Founded on May 5, 2005, by Mike Hudack, Dina Kaplan, Justin Day, Jared Klett, and Charles Hope, blip.tv was bootstrap funded by its founders for the first year of its operation.

The founders hired their first employee, Eric Mortensen, in 2006 to head up content and programming, making their first explicit move toward becoming a media company.

[3] In 2009, blip.tv's distribution network grew significantly with the addition of new partnerships with YouTube, Vimeo, NBC Local Media New York and Roku.

"[4] Following the departure of many of the site's founders, Kelly Day, who had previously worked for Discovery Communications, was brought in as the company's new CEO in 2012.

[7] For example, The Gauntlet, a video-game competition series, was made in partnership with Blip Studios and Rooster Teeth productions.

In the same year, Blip announced its intention to host content created by Ray William Johnson, The Dark Knight Rises producer Michael Uslan,[9] and Fremantle Media North America, producer of American Idol and The Pet Collective.

[11] After the acquisition, some user agreement terms were changed, including new requirements that content must be demonstrated to be part of a series and of high quality.

[citation needed] In May 2014, users have first reported receiving a notification by Blip.TV that they would lose uploading abilities in July 2014, and that their channel would be closed in September that year.

Over the years, notable Channel Awesome review-series have included The Nostalgia Critic, The Cinema Snob, and Atop the Fourth Wall.

Blip also had a partnership with Rooster Teeth, the producers of The Gauntlet, Red vs. Blue, Immersion, and Achievement Hunter.

Through its partnership with My Damn Channel, the sixth season of David Wain's Wainy Days web-series will air exclusively on Blip.

Blip also hosts other My Damn Channel content including Daddy Knows Best, which stars Stephen Rannazzisi as a deadbeat dad, and video blog series Daily Grace.