Blip.tv Sweeps First Annual Videoblogging Awards

Blip.tv Sweeps First Annual Videoblogging Awards

Company's featured episodic content shows dominate the evening

NEW YORK, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Blip.tv, a host and distributor of videoblogs and web-based TV shows, won both the people's choice and the judges' pick awards for best video host at this weekend's Vloggies. In addition, blip.tv shows dominated the first-ever awards ceremony for videoblogging, including the two biggest winners of the evening.

"This is wonderful affirmation that we continue to host the most engaging and creative videoblogs in the world," said blip.tv CEO Mike Hudack. "And walking away with two awards of our own is an incredible feeling."

Alive in Baghdad, hosted on blip.tv, was the biggest winner of the night, winning 7 awards including Best Vlog. American Brian Conley created Alive in Baghdad because he wasn't happy with the traditional media coverage of the War in Iraq. Today a team of local stringers cover the war, and everyday life in Baghdad, through videoblogging. Alive in Baghdad has been heralded around the country for sharing with the world footage of the war in Iraq you wouldn't see anywhere else. In addition to Best Vlog, Alive in Baghdad awards include Best Group Video (people's choice and judges' choice), Most Controversial (people's choice), Best Political Vlog (judges' choice) and Favorite Interview Vlog (judges' choice).

"We knew from the moment we saw Alive in Baghdad's first video on blip.tv that Brian was doing something incredible with videoblogging," said blip.tv COO Dina Kaplan. "Alive in Baghdad showcases the best of citizen journalism, and is an incredible example of the future of photojournalism."

Sci-fi send-up Galacticast won 5 awards: Best Entertainment Video (people's choice), Special Effects (people's choice and judges' choice), Website Design (people's choice) and Best Collaboration for Node 666 (people's choice.)

Freshtopia won for Best Cooking Vlog (judges' choice) Best Editing (people's choice).

TreehuggerTV won for Best Green Vlog (judges' choice.)
Josh Leo won for Best Diary (people's choice and judges' choice).
Goodnight Burbank won for Best News Vlog (people's Choice.)
Geek Entertainment TV won for Best Interview (people's choice.)

Minnesota Stories won for Best Community (people's choice and judge's choice.)

Ryanne Hodson won for Best Female Vlogger (judges' choice.)
Chasing Windmills won for Best Entertainment Vlog (judges' choice.)

The Vloggies were presented by PodTech and hosted by Geek Entertainment TV's Irina Slutsky and by "the Bold and the Beautiful" star Dan McVicor. They were held at the Swedish American Hall on Saturday November 4, 2006 and were sponsored by Yahoo! video, blip.tv, Guba, Revver, WebEx, Dabble, Pandora, Intel and Cafe Du Nord.

About blip.tv

Blip.tv hosts web-based TV shows and videoblogs from around the world. Founded in May 2005, blip.tv distributes its user- generated video content throughout the Web: to blogs, iTunes, video iPod and aggregator sites. The company offers an opt-in advertising program and splits all revenues with its users 50/50. Blip.tv also brings videos to people's TV sets through partnerships with Akimbo and TV Tonic. 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/

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