San Jose, Calif. - ActiveVideo Networks and Web series network Blip.tv said on Tuesday that they have partnered to offer Blip.tv content on ActiveVideo's network, which serves traditional programming and Web-based content to digital set-top boxes and other Web-connected devices.

New York - Online TV network Blip.tv has raised $5.2 million in its second round of financing, led by Bain Capital Ventures, PEHub.com reported, citing a regulatory filing.

New York - Blip.tv, a distributor of original Web video shows, has raised an undisclosed sum of new funding, from Bain Capital Ventures.

Los Angeles - Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore on Tuesday posted his latest feature-length film, "Slacker Uprising," for free download to residents of the U.S. and Canada from the film's website, Reuters reported. The film, which follows Moore through swing states during the 2004 elections, is being distributed through Blip.tv. "Slacker Uprising" cost about $2 million to produce, according to Reuters, and will also be distributed as a low-cost DVD.

San Diego - Sony Electronics said on Tuesday that it has added content from CondeNet, Sports Illustrated, Blip.tv and Sony Pictures to the Bravia Internet Video Link service available for owners of its Bravia high-definition televisions. The $300 Internet Video Link device hooks into the back of a Bravia TV, and delivers Internet video programming over an existing broadband connection without the need for a computer. Content from Yahoo, AOL and Crackle has been available on the service since it launched in August.

San Francisco - ABCNews.com will not renew a one-year contract with former "Rocketboom" video blog host Amanda Congdon, CNET News.com reported. Congdon countered in a blog posting that she was the one who ended the relationship with ABC News. Meanwhile, Congdon's former Web show Rocketboom -- now hosted by Joanne Colan -- on Monday announced a distribution deal with video-sharing network Blip.tv, and a sponsorship from the second season of Comedy Central's "The Sarah Silverman Program."

New York - Blip.tv, a video-sharing site focused on independently produced videos, announced on Tuesday that it has raised an undisclosed sum in its second round of venture capital financing, led by Ambient Sound Investments, the fund established by Skype's founders.

New York - Videoblog hosting service Blip.tv said on Wednesday that Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack has created a weekly videoblog on the service to chronicle his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.