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Uploading to blip.tv: A Step-by-Step Guide

Posted by Jenni Powell on March 03, 2011 in news

Hello All! We thought we'd provide you with a step-by-step guide on the blip.tv uploading process, as delivery of your completed pilots is pivotal in bringing your creations to the world! REMEMBER: Each team MUST create a NEW blip.tv account for uploading their completed pilot. 1. Go to http://blip.tv/users/create/ a. Fill out the required fields. b. Be sure to provide a valid Paypal email address in the specifield if opting In to advertising. 2. You will be redirected to your Dashboard page 3. Enjoy and get your content out there! For an example, Team T

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Celebrate the Web 4 Begins TOMORROW! And Forum Info

Posted by Jenni Powell on March 03, 2011 in events, news

Tomorrow is the big day! We will be announcing the themes and elements for the first EVER Celebrate the Web pilot festival. We wanted to post the details again just so you all had them. We will be livestreaming the themes and elements from Streamin' Garage as well as delivery details and official rules and guidelines TOMORROW March 3rd at 10 AM PST on http://www.ustream.tv/channel/celebratetheweb. We will also post these details as soon as we go offline from the announcement. As soon as the announcement is done, production on pilots can begin and participants have one week to deliver th

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The Prizes!

Posted by Taryn ONeill on February 02, 2011 in news

As you know, blip.tv is once again sponsoring this month's Celebrate the Web. They are making it possible for us host the Raising the Bar Web pilot festival as well as present the final screenings at the ACME theatre on March 29th. But as blip.tv often does, they've gone one step further to support the web community! blip.tv has generously sponsored a $500 award to the winning pilot AND blip.tv professional accounts (for one year) to all 11 finalists! ALSO, the winning team will have the amazing opportunity to have lunch (or a conference call) with Mike Hudack (blip.tv CEO), Dina Kaplan

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Using SAG Actors in your CTW Pilot…

Posted by Taryn ONeill on February 02, 2011 in news

As we approach the start of Celebrate The Web's 'Raising the Bar' Web Pilot Festival (beginning on March 3rd!), a lot of you have been asking us about the possibility of using SAG Actors in your Pilots. It is important to all of us that you be able to involve the most talented folks possible in your creative endeavors, so we got to work to try to make that happen. Well we have excellent news. We are thrilled that SAG New Media has worked with us to expedite and simplify the process of becoming a Signatory of SAG New Media. Producers looking to hire Screen Actors Guild members in their Cel

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Celebrate the Web 4 Participant and Livestream Information

Posted by Jenni Powell on February 02, 2011 in events, news

Today we sent out some information regarding the March 3rd theme announcement. We wanted to repost here since submissions are still open to anyone and those not participating are still welcome to watch the announcement thanks to Mike Rotman over at Streamin' Garage! We are very grateful to have him a part of the team. Below is what was sent out, in it's entirety: Dear Inaugural Celebrate the Web Film Festival Participants! Thank you so much for submitting to be a part of our very first web pilot festival. At this point, we hope you will be forming your teams and prepping for the M

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