an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . november 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message hitbliss type private founded 2008 headquarters lexington ma us founder s sharon peyer & andrew prihodko website www.hitbliss.com type of site streaming media current status private beta hitbliss was an online service that consists of two applications hitbliss earn and hitbliss store . 1 in hitbliss earn users opt in and select targeted ads to consume on their own schedule . in exchange for their verified time and attention users earn real cash . 2 earned cash can be used to purchase entertainment e.g. movies tv episodes and pandora one subscriptions via the hitbliss store application . 3 since users can stream movies and tv shows in hitbliss store it currently competes with the likes of hulu and netflix but the company states that their video on demand vod application is merely an effort to prove the hitbliss earned payment method . the hitbliss earned payment method is being positioned as an alternative to credit cards or paypal so that consumers will eventually be able to purchase a variety of items including apps games and music with their earned cash . 4 in september 2013 hitbliss announced an agreement with pandora music which allows hitbliss users to purchase 3.99 month pandora one subscriptions with their earned cash . 5 hitbliss currently has deals with three of the six major studios warner bros. paramount and universal as well as starz to offer hollywood movies in the dvd transactional vod window and est tv episodes the day after they air . 6 the company is based in lexington ma and was founded in 2008 by entrepreneurs sharon peyer and andrew prihodko . 7 hitbliss is privately backed by alpond capital . 8 as of may 6 2014 hitbliss wrote on their blog that the service will be suspended while post beta preparations are completed . users who had a current balance were given the option to redeem their account balance as an amazon gift card . these preparations are expected to take a few months according to the blog announcement . 9 references edit fiegerman seth march 1 2013 . hitbliss lets you pay for movies and tv shows by watching ads . mashable . osborn john r. waste free ad spending hitbliss dramatic new business model . mediapost . boehret katherine . trusty viewers get free video with ad work . the wall street journal . colao j.j. march 1 2013 . watch ads get paid is this the future of ad supported content . forbes . pandora . hitbliss.com . retrieved 2014 06 20 . carmody tim march 1 2013 . with hitbliss viewers earn money for free movies and tv by watching personalized ads . the verge . edes alyssa march 19 2013 . lexington start up pays users to watch targeted ads . the boston globe . giardina carolyn . hitbliss to launch movie and tv streaming service . the hollywood reporter . hitbliss beta update . hitbliss.com . may 6 2014 . retrieved june 20 2014 . external links edit official website hitbliss blog hitbliss facebook page retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hitbliss & oldid 724354374 categories video on demandvideo on demand serviceshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from november 2013all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 june 2016 at 18 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view