Blip.tv to Distribute The Annoying Orange, Fred, FreddieW, iJustine and Other Series

Web series network blip.tv and Collective Digital Studio, the online content division of leading entertainment management and production company The Collective, today announced a strategic partnership for blip.tv to distribute online content from Collective Digital Studio's roster of content creators. Through this partnership, blip.tv will be responsible for distributing and monetizing Collective Digital Studio content, including such web series as The Annoying Orange, FreddieW, Fred and iJustine. Blip.tv will be managing the distribution of these series on YouTube and other platforms as part of this partnership.
Collective Digital Studio also announced two new original online series including an animated series based on the “Fred” character created by Lucas Cruikshank and produced by Kate Boutilier and Eryk Casemiro (Rugrats and Wild Thornberries), and a new feature length original web series from FreddieW creators Freddie Wong and Brandon Laatsch.

As the online content division of The Collective, Collective Digital Studio offers artists a full range of creative, social media and distribution solutions to help them identify, develop and maximize opportunities across multiple platforms.

“This partnership is one more step in the realization of our plans to provide creative talent with a 360-degree solution to build their brands in the digital space,” said Michael Green, CEO and founder of The Collective. “We’ve long viewed blip.tv as an ideal partner to bolster Collective Digital Studio’s existing production, social media and distribution expertise. This deal with blip.tv will provide our content creators with a whole new set of tools to understand and communicate directly with their audience and will offer additional capabilities for advertisers to engage with our clients’ audiences.”

Since 2005, blip.tv has worked closely with the world’s top web series producers, advertisers and distribution platforms with the mission of helping web series producers make a sustainable living. With the recent introduction of blip.tv’s consumer-facing website, launched on May 17, 2011, the company continues to enhance its offerings to producers, talent, advertisers and is now enabling viewers to easily discover the most entertaining series on the web. With well over three billion views, the company is now on pace to reach one billion views per quarter.

“Collective Digital Studio has partnered with many of the most talented and influential online producers and personalities, and we are thrilled to partner with them to maximize opportunities for their clients with fans and with advertisers,” said Mike Hudack, CEO and founder of blip.tv. “This partnership with Collective Digital Studio is a validation of original web series and blip.tv’s role in the media industry as a whole.”

“I believe this exciting new platform will provide ‘Fred’ fans around the world greater access to enjoy his videos, and I’m thrilled about the new ‘Fred’ cartoons; as a content creator, it will be fun to have a fresh and growing audience for all of my digital projects and new ideas,” said “Fred” creator Lucas Cruikshank.

Collective Digital Studio’s content creators will join the ranks of top tier web series such as Anyone But Me, Smosh, and Day[9] that are already part of the blip.tv network.

For more information: blip.tv; thecollective-la.com.