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FEATURED ACOUSTIC PLAY LIST 2.0

 
BTVfam has done it again, bringing you the hottest musicians on the web in a live concert from San Diego - August 7, 2010 from 3pm - 10pm PST

Some MAJOR new artists will be performing this year including the likes of TimothyDeLaGhetto, Passion, Manny Garcia, Joseph Vincent, and even PETER CHAO from youtube!!!

The real goal of this show is to raise money for the Children's Hunger Fund and rumor has it that there will be a massive crowd of about 1,500 people!

Want to be a part of this amazing event? Tickets are still available!

Ticket Information

Ticket Prices: $15 Pre-sale, $20 Door, $30 VIP

VIP Perks: Front row seating, priority lines for entrance, priority lines for meet & greet with the performers, complimentary program/poster.

Buy Tickets Here: http://www.ubetunes.com/FAP20

Still not sure what this is all about? Talk to PhilChao!

Featured Acoustic Playlist Performers
A.D.D – Adrian Per & Melvin Gutierrez – Alex Salazar – Amber Bayani – AVibe – BLYSS ft. Cathy Nguyen, Jenny Suk, Kat Badar and Lydia Paek – Bryan Keith – Clara C – Chris Cendana – Deland & The Fuss – DJ Serts – Jesse Barrera – Joseph Vincent – Leejay Abucayan – Manny Garcia – Melissa Polinar – Nessa Rica – Jeremy “Passion” Manongdo – Ryan Bandong – Sam Hart – Timothy DeLa Ghetto ft. Peter Chao – Vincent Lacsamana


Any questions or suggestions? Feel free to contact your community manager, Kara-Hannah at Community@blogTV.com.

TIK TOK ON THE CLOCK

AND THE WINNERS ARE...

PhilChao - 5005 overall viewers in 22 hours of broadcasting!

JetSpiderman - 2593 overall viewers in 23.6 hours of broadcasting!

EdwinsGeneration - 1897 overall viewers in 20.2 hours of broadcasting!

xoANNAxo - 1115 overall viewers in 15.4 hours of broadcasting!

MoShmo - 1009 overall viewers in 24 hours of broadcasting!






THE WINNERS BY PARTICIPATION AND SPIRIT ARE...

MackDuncan

BShizzy

Scuffy0091

JakesaNinja

CourtneyLovesCupcakes

DotToDot

If you participated and gave it your best shot but were not listed as a winner, please contact your community manager, Kara-Hannah at Community@blogTV.com and your account will be investigated.

The Father of All Insomnia Contests Takes Place This Father’s Day, June 20 Beginning at 12am EST

The contest will be most beneficial to the broadcasters who can broadcast the longest and simultaneously bring in the most viewers possible, during that 24 hour period.

You do NOT need to have the most concurrent viewers, you just need to have as many viewers enter your page as you can get during the 24 hour period.

IF you can broadcast the longest and bring in the most viewers, you will be eligible for fun prizes!

* All blogTV rules apply. If your show gets blocked during the contest, you are not eligible for prizes.
* This contest is open to everyone on blogTV.com (juniors and seniors)
* It will take a couple days after the contest is over to calculate who the winners are. Winners will be posted on this blog.

Prizes for various winners will include:

• Pro Accounts for yourself (or to give away)
• A bounty of Nifty Gifty credits
• WebcamMax licenses for yourself (or to give away)
• blogTV gear from our store at www.zazzle.com/blogTV
• Fabulous Mystery prizes...

Any questions or suggestions? Feel free to contact your community manager, Kara-Hannah at Community@blogTV.com.

CHANNEL CHANGE!

We've changed the channels slightly to fit our growing community better and help you guys put your shows into the most optimum category, every time you broadcast!

The new channels are:

• Entertainment: replaced "My Life" because you are all entertaining your audiences in one way or another, whether it be speaking about your life or showing off your talents.
• Music: remains dedicated to musicians
• News & Views: remains dedicated to your views and opinions
• Junior: remains the channel for ages 13-15
• Travel: all about your experiences and journeys
• Comedy: for the funny folks
• Arts: now intended for visual arts
• Spirituality: (replaced How To & DIY because it was not being used much) speak about your religious/spiritual views or lack there of :)
• Sports: speaks for itself
• Tech & Games: explore the wonderful world of technology with friends!


REINSTATEMENT OF THE JUNIOR SHIRT RULE

After much deliberation, we have decided
that everyone on the junior channel (ages 13-15)
is now required to wear a shirt while
broadcasting. Some controversy has arisen
among a few members of the junior community
regarding this rule, but we feel that safety
comes first.

Any questions or suggestions? Feel free to contact your community manager, Kara-Hannah at community@blogtv.com.

YOU’RE FEATURED – BLOGTV’S REDESIGN PUSHES BROADCASTERS INTO THE SPOTLIGHT

We have launched a brand new homepage layout, new slogan, and other promotional features with an emphasis on YOU, the blogTV community, being the stars of our site!

New Homepage
Completely new look, trendy features and everything aimed at simplicity with focus on the blogTV community.
- New very large live player for a fun and vibrant experience
- Interactive sliding panel featuring all of the top live shows
- 3 special mini banner which will promote useful information on blogTV and make it easy for everyone to find and access every feature of the site
- Easy to see blogTV news & announcements feed
- More space for user promotion via spotlight banners and featured videos (live moments captured)
- Navigation friendly header and footer, highlighting easy pathways to all content on blogTV
- Overall removal of blank space so that all content is pushed to the forefront

To view the new and improved homepage, click here!

