Xmas InsomniaX: Good holiday deed done!

It is heartwarming to see good people taking over and thinking about those less fortunate than themselves  during the holiday season. While much of society was out there spending their money on things they do not really need, a few young blogTV members decided to spend their time and energy raising a substantial amount of cash for needy children.

Organizer Dfizzy, along with Edwinsgeneration,  MichaelTang, Greeksrule, HowieReportingLive, Slusho and Airplane256 stayed up for what seemed like endless hours and days while fundraising like champions for the Invisible Children and Feed The Children charities. These heroes raised $1000 dollars for each organization. From what we gather, that will help to feed a lot of kids with that amount this holiday season.

So, congratulations you guys! You are real winners in our book and we wish you and your families a very happy holiday season.

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blogTV Video Ad Revenue Share Program

It's finally here folks! The official blogTV Video Ad Revenue Share Program, where you can be the master of your own destiny! You could make 50% of the ad revenue generated on your live shows, videos and embedded live shows!

Click here for details and application form.

SMS me blogTV!!!

Can't get enough of your favorite blogTV shows? Well now you will NEVER have to miss one again! Introducing the newest feature in blogTV subscription options; SMS alerts!

The process is as easy as pie:

Step 1. Go to the page of the person you wish to subscribe to and click "Subscribe" underneath the profile picture.

Step 2. When you press Subscribe a pop up window will appear with all of your subscription options conveniently listed and you will then choose what kind of alerts you would like to receive about the show and where you would like to receive those alerts. In order to get the SMS alerts, choose "My Cellphone." Then press "Subscribe"

Step 3. Fill in your Country, mobile number and the frequency and times during which you would like to receive SMS alerts for your blogTV subscriptions. Then press "Confirm."

Step 4. Once you have pressed confirm, a code will be sent to your mobile phone. When you receive that code, copy it into the "Confirmation code" area (as seen below) and press "Confirm" again and you are ready to rock and roll!


Happy SMSing people!!!

BlogTV. The future of entertainment.

Liz Gannes of Newteevee.com describes blogTV as the future of online entertainment. With a more intimate, meaningful and social environment than Youtube, blogTV's live platform has become the future for Youtube stars. Read her article here.

Help Save Mr G's Life!

BlogTV broadcaster, nedoow (Matt Wooden) is sending out a mass message in order to help save the life of his former 7th grade Social Studies teacher known as Mr. G (Frank Guariglia). Nedoow found out 8 months ago that Mr G is in desperate need of a kidney.

Mr. Guariglia began his teaching career 12 years ago in Brooklyn, NY and dedicates all of his time to his students. In 1994, he was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease, where a normal 5 oz kidney can expand up to 10 to 12lbs. In 2006, during a doctor visit, he found out his kidneys were only working at 20%. If he does not find a kidney donor soon, he will have to go on dialysis, which will only give him a 50/50 chance on returning to a normal life.

In a desperate attempt at finding a donor for Mr G, Matt will broadcast a 10 hour marathon on a newly created blogTV profile page called HelpMrG. Tune in to HelpMrG on Sunday December 14th from 2PM to midnight EST to support this great cause.

Nedoow also needs volunteers to help him spread the word, participate in his show, cohost and become an OP (operator) in the chat. He suggests that even mentioning the event during your own live show would be a great way to help. If you're interested in helping in any way, please contact nedoow.

The donor qualifications are as follows:
You must be 21 or older
You must have type 0 blood.

Place: www.blogtv.com/people/helpmrg
Date: December 14, 2008
Time: From 2PM to midnight

Cohost Volunteers (so far)
Buckhollywood
MatthewLush

Nedoow tells us more here:

Thanks for your support!
~estelle~

New blogTV Age Policy

Starting today: In order to keep our younger blogTV users safer, anyone who is 15 years of age or younger will not be able to broadcast. This new policy will continue until we have the proper tools to deal with the problems that arise. 15's and under will still, however, be able to create a blogTV profile, watch other shows and participate in the chat. Everyone else, 16 and over, will of course be able to broadcast as usual, as well as chat in other shows. We apologize to everyone who is age 15 and under because we have seen fantastic talent from all of you, but due to the amount of inappropriate behavior by your adult viewers, we must take these measures to protect you.

~estelle~

We monitor our site 24/7 to keep you safer.

We care about you and your experience here on blogTV. With a buffed up moderation team, blogTV has many eyes watching out for your safety 24/7 on our site. Our team is highly trained to make quick and necessary decisions so that our site can continue on in a healthy direction. We're also listening to you! You're all doing a great job reporting inappropriate content and I just wanted to encourage you to keep doing so. For those of you who are not sure how to flag a moderator for help in the case of an emergency, just click on the flag , placed underneath everyone's live broadcasting screen. Doing so will alert one of our trained moderators immediately, who will in turn, take care of the problem swiftly and efficiently.
If you have any general questions about the rules of our site, visit our Terms of Use or our Frequently Asked Questions page. If you're concerned about another user who is breaching blogTV's TOU, please email moderation@blogtv.com with a screen shot for proof.

~estelle~

New profile promoting player!

You may have noticed something different about all the profile pages... 
We've added a video player which auto-plays your last show recorded. Now you can promote yourself and your show during your time off blogTV. Please note that if you're logged in to your own profile page, you won't see your video. You will see your usual personal message telling you to "Click here to start broadcasting." Also, as soon as you start your live show, your video which other people see, will automatically switch over to your live stream.
Have fun!

~estelle~

Gaming for good!

RobertDoucette is a huge blogTV gamer who is using his love of the game, for good. On Friday, November 21, he will be throwing an all day Team Fortress 2 marathon in order to raise money for Child's Play Charity.

Child's Play charity is a fantastic and modern community based organization which strives to raise money for toys, games, books and cash for sick kids in children's hospitals across the globe. Since 2003, over 100,000 gamers worldwide have banded together through Child’s Play. Now you can be a part of this by just dropping by RobertDoucette's live gaming marathon on Thursday.

The widget below can also be found on Robert's profile playground.

~estelle~

BlogTV gives back this Friday!

On November 14th, blogTV is teaming up with a variety of beloved broadcasters in order to raise funds to sponsor a holiday event for the children at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis Tennessee! You will see faces like Lorax1515, MatthewLush, Gmarcin16 and AmandaRama, just to name a few. There will be heart warming videos of the children, to open up the event at 1:30pm EST, followed by segments from your favorite broadcasters and finally a RAFFLE!! The raffle will be drawn from all of the names of those who donate and will reward the lucky winner a brand new, high end webcam from Logitech and a personalized thank you t-shirt.

Please come and show your support, whether it is by donating or simply showing up. Together we can help some unfortunate children have a happy and fulfilling holiday.

Date: November 14th
Time: Starts at 1:30pm EST and runs all day
Place: www.blogtv.com/people/bloggivesback