April 28, 2008

Profile Prize Winners List - check your email!

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To everyone who was listed as a profile pimping prize winner, please make sure to check your email for the details about getting your prize. Kara-Hannah will be sending you an email to the account you used to sign up for on blogTV (the username you won on).

It may go to junk if this is the first time I have emailed you. So, please check carefully.

The List of Prize Winners:
Adrenaline_Junkie
AlabamaCutie20
Amandarama
ananh
Axela
binko101
blackairplane
Brazen-Angel
BunBunzz
Canadianbeaver
ccrnturtle
cheekylondonassasin
CptStoner
crazy_cannuk
Deadon
dmanfasho89
drteeth000
echelon76
Fleasus
freckles84
Funtastic
glassman
G-man44
Go0ber
gregonzo
grittyboymack
guitarfemme
gypsypride
Hazz
Hobomanda
Hottestgreeneyes
iluvmycats
Independent_Reporter
jflick2020
JinTN30
ka0s
kris84
LightRider
lucywhip
MixedMedia
MyIdeaOfHeaven
Nabi
pal
Pastor_T
Pwndemonium
RichandFamous01
Rocklandusa
shawn1979r
Skullz-Money
Snow_Bunny
sonofabiscuit2
stopendapresses
sunkissed
TankgirlKO
Terrets
THE_JS2
TheLondoners
thesam-sebastianshow
twoseventeen
white_liar
WikkedAngel
Xinkai
xzavier1971

April 27, 2008

Bigger Broadcasts! Bigger Bandwidth!

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YEAY!! Here's something we know you will all be excited about!
Due to the awesome new season launched on blogTV and the fantastic broadcasters, we experienced amazing growth in traffic and accordingly we amazingly upgraded our bandwidth to accommodate the site's new demands and traffic! Enjoy!

April 24, 2008

The Profile Prize Party is Over

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The Pimp Your Profile Party is officially OVER - THURS, APRIL 24!!
Prize Party Winners will be announced FRIDAY on The blogTV Weekly at 9PM EST!
Tune in to find out if your name will be called!

Thank you to everyone who pimped their profiles. You all did a fantastic job!!
Thank you also for all your nominations. We decided to give prizes away to everyone who was nominated and so there are over
50 lucky winners who will receive prizes from blogTV, ranging from high end webcams to blogTV gear to Webcam Max licenses!
Keep on pimpin...

~ estelle ~

April 22, 2008

Sit Down STAND UP! It's blogTV Comedy Night!

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It's Comedy Night on blogTV! Each Wednesday night at 9PM EST, blogTV is featuring a new up and coming comedian on Sit Down STAND UP! If you think you're deserving of the comic spotlight, write to kara-hannah at community@blogtv.com

SIT DOWN STANDUP ARCHIVES:

APRIL 30 - BrendanKennedy

Check out Brendan Kennedy LIVE this Wednesday, April 30 at 9PM EST!

APRIL 23 - BWDEVIL7

BWDEVIL7 (Brett Williams) was a no show.

APRIL 16 - MC2

Stacy & Friends - Broadcast your self LIVE

APRIL 9 - MYDOGTIKI

APRIL 2 - NICK DIPAOLO

mike baker - Broadcast your self LIVE


MARCH 26 - PETE CARUSO

sit down stand up - Broadcast your self LIVE

MARCH 19 - NEILRUBENSTEIN

first few - Broadcast your self LIVE

MARCH 12 - RALPHY

McOwskey for NJ Gov. - Broadcast your self LIVE

MARCH 5 - ORANGEMIME

Sit Down Stand Up Part 2 - Broadcast your self LIVE

FEBRUARY 27 - ADAR

Sorry there is no recorded show for adar's sitdown standup :(

FEBRUARY 20 - JOKESNEWCHUCKLE

Sorry, There is no recorded show for Jokes_Newchuckle.

FEBRUARY 13 - PROCOMICDIVA

FEBRUARY 6 - RAMMERJAMMER1

JANUARY 30 - MRTHYSELF

JANUARY 23 - QUEENDBB

Sorry, There is no recorded show for QueenDBB.

