Knowledge Base/Feature Announcements
We are removing some of our distribution partners
Jake Simms
posted this on Jan 31 01:41 pm
Over the next handful of months we will be removing a total of 12 distribution partners from our dashboard.
The overarching reason for these changes is that we intend to do more with less. We are working on some new deals, but a lot of our time will be spent improving the remaining distribution options so they deliver more value.
The overwhelming majority of views come from three sources: the Blip destination site, YouTube, and our embedded player. Cutting down on distribution partners also allows us to spend more time and energy focusing on those key areas.
Below is our current schedule for distribution removal. We will be updating this page if any dates change:
January 31
- AOL Video
- Blinkx
- PopBox
- VodPod
February 28
- Boxee
- Samsung
- Vizio
April 3
- DivX TV
- MeFeedia
- Sony BIVL
- TiVo
May 1
- Vimeo
You can view your traffic sources on the dashboard’s stats page to get a sense of how these change might impact your view counts. Of these partners, only Blinx, VodPod, MeFeedia run Blip advertising.
By focusing our distribution efforts, we can ensure that the distribution points we build and maintain are part of strong experiences that enhance your content, help you build an audience, and contribute to revenue generation.
If you have additional questions, we’ve posted a separate FAQ article. We figured there might be one or two other things our users would want to know.
-Jake Simms, Blip producer products
Comments
Any way you can keep TiVo and Vimeo, please???
I would keep Vimeo and Boxee.
TiVo is VIP!!! Boxee is important too!!
Please listen to what your subscribers are telling you...removal of the ability to cross post and partner with all of these entities will make a lot of subscribers even more unhappy with you. I for one need the ability to do one stop shopping with all of the partners listed above. They often bring in more traffic than what blip tv can do alone!!!
I whole heartedly agree. After these changes are made, there's no reason why I shouldn't take my show over to vimeo and stay there. What do you have to offer that they don't?
Hi everyone,
I just wanted to respond to your comments here quickly. We hear you and this decision was not made lightly, but unfortunately it is not one we are going to be reversing course on. We understand that this interrupts or complicates the workflow that a small number of our producers are used to, but keeping these distribution options takes development and engineering resources away from other projects. We believe that focusing our attention on the Blip destination site, YouTube, and our embedded player will improve those widely used products and will have a much bigger impact for a wider number of our producers.
-Tom Reynolds, Director of Producer Relations
Okay, let me get this straight. In your general notice, you said: "Existing users of Vimeo crossposting should see no disruption to their service." So if I read this correctly, if I sign up with Vimeo right now, that would make me an existing user, and I would still be able to use Vimeo after 1 May. Is this right?
Hi Dan,
We are ending the ability to crosspost to Vimeo for all users on May 1st. If you have previously connected your Vimeo account to your Blip account you will still be able to crosspost from Blip to Vimeo up until May 1st.
The notice you are referencing from your Dashboard is explaining that we have already stopped allowing new users to activate Vimeo crossposting since we will be discontinuing this service and want to minimize confusion for new users.
Simply put: If you have not connected a Vimeo account to your Blip account already, you are no longer able to. If you have connected a Vimeo account to your Blip account you can continue to crosspost until May 1st when this service is completely discontinued for all users.
:( shame that Vimeo is going.
I know you said that there is going to be no reversing on what your plans are BUT i really do think you need to have a rethink about keeping Vimeo.
There is a lot of call here to keep Vimeo
In my case, my site is built specifically for Vimeo, but I prefer to use Blip as the origin point and the distribution point for iTunes, YouTube, and social media. It would be very costly for me to have my site rewritten for another video service, so I officially join the chorus asking you to make an exception for Vimeo. Please!!!! And tell Vimeo this is good for them, too!
Hey People,
The harsh reality is that as long as you're paying nuthin' or paying little, you can't expect Blip to cater to anything but their wishes.
Maybe so. But I, for one, am a PRO member. So I am paying something. And if Blip had said "hey we can continue to offer cross-posting to Vimeo but at an additional fee" then I probably would pay it. But they did not.
In fact, technically I purchased a certain bundle of service and will now be receiving less than the bundle I purchased.
i don't care about all the other ones, but Vimeo!? Really? Come on guys, they are number 2 in video after youtube, im a pro user and I really doubt that this effects only a small amount of producers.
Hi Mark,
Just for clarification, distribution to Vimeo is not and never was a Pro feature. Pro features are listed at http://blip.com/faq/pro . Pro features may change over time, if and when they do notification will be sent ahead of time. Additionally we always offer a prorated refund of the unused portion of your Pro account payment at any time if you no longer wish to remain a Pro user for any reason.
That's cool. I appreciate the clarification. I do wish to remain Pro. But i would be happy to pay for the extra distribution to Vimeo.
Mark - Oneload is a paid service that distributes to Vimeo: http://www.oneload.com/solutions/partner_sites
Thanks Santos. Yes, I'm familiar with them. I'm hoping to avoid the switching cost - I do like the blip experience.
Since you're taking some things away, perhaps you can add something for us?
The 1GB limit for uploading is absolutely silly with the advent and popularity of HD video.
I don't know how I can justify paying for an account that was supposed to make my life EASIER that is just making it MORE WORK to share my content.
Once that is fixed, I won't mind so much about missing Tivo.
BLIP.TV --- can you share any inside information as to help us [the end-users of your service] justify stripping these other networks? We've heard they're going, but we haven't heard the inside scoop as to WHY. Could you please share more? (i know, we're not entitled to an answer - but it would be nice.)
I dont know I am kind of ambivalent about this, I understand that concentrating on areas that generate the most views makes sense, but at least before, i felt like I was actually performing mass distributions with blip this time last year, I mean, my blogspot cross post is no longer supported.
If the results are there, then great.
Guess we will have to just wait and see.
cheers
JB
Hi Robert, there is an additional FAQ about distribution partner removal that is posted here: http://support.blip.tv/entries/20939398-additional-partner-removal-faq
This is ridiculous. I've been paying for the distribution options, not your buggy little player that doesn't even work with Facebook. Blip.tv is not a destination site, no one outside the video community has even heard of it.
Ok, look, big mistake. We are here choosing between YouTube, Vimeo and _maybe_ Blip.tv. Now let's get real, Blip is less than well known and YouTube and Vimeo have the audience. The only reason I signed up with Blip was that you had this cross posting and marketing strategy. Now you are cutting down on that, especially by throwing out Vimeo, and this gives me hardly any reason at all to stay with Blip. After all uploading a video file to several places is messy, and I need to feel that it is worthwhile before I add another one. Your cross posting feature was smart and gave you the chance to grab the reins in this game, but now it seems that someone who does not understand the social media landscape of today is making decisions for you. I think this could be a fatal mistake for you.
I'll say it one last time... offer this as a service and assess a fee. I'd pay it, most likely.