New Slogan – You’re Featured!
blogTV's new slogan is – You’re Featured!

This slogan was inspired by a commonly used phrase among blogTV users to alert broadcasters that they are being featured on the homepage’s live player. Along with the launch of the new homepage, the slogan is intended to clearly state blogTV’s objective to promote its broadcasters and help them share their talent with the world.

In order to incorporate this slogan, blogTV has installed a new icon (you’re featured) which will temporarily appear on the broadcasting screen of any broadcaster who gets featured on the homepage player and will be seen by the entire viewing audience as well. This will help the broadcasters to know when to put their best content out for the maximum viewing audience and will inevitably drive a great deal of new traffic to those shows.

Self-promotional tools
As you may have noticed we added FaceBook’s “like” button to each individual’s profile page.
Once a user “likes” a show, it will appear on his/her FaceBook wall which will result in reaching social networking communities and driving additional new traffic to shows.

You approve your comments

As requested by the community, we have added yet another self moderation tool which allows each and every one of you to approve comments on your wall before allowing them to be seen. This should help with any rude or irrelevant commenting being posted on anyone's wall and will allow people to report such comments without them having to be seen by the public.

Any questions or suggestions? Feel free to contact your community manager, Kara-Hannah at community@blogtv.com

TOUCHING ARTICLE WRITTEN BY A JUBA LEADER

A tribute to Jon Carmichael, a 13 year old from Texas who took his own life March 27th, 2010.

Dear Jon,

While I don’t know you, we share something in common. We share the pain of what others have said and done to us in the past. How others have made us feel, and how we felt that nobody else could ever help us, and we just wanted out. Jon, I understand your pain and I share it with you. I hope that you are in a better place today, and that your pain has gone away.

I wish that I could have known you, perhaps given you a small solace in your life. Perhaps had been able to convince you to not take your life this past weekend. Perhaps even given you a friend. I don’t know you, but I love you Jon. I also tried to take my own life Jon, But I failed. I wish you had also failed and that somehow we could have met. Rest in peace Jon Carmichael.

With Love, Dan.

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am in the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely thing.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there. I do not die.
~ Mary Elizabeth Frye

If you are a teen in the blogTV junior community and you are feeling lost or alone, remember that you are NOT alone. Please know that there are amazing people out there for you to be friends with; friends who will support you. JUBA is a teen established group of blogTV juniors who help each other get through the tough adolescent years on and off blogTV. To join JUBA you must be between the ages of 13 and 15. Click here for more information.

Any questions or suggestions? Feel free to contact your community manager, Kara-Hannah at community@blogtv.com.

OH THE HILARITY - APRIL FOOLS REVEALED

So.. that was fun! Well, for US... ;) Yes, blogTV'ers got a little dose of 'crazy' yesterday when we decided to mix up the chat a bit. Most of you caught on pretty fast, some of you are still twittering things like "Why is everyone saying Oh the hilarity lately?" and all of us had a great time watching it - so thanks :)

So what exactly happened? BELOW ARE THE CHAT TRICKS REVEALED:

RANDOM TYPOS

the = teh
what = wat
now = nao
like = liek
more = moar
hot = hawt

RANDOM LULZ

omg = astonishing

guest = troll

ROFL = Funny - I peed a little

Mod = My liege

OP = kick

A certain "F" word = Fornicating Under Consent of the King

A certain "T" word = armpits

And of course, the ever popular LOL resulted in:

Actually, the only way to get a decent "LOL" in the chat yesterday was if you thought you were typing the word "FAP"...

;)

From all of us at blogTV:

HAPPY APRIL FOOLS, THANKS FOR BEING GREAT SPORTS AND MOST OF ALL - THANKS FOR THE LULZ!

http://www.blogTV.com
http://www.facebook.com/blogTV
http://www.twitter.com/blogTV

BLOGTV WANTS ANDREW GARCIA TO BE THE NEXT AMERICAN IDOL

Before starring on American Idol, the talented Andrew Garcia could be seen doing LIVE shows here on blogTV.

After blowing away the judges in Hollywood, last week Andrew was in the bottom two.. DON'T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN!

Remember, your vote counts! Help your fellow blogTV'er, Andrew Garcia, win this year's American Idol! 

NO WAIT CHAT EXPERIENCE

As you may have noticed, there is a slight change in the chat username list set up. In order to make the chat lighter and have less loading time, we removed the entire friends list and added a much more logical - online friends list.

This new chat set up shows you all of your friends that are currently on blogTV. Those in GREEN are in a chat room at the moment so you can easily PM (private message) them to chat. Those who show up in GREY are on blogTV but not in the chat.

Any questions or suggestions? Feel free to contact your community manager, Kara-Hannah at community@blogtv.com.

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SAY NO TO PHISHING!

It has been brought to our attention that a user has been going around blogTV telling people that they have won a free pro account, but that they must click a link and fill out their details (password and email) in order to receive it.

THIS IS FALSE! DO NOT TRUST ANYONE WHO SAYS THAT YOU NEED TO GIVE OUT YOUR PASSWORD. BLOGTV WILL NEVER ASK YOU FOR THAT.



Any questions or suggestions? Feel free to contact your community manager, Kara-Hannah at community@blogtv.com.

NEW BLOGTV GEAR AVAILABLE!

New blogTV shirts and products - hot off the press!  Check them out: http://www.zazzle.com/blogtv