JANUARY 16 - SHUBBYSHAND

~estelle~

MUSIC MONDAY HALL OF FAME

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Every Monday at 8PM EST, blogTV features a LIVE online performance by a hot new artist. Enter the featured LIVE show on our home page and chat them up!

Also, join in the music madness and record your own best musical material to get featured on this page. Just tag your recorded shows MUSICMONDAY so everyone can find you!

You could be blogTV's next Music Monday star…


MAY 5 - ARI HEST  
Home Base: New York
Ari Hest is back by popular demand. His last show of sweet acoustic melodies along with a special Hallelujah cover was such a hit back in January, that he will be performing again for us on May 5 at 8PM EST!

APRIL 21 - ANNIE GALLUP 

Home Base: New York
Annie Gallup's writing is unabashedly imaginative and richly sensual. She is a teller of short, elaborate tales — song-length works of fiction that anniesparkle with the complexity and polish of poetry; tightly packed lyrical strands that crackle with intelligence.

APRIL 14 - LIZA MILLER

Home Base: New York
Liza Miller commands attention with her quirky yet gorgeous voice. She resides in NY and plays small intimate shows. On April 14, she graced blogTV with one of these:


Music Mon - Liza 2 - Broadcast your self LIVE
APRIL 7 - AUTOMATIC DUO

Home Base: New York
Automatic Duo is an pop/rock/electronica "duo" from Brooklyn whose influences include Jesus and Mary Chain, Bowie, the Pixies, and the Sergeant Pepper/Pet Sounds era of the Beatles and Beach Boys. Check out their live show recording here:


Automatic Duo Part Two!!! - Broadcast your self LIVE
MARCH 31 - AFUCHE
Home Base: New York
Afuche is an evolving local group of percussionists, an upright-bass player, and a trumpeter, along with a keyboardist and other multi-instrumentalists with a cacophonous yet minimalist sound. Listening to them feels a little like a film noir sound track. Watch this amazing recorded blogTV live show:


Afuche Live Part 1 - Broadcast your self LIVE
MARCH 24 - CHANTILLY
Home Base: New York
Get hypnotized by Chantilly's LIVE sweet vocals and beautiful acoustic strummage. Check out her blogTV performance from March 24:


chantilly! - Broadcast your self LIVE
MARCH 17 - RYAN STRATTON (USERNAME: RY-AN)
Home Base: New York
Ryan Stratton is a witty acoustic guitar playing Billyburger. He had an awesome live Music Monday performance with comedic guests in between acts on St. Patricks Day (March 17) on blogTV
Here's a clip from his live show:


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MARCH 10 - JUSTICE OF THE UNICORNS
Home Base: New York
Justice of The Unicorns played an amazing psychadelic folky show for their Angels with Uzis CD release party on blogTV. Check out the recording:


FEBRUARY 25 - PAUL MANOUSOS
Home Base: California
Paul put on a great show but unfortunately did not record it! Maybe next time Paul?

