with Jon Prins, a blip.tv engineer, to discuss the Google TV and the new blip app for the platform.
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