Blip.tv
Encyclopedia
The website Blip.tv is a platform for web series
. The company offers a consumer destination site for the "best in original web series" and also offers a dashboard for producers of original web series to distribute and monetize their productions.
The company was founded in May 2005, is located in New York City, and is financed by Bain Capital Ventures
and Canaan Partners
.
, Blip.tv was blocked by the Chinese Government, in an attempt to make the site unavailable to Chinese mainland users.
, Blip.tv was blocked by Turkey.
In May 2011, Blip.tv launched its consumer destination site.
writer Donna Bogatin.
All revenue from advertising is split 50/50 between content producers and blip.tv. Users can opt in and out of advertisements at any time.
Web series
A web series is a series of episodes released on the Internet or also by mobile or cellular phone, and part of the newly emerging medium called web television. A single instance of a web series program is called an episode .While the popularity of web series is continuing to rise, the concept...
. The company offers a consumer destination site for the "best in original web series" and also offers a dashboard for producers of original web series to distribute and monetize their productions.
The company was founded in May 2005, is located in New York City, and is financed by Bain Capital Ventures
Bain Capital Ventures
Bain Capital Ventures is the Boston-based venture capital affiliate of Bain Capital. Bain Capital Ventures' history dates back to 1984, with investments in over 110 early and growth stage companies such as Staples, DoubleClick, Aspect Development, Shopping.com, Taleo Corporation, SolarWinds,...
and Canaan Partners
Canaan Partners
Canaan Partners is a multi-billion dollar global venture capital firm focusing on investments in early stage companies in the technology and healthcare sectors....
.
History
Founded in May 2005 by Mike Hudack (CEO), Dina Kaplan, Justin Day (CTO), Jared Klett, and Charles Hope, blip.tv was bootstrap funded by its founders for the first year of its operation., Blip.tv was blocked by the Chinese Government, in an attempt to make the site unavailable to Chinese mainland users.
, Blip.tv was blocked by Turkey.
In May 2011, Blip.tv launched its consumer destination site.
Market and business model
With a focus on serial web show programming to the exclusion of other types of online video, "the Blip.tv formula purposefully does not emulate the YouTube viral video sharing and friends and family video hosting model", according to ZDNetZDNet
ZDNet is a business technology news website published by CBS Interactive, along with TechRepublic and SmartPlanet. The brand was founded on April 1, 1991 as a general interest technology portal from Ziff Davis and evolved into an enterprise IT-focused online publication owned by CNET...
writer Donna Bogatin.
All revenue from advertising is split 50/50 between content producers and blip.tv. Users can opt in and out of advertisements at any time.