FEBRUARY 18 -
DR MALONE
Home Base: Pennsylvania
JANUARY 28 - THE ALTERNATE ROUTES
Home Base: Connecticut
The Alternate Routes is a rock band who played for the blogTV audience on January 28. Check out this clip from their show:
JANUARY 7 - ARI HEST
Home Base: Brooklyn, NY
Arihest2 Ari Hest, a Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter performed LIVE in front of 200 eager blogTV viewers. Huge UNFORTUNATELY, he didn't record this amazing performance so we'll just have to reinvite him over to perform on blogTV!
DECEMBER 24 - USELESS ID
Home Base: Tel Aviv, Israel
Useless ID is a popular pop-punk Israeli band. They have a huge myspace following and aparantly, they are big in Japan. Check out their video below:
DECEMBER 17 - EMILY KING
Home Base: New York, NY
R&B artist, Emily King is another soulful diva who created a warm and intimate room. The strong strum of her guitar mixed with her rich voice, soothed her attentive blogTV listeners. Check out her recorded live clipping below:
DECEMBER 10 - METERMAIDS
Home Base: Brooklyn, NY
Move over Beastie Boys, Metermaids is here. This was such a fun show, with so much bursting energy! The airraid song, Funk Terrorist was a sure hit. But check out more of their live performance in this fantastic clip below:
DECEMBER 3 - THE CLASSIC CRIME
Home Base: Seattle, WA
Indie rockers, The Classic Crime livened up the Monday night with their thick emo guitar riffs and melodic vocal melodies. Their performance was an amazingly broad collection of crunching guitar numbers and quiet, intimate songs. Check out this clip from their live performance:
NOVEMBER 26 - ERIKA ROSE
Home Base: New York, NY
A flower full of soul, Erika Rose entranced her blogTV audience with her gorgeous buttery voice. Her music has been described as "a mixture of life, love, darkness and sensuality in the most refreshingly unexpected package." Check out the beautiful Rose:
NOVEMBER 19 - OMMAS KEITH
Home Base: New York, NY
Ommas Keith & Friends performed an intergalactic musical adventure for blogTV's very first Music Monday. Master teacher & Hollis Queens NY-bred Om'Mas Keith began honing his craft at the age of 15 as an intern at RCA Records. As Lead singer of critically acclaimed Group SA-RA, he has Written, produced & Performed on Songs for Jill Scott, John Legend & Jay-Z, among others.

Happy Earth Day! from blogTV

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Today is Earth Day and we at blogTV want to encourage you to go GREEN! Here are some great and easy tips that will save you some money and help save the planet:    

* Unplug unused electronic devices    
* Plant a tree    
* Put a brick in the back of your toilet    
* Recycle your garbage    
* Use cloth bags instead of plastic at the supermarket

We, the blogTV community, can make a difference!


~estelle~

April 17, 2008

Pimp Your Profile prize party!

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STARTS: THURS, APRIL 17        ENDS: THURS, APRIL 24

It's a new season on blogTV with new shows and new features! To celebrate this exciting occasion we will be hosting a week long
Pimp Your Profile prize party where 50 lucky winners will receive prizes ranging from high end webcams to blogTV gear to Webcam Max licenses! So get your creative juices flowing and start thinking about your page design.

Once you have a snazzy looking profile or if you see a blogTV profile you think is special, NOMINATE IT! Email your blogTV profile nomination to community@blogtv.com to get it noticed!

Here are some image sizing tips to get you going:

Profile Image size: 115px by 95px
Personal Banner size: 990px by 140px
Personal Playground space: 700px by whatever height you want
Mini Playground space: 250px by whatever height
You can embed a music widget in your mini playground. Here is a suggested site for mp3 widgets: http://www.myflashfetish.com

~estelle~

April 16, 2008

NEW SEASON, NEW FACES!

SPRING 2008 ON BLOGTV! A NEW SEASON...

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As blogTV blossoms, so does the excitement!
BlogTV broadcasters are becoming more and more entertaining by the day; established web video stars are crossing over to the LIVE blogTV platform and a line-up of new hit shows is gracing blogTV's online airwaves. Broadcasters, both old and loyal, new and fresh are putting out brand new amazing shows for the new season. Here are a just a handful out of the hundreds you won't want to miss!

 

Justineblogbanner ijustine LIVE! SCHEDULE COMING SOON
She made global headlines last summer when she received a 100-page phone bill as a result of using her iPhone to send over 30,000 text messages. Ezarik’s video of the event was seen by millions online and on television, leading to a change in the way iPhone customers are billed. New media star, Ezarik helped to define the genre by streaming her life online for more than 100 days to an audience of over 3 million. A connoisseur of all things Internet, a gadget girl and a comedienne; iJustine represents a new kind of media star.

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KevJumba LIVE! TUES 9PM/THURS 8PM   
17-year-old Kevin Wu (KevJumba) is among Youtube’s most popular artists. He ranks amongst the top Subscribed-to list in many categories on the popular video sharing site, including #4 All-Time (Overall) and #4 All-Time (Comedians).

