Blip.tv and Akimbo Bring Internet
Video Personalities to TV
The Best of Blip.tv’s User-Created
Online Video Series Available
through Akimbo Internet VOD Service
New York – Sept. 12,
2006 –
Blip.tv, an online video sharing
site that hosts and distributes
Web-based TV shows and videoblogs,
announced today that its premium
content will be available for
television viewing through Akimbo’s
Internet video-on-demand service.
By showcasing its highest-quality
and most popular online video series
through Akimbo, blip.tv ensures that
the best user-generated video will
be available in millions of homes
across the
U.S. and Canada.
“Blip.tv makes it easy for anyone to
create, produce and distribute video
shows through the Web – and beyond,”
said blip.tv co-founder and CEO Mike
Hudack. “Through this great
partnership with Akimbo,
user-created videos can now make the
leap from the Internet directly to
television sets. Together, we are
simplifying the process of making a
star out of the ordinary person.
Just as any other video content,
user-generated content is best
enjoyed sitting on your couch,
watched on a full-screen TV.”
This partnership marks blip.tv’s
first step toward bringing its
content to television sets. Akimbo
delivers thousands of programs
through set-top boxes to TV via
broadband Internet connections,
giving its users the best of TV,
film and other quality programs.
“Akimbo works closely with content
partners like blip.tv to offer our
subscribers the largest and most
diverse collection of quality
video-on-demand titles anywhere,”
said Akimbo CEO Josh Goldman. “By
partnering with blip.tv, Akimbo
helps elevate some of the most
compelling user-generated content to
a mainstream television audience --
it’s the best of the Web accessible
in the comfort of the living room.”
The blip.tv content available
through Akimbo will be chosen on the
basis of content, popularity, and
production quality, and the channels
will be continually expanded and
updated to always include the best
of blip.tv. Chosen content will be
available alongside all other Akimbo
programming so that users can select
blip.tv shows from the listings in
the user-friendly, onscreen Akimbo
Guide. Users can also subscribe to
and store their favorite blip.tv
shows within their personal video
library. All blip.tv show creators
have the option to choose whether
their content can be considered for
distribution through Akimbo.
Video bloggers who use blip.tv are
also able to take advantage of its
wide distribution network on the
Internet, and can automatically
cross-post their videos to blogs,
iTunes and other video aggregators,
websites and media channels.
About blip.tv
Founded in May 2005, blip.tv is an
online video sharing site providing
the tools and platform for anyone to
create and distribute original,
Web-based TV shows and videoblogs.
Blip.tv hosts user-generated content
from around the world and posts it
to iTunes, Flickr, blogs and more.
Blip.tv offers an opt-in advertising
program, splitting all advertising
revenues with its users 50/50. The
company also supports a variety of
licenses, including Creative
Commons. In an August 2006 review,
Light Reading ranked blip.tv the #1
online video sharing site. To learn
more, please visit
http://www.blip.tv.
