Warner opens Comedybox – Online comedy channel will showcase new talent<\/p>\n
LONDON – Warner Music Entertainment, the video content division of Warner Music Intl., today announced the launch of Comedybox, a new online comedy channel.<\/p>\n
Channel will bring together comedians from around the world, as well as offer a forum for auds to post their own user-generated content and be judged by John Lloyd, one of the brains behind popular UK laffers \u201cSpitting Image,\u201d \u201cBlackadder,\u201d and current BBC quiz show \u201cQI.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lloyd will be credited as co-producer along with WME. Dan Schreiber, who previously worked with UK indie shingle RDF and the BBC, has been tapped as head of development.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe site will appeal to a broad audience, ranging from comedy aficionados browsing the full spectrum of material, through to those who want to dip in for a quick humor fix as well as budding performers showcasing their talent,\u201d said Patrick Vien, Warner Music Intl.\u2019s chairman and CEO.<\/p>\n
Comedybox will feature a mix of weekly skeins, one-off sketches and animation, as well as classic archive material. Among the shows already commissioned are \u201c42,\u201d a spoof of Fox\u2019s spy skein \u201c24,\u201d and \u201cQI News,\u201d a weekly news show from the makers of \u201cQI.\u201d<\/p>\n
The channel is set to launch in fall this year. A Wap version of the site for mobile phones is currently being developed which will give users access to all Comedybox content on demand.<\/p>\n
Comedybox execs are in talks with leading UK shingles Baby Cow, Talkback and World of Wonder about developing future content for the channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Warner opens Comedybox – Online comedy channel will showcase new talent LONDON – Warner Music Entertainment, the video content division of Warner Music Intl., today announced the launch of Comedybox, a new online comedy channel. Channel will bring together comedians from around the world, as well as offer a forum for auds to post their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cast-crew"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackadderhall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackadderhall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackadderhall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackadderhall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackadderhall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackadderhall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackadderhall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackadderhall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackadderhall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}