blogTV is now Sharing Ad Revenue
blogTV has announced a public, revenue-sharing Partner Program for all of its broadcasters. Similar to YouTube’s revenue-sharing, the broadcaster will be paid a percentage (50%) of the revenue earned from the ads placed on live and pre-recorded video streams.
Most have figured out by now that the top broadcasters on blogTV have been collecting paychecks for months. But now the opportunity exists for everyone to apply.
While those who got in early will still be making a much better salary (“a few thousand dollars per month” says blogTV CEO, Guy Eliav), it is good to see new start-ups not ignoring their less-viewed users.
blogTV has become a home to most of YouTube’s Top 100 Most Subscribed list, and beyond. My channel alone there has had over half a million live viewers since I started broadcasting in July, and some YouTubers, like Michael Buckley, Shay Carl and Charles Trippy bring in even larger audiences.
It will be interesting to see how this all pans out. Most don’t believe live-streaming can be properly monetized given the bandwidth and salary costs associated with its broadcasts. It’ll be a good day when a company finally figures out how to make that model successful, and given my past experience with their friendly and helpful staff, my hope is that blogTV clears the hurdle first.
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December 17th, 2008 at 8:57 am
lol I can’t figure out how im supposed to do this. Do i just type in and backspace all the lines or do i print it out write on it scan it then send it? Thanks Alan for posting this! I can’t wait to get started.
December 18th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Makes sense that they would do this… BlogTV has become pretty much “Live Youtube” already.
Personally, I’ve always thought of BlogTV as the place where you can sort out viewers from dedicated fans. It takes a LOT longer to watch a BlogTV show than to just watch a 3-minute vid. So the viewers have to really like your content (especially if they hang in the waiting room…)
December 18th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
This so awesome! BlogTV was already so awesome, but this is the topping on the cake
-Julian (ItTakesII)