On February 4, 2008, KevJumba.com was launched. In less than two months, the site served over 4,000,000 ad impressions and attracted more than 11,000 members.



Happyslip Happyslip LIVE! TUES 8PM/THURS 9PM   
HappySlip is one of the Web’s biggest and brightest stars. She currently ranks as Youtube’s #5 Most Subscribed to Artist of All-Time. Christine’s 30+ videos have been viewed over 30,000,000 times. In peak months, Christine's website HappySlip.com has attracted 306,600 unique visits with 758,908 page views.
On January 25, 2008, Happyslip was appointed as an ambassador to
Philippines tourism by the Department of Tourism.



Billytaste VeryTasteful LIVE! SCHEDULE IS COMING
Billy Reid is a comedian, musician, host and animator. He has appeared on The Comedy Network, Vh1's Best Week Ever, Sketch With Kevin McDonald, CBC On Demand, CBC Radio 3, KVOS OCTV, Zed Television, and the Gemini Awards. Most recently Billy was a writer, producer and co-host for CBC's television show “Exposure”.

He has been featured on Youtube on two occassions, as well he served as guest editor on the site on March 3, 2008.


Lucywhip Lucywhip LIVE! SUN,MON,WED,FRI 1PM EST 
Lucywhip is a rat lover, a baker, a gourmet cook, and singer. She also loves to dance, paint and karaoke.

She made her way to blogTV with a passion to teach people how to make amazing dishes, both of the quick and easy sort and those made for viewers who have already a culinary flare. She likes to film her pet rats at their swimming practice as well as let them run loose around the house! If you love to learn new recipes or simply just like watching other people cook, this is the show for you.


GuyuseGuyPatton LIVE! TUES 9PM EST 
Okay, so he's not a newbie. He's actually an oldie - no I don't mean he's old - I just mean he's been around ye ol' blog for a while now. He left us for a while to spend some time on the air (radio air) but now he's back and better than ever! If you don't know Guy Patton by now, it probably means you're a blogTV newbie. Guy Patton's "What Just Happened???" is a fav amongst the community! His shows usually consist of crazy antics, community games, backdrop drawings, and fake applause:) If you want to "Name that Tune" and win some Patton points, jump into his NEW weekly show which airs every Tuesday night at 9PM EST!

~estelle~

April 15, 2008

Spring 2008! A New Season on blogTV!

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It's a new season here on blogTV! Check out what's blooming!
A fresh look, new features and amazing new shows!

A sneak peak at what's to come…

New profile pages, where you will be able to personalize to your desire!

All new live player with HUGE new broadcasting screen!

Look out for all new chat emoticons, transformed for your enjoyment: a lighter, a W00t button and yes… really… a FAP button! (coming soon after the profile pages launch)

The option to ban people permanently from your chat room! (coming soon after the profile      pages launch)

To celebrate this exciting occasion we will be holding a week long Pimp Your Profile Prize Party where 50 lucky winners will receive prizes ranging from high end webcams to blogTV gear to Webcam Max licenses! So get your creative juices flowing and start thinking about your page design. Email us with your new show ideas/updates at community@blogtv.com!

Are you creating a new show idea or updating your show schedule? Right now is the perfect time to get it going! Just email us at community@blogtv.com this week to let us know, and we would be happy to help you promote it!

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~Love, the blogTV Team~

 

 

April 02, 2008

The Escape - The LIVE Reality Show

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Over the course of 1 week, 8 contestants will be brought together to a secret location. The contestants will have one goal in common: to ESCAPE

The Escape is a new reality show put together by Steven Binko and partially sponsored by blogTV.com. During the filming of the show, Binko will reveal to us, short live sneak peek interviews of the contestants, while in their confinement. Once filming is complete, The Escape will air weekly on blogTV!

Watch the contestant promo below for your first taste of THE ESCAPE!

Nominee Promo - Broadcast your self LIVE