See my earlier post on Blip.tv’s funding, in which they state that it served more than 51 million video views in September 2008, from more than 37,000 actively updated Web shows.
Working out the math: 51M streams / 37K video producers = 1,378 streams per partner per month. While this seems low, it’s the quintessential quality vs. quantity dilemma. For the record, I think Blip.tv is going about it the right way, foregoing the UGC or pirated type of content for quality made-for-web video content. continue reading...
Our friends at Blip.tv raised some money from Bain Capital. In case the name sounds familiar, that is the company that Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney ran for years. This is the second institutional round for Blip.tv, who Tech Crunch notes is keeping its cards to its chest. Smart move. A lot of companies spend more time issuing press releases touting how much capital they’ve raised, all the while neglecting their clients and partners. From our experience working with Blip.tv (disclosure: we integrated their player in our CMS when we relaunched the site in August 2007), they are the polar opposite of that.
In the summer of 2007, we had to make a call between: continue reading...
