Comedy Central and AtomFilms have announced the second annual online video competition, Comedy Central Test Pilots, this summer. Test Pilots will give viewers the chance to create their own short form comedy pilots, with the best being voted on by viewers at Comedy Central.
The winning pilot will earn its creator $5,000 and a chance for [...]

Comedian Will Ferrell and partner Adam McKay have launched a new site that’s trying to be the YouTube of comedy, FunnyorDie.com.
Like other video sites, users can upload comedy videos to be voted on by other viewers. Videos can also be embedded into blog posts and other sites (see sample below).
Votes determine whether the videos stay [...]

Amanda Congdon, co-founder and former host of Rocketboom, is developing a comedy program for HBO.
“HBO is exactly the place where I want to be,” Congdon said. “I’m most interested in playing in that new dimension with two parallel levels of programming, online and on TV.”
According to Congdon, she’s aiming for a multiplatform property that will [...]

Jack Black, international sensation, has created a special infomercial on the subject of music piracy.
“Look, super mega rock and roll gods and superstars are just regular dudes like you guys. We punch the clock, we put on the pants and we then we blow people’s minds,” according to Black. “And then these pirates come, [...]

According to Chortle, a UK comedy guide, the BBC has dropped a popular podcast by comedian Russell Brand after the he refused to allow them to edit out controversial material. The BBC wanted to cut from his podcast a segment involving disabled basketball player Ade Adepitan.
‘I think we could have found a version that could [...]