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Comedy
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NextUp crowd-sources more funding
Stand-up comedy SVOD service NextUp has raised more than £260,000 (€290,000) through crowd-sourced equity platform…
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BBC launches comedy series for smart speakers
The BBC has launched a nightly comedy series for smart speakers that will run for…
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Amazon cancels comedies as it steps up drama focus
Amazon is continuing its purge of comedies, now ridding of One Mississippi, I Love Dick and Jean-Claude Van Johnson….
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Deutsche Telekom orders first original series
German pay TV provider Deutsche Telekom (DT) has commissioned its first original series, a French-coproduced…
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Ampere: Netflix budget focused on drama and comedy
More than a third of Netflix’s original content spend to-date has been for drama titles,…
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Ampere: Snapchat video users love comedy and sport
Snapchat allows content companies to reach young viewers in a way that other social and…
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‘Netflix of stand up comedy’ launches in the UK
A new subscription video-on-demand service for stand-up comedy has debuted in the UK. NextUp launched…
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Seeso commissions Johnny Carson comedy
NBC’s comedy SVOD platform, Seeso, has commissioned a coming-of-age comedy set in the 1970s when The…
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Sky and FX agree comedy pact
Sky and FX Networks have announced plans to team up and develop new comedy aimed…