Blip vs. YouTube

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Permalink Reply by Rich Mbariket on October 9, 2009 at 9:38am

Walter, no one watches BlipTV and their so-called revenue sharing business model doesn't work. Youtube is "audience-focused" that's why they're winning, Blip is for people who are looking for a platform to upload "long-form" content. These same people have no audience. BlipTv has no audience for them. Go to sites that's "audience-focused" a/k/a Youtube and WebSeriesNetwork.com (which you're already on) and you'll win.

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Permalink Reply by Chris Williams on October 9, 2009 at 9:54am

I don't think Blip even ranks next to YouTube. However, YouTube sees where most of its content comes from (users) and is pulling in tv shows and even blip.tv programming. Maybe getting into Blip is the way to reach youtube audiences outside user contribution.

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Permalink Reply by eric mortensen on October 9, 2009 at 10:44am

First, I must disclose that I work at blip.tv.

Second, I must insist that "which is better" is the wrong question. YouTube is a viewing destination. Blip.tv is a hosting, distribution and monetization service that focuses exclusively on web shows (not viral, friends & family, marketing videos, etc.) and distributes them to viewing destinations like YouTube, Vimeo, Verizon FiOS, NBC, Sony Bravia Televisions, TiVo, iTunes and plenty more.

Rich is correct when he says that YouTube is audience focused. But the rest of his post is missing the point. If you're trying to build an audience for your show, you need to get it everywhere. YouTube is a massive site and you'd be stupid not to go there, but it's just one of many places where people watch video on the web. You can't sit around waiting for people to come to you. You have to bring your video to them. And you need to find a way to do it without giving up ownership or control of your show. And that's what we do.

Blip.tv is "creator-focused".

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Eric Mortensen
Director of Content Development
blip.tv

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Permalink Reply by Rich Mbariket on October 9, 2009 at 12:20pm

Great comment Eric. I don't think I missed the point, but I would be interested in learning more about Blip's revenue sharing model.

eric mortensen said:

First, I must disclose that I work at blip.tv.

Second, I must insist that "which is better" is the wrong question. YouTube is a viewing destination. Blip.tv is a hosting, distribution and monetization service that focuses exclusively on web shows (not viral, friends & family, marketing videos, etc.) and distributes them to viewing destinations like YouTube, Vimeo, Verizon FiOS, NBC, Sony Bravia Televisions, TiVo, iTunes and plenty more.

Rich is correct when he says that YouTube is audience focused. But the rest of his post is missing the point. If you're trying to build an audience for your show, you need to get it everywhere. YouTube is a massive site and you'd be stupid not to go there, but it's just one of many places where people watch video on the web. You can't sit around waiting for people to come to you. You have to bring your video to them. And you need to find a way to do it without giving up ownership or control of your show. And that's what we do.

Blip.tv is "creator-focused".

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Eric Mortensen
Director of Content Development
blip.tv

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Permalink Reply by Jon Meyer on December 26, 2009 at 1:34pm

Eric, can you please explain to me how I can get my quicktime episodes under a hundred megabytes to load onto your site without looking like total shit? I've tried a few things and everytime I upload an episode to blip it looks way worse than youtube. What's with the 100 mb limit? Youtube's is 2 Gigs. -Jon (creator of The Free Box)

eric mortensen said:

First, I must disclose that I work at blip.tv.

Second, I must insist that "which is better" is the wrong question. YouTube is a viewing destination. Blip.tv is a hosting, distribution and monetization service that focuses exclusively on web shows (not viral, friends & family, marketing videos, etc.) and distributes them to viewing destinations like YouTube, Vimeo, Verizon FiOS, NBC, Sony Bravia Televisions, TiVo, iTunes and plenty more.

Rich is correct when he says that YouTube is audience focused. But the rest of his post is missing the point. If you're trying to build an audience for your show, you need to get it everywhere. YouTube is a massive site and you'd be stupid not to go there, but it's just one of many places where people watch video on the web. You can't sit around waiting for people to come to you. You have to bring your video to them. And you need to find a way to do it without giving up ownership or control of your show. And that's what we do.

Blip.tv is "creator-focused".

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Eric Mortensen
Director of Content Development
blip.tv

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