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gunsandrobots: and with this, I finally understand the...

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:11:49 -0800

gunsandrobots:

and with this, I finally understand the fascination with Pinterest.

Eye candy!

bliptv: Happy Valentines Day! Watch the series premiere of I...

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:32:15 -0800

bliptv:

Happy Valentines Day!

Watch the series premiere of I Hate Being Single!

Awesome show - watch and share!

Did you know the world’s first “cyber sitcom”...

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:16:25 -0800

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

imremembering: BREAKING NEWS: Major Announcement: The...

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:48:29 -0800

imremembering:

BREAKING NEWS:

Major Announcement: The Rock-Afire Explosion documentary is on Netflix Instant.

via vamosvideo

Added to instant queue.

Photo

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:45:19 -0700

I just learned about this 1973 German mini-series, based on the...

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:22:52 -0700

I just learned about this 1973 German mini-series, based on the Simulacron-3 novel, which was also adapted in The Thirteenth Floor (1999). The German version looks way more epic. Apparently I missed a LACMA screening in August. I hope it releases on Blu-ray soon.

bliptv: Web series creators! blip.tv is hosting our first ever...

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:25:38 -0700

bliptv:

Web series creators! blip.tv is hosting our first ever “Office Hours” tomorrow, Wednesday September 28th.

If you are a current or aspiring web series creator, come stop by either our LA or NYC offices and meet members of our Content Team.

Los Angeles - 1PM to 3PM PST

2501 Michigan Ave, Santa Monica, CA

New York City - 5PM to 7PM EST

636 Broadway, New York, NY

Office hours tomorrow!

PS- nice poster

bliptv: Today we’re excited to announce a feature that both web...

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:49:46 -0700

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!

“No studio would fund it, so the movie was...

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:55:16 -0700

“No studio would fund it, so the movie was scrapped.”

via reddit

rafimama: evangotlib: The 2011 Blip.tv Sales Summit has begun!...

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:26:00 -0700

rafimama:

evangotlib:

The 2011 Blip.tv Sales Summit has begun! There are 24 people in this room. There were 7 last year.

In 2009, it was just me and Evan sitting at a poker table in Commerce.

Cabo in 2012.

stevewoolf: Damn this looks good! Just launched...

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:08:51 -0700

stevewoolf:

Damn this looks good! Just launched today!

Endless Summer on Blip!

"I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit..."

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 13:05:47 -0700

““I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for reelection.””

- Warren Buffett: I could end the deficit in 5 minutes (via wreckandsalvage)

Accountability is a glorious thing.

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

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:12:06 -0700

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

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 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:

I’ll be working with, under and for friends, past clients, and people whom I admire.

Both the day-to-day and the long-term goals and projects are right up my alley.

I’ll be joining what has always struck me from the outside as more of a family than a corporation.

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!

I'm Hiring a Content Partnerships Coordinator

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:17:46 -0700

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!

annieisms: A really great article about blip.tv and web series...

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:49:49 -0700

annieisms:

A really great article about blip.tv and web series is in the NY Times today, front page of the Business section. How exciting! :) Go read the full article!

bliptv: Shifting blip.tv Web Series Into OverdriveToday blip.tv...

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:17:08 -0700

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.

Links:

Collective Digital Studios creators: The Annoying Orange, Dane Boe, Fred, iJustine, FreddieW, Black Box TV, Megan and Liz, Keep the Heat, Barats and Bereta, and more to come!

Archive of press conference

Official Press Release

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.

stevewoolf: Brent Spiner stopped by :) Yep, it was a good day...

Tue, 17 May 2011 16:19:05 -0700

stevewoolf:

Brent Spiner stopped by :)

Yep, it was a good day at blip.tv.

Building the place to discover the best in original web series

Tue, 17 May 2011 10:08:37 -0700

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 series are art. But even art must be marketed. Art must be presented in a beautiful environment that is curated, that guides you to the good stuff, and that highlights the best of every piece.

Blip’s fifty people have spent the last year building a site that showcases original web series the way they deserve to be showcased. We’ve worked to build a clean, well-designed, curated and beautiful environment that draws viewers in and fills producers with a sense of pride.

We hope that we have achieved that goal. Every part of the new destination site is a product of the research we have done and the inspiration of our team. We couldn’t be prouder of the result. We believe that the experience speaks for itself. And, of course, we should note the obvious: this is just the beginning. New tweaks, improvements and patches will be released every three weeks from now on.

If you’re into it you may want to check out some of the news about the launch from TechCrunch (the TechCrunch article includes an exclusive video interview about the new site), Advertising Age, PC Magazine, Alley Insider and NewTeeVee.

Here’s some more information about the new site:

The entire site is curated by humans. Viewers and potential viewers told us that they found web video “chaotic.” They said that they found algorithmic recommendations “useless.” If you’re watching Ski the Himalayas we believe that only a human can know which other series would match your taste and mood. An algorithm would simply recommend more skiing videos.

We’re featuring the top 1,800 original web series. This is because viewers and potential viewers want to be shown “the best” and want a “curated” experience. Series that aren’t featured on the destination site can still use the dashboard and distribute to our entire network. If your series is not featured on the destination site but you believe it should be please contact us. We’ll work with you to get it to the point where we’ll all be proud to have it there.

We’ve introduced the Show Poster. The Show Poster is just like a movie poster, only it’s for web series. During our research we learned that viewers really want to see episode thumbnails. We want people to know that the episodes are part of a series. The Show Poster does that, and ensures that the series’ identity follows its episodes across the entire site.

The site is organized into sixteen categories. We’ve carefully designed these categories to give everyone something good to watch, whatever mood they may be in. Find hilarious comedies in Comedy, engaging dramas in Drama, or art and culture series in Learning. Find a great yoga show in Health & Fitness or check out the latest muscle cars in Sports & Cars. You can also watch categories linearly — just like a television channel.

Show pages are beautiful. Check out the show pages for Aidan 5, Ski the Himalayas, Vernissage TV and Transylvania Television. These pages make the point that these series are high quality and produced by professionals.

We’ve invested in performance. We’ve invested thousands of man hours in building a site that’s not only beautiful, but is fast too. We’ve done a ton of performance and load testing and optimized every line of code to make sure that pages load quickly and video plays almost instantly.

This new destination site is an important part of what we’re doing to build the original web series industry. But the destination site is only a part of what we do. Our dashboard and distribution network have already driven three billion views, and are now generating a billion views every three months. Our advertising services have led to some producers making half a million dollars last year, and we believe that some will make more than a million dollars this year.

Blip.tv now offers producer products, consumer products and advertiser products. We believe that a full suite of products is necessary to build a sustainable ecosystem for original web series. We will continue to invest in all aspects of the experience around original web series.

In the meantime we hope that you discover a new show by heading to the new blip.tv. Let us know what you like — or don’t like. For a year we’ve been working to solve one question: how do we make it easy for people to discover the best in original web series. If you find a new series you like on the site, we’ve done our job.

Six months of work...

Fri, 13 May 2011 12:18:40 -0700

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!

Wed, 11 May 2011 13:27:26 -0700

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…