CollegeHumor, the Iac-owned online comedy brand, has launched a pay subscription service dubbed Dropout that it says will offer longer-form uncensored content for between $4 and $6 per month.
The mixed-media platform -- which is currently available on the web, with native apps to roll out for both iOS and Android later this year -- will include original series and other visual storytelling mediums like chat stories and digital comics. Members will also be able to communicate with show creators and one another via a dedicated channel on Discord -- a popular voice and text service that is popular among online gamers.
At launch, Dropout's programming slate includes a second season of Lonely And Horny from CollegeHumor standouts Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld, and a reboot of the Honey Boo Boo-inspired Precious Plum -- which has been renamed See Plum Run -- from Josh Ruben and Elaine Carroll. Troopers, a...
The mixed-media platform -- which is currently available on the web, with native apps to roll out for both iOS and Android later this year -- will include original series and other visual storytelling mediums like chat stories and digital comics. Members will also be able to communicate with show creators and one another via a dedicated channel on Discord -- a popular voice and text service that is popular among online gamers.
At launch, Dropout's programming slate includes a second season of Lonely And Horny from CollegeHumor standouts Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld, and a reboot of the Honey Boo Boo-inspired Precious Plum -- which has been renamed See Plum Run -- from Josh Ruben and Elaine Carroll. Troopers, a...
- 9/26/2018
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
College Humor, the comedy-focused digital media company which has 15+ million followers across its social media platforms, announced on Tuesday the public beta launch of Dropout, its ad-free, mixed-media subscription service.
The ad-free service will cost $5.99 per month or $49 yearly. The monthly fee gives subscribers access to premium video and a mix of content including digital comics and chat stories which will play an integral role in the Dropout experience, according to College Humor’s chief business officer Shane Rahmani.
“We’re focused on world-building sketch comedy rooted in the CollegeHumor universe, and the visual storytelling of comics and chat stories will bridge and expand upon the narratives between new episodes of Dropout’s original shows,” Rahmani said. “For example, between new episodes of Jake and Amir’s “Lonely and Horny,” [viewers] can read through Amir’s character Ruby Jade’s many, many failed attempts at text message flirting in one of...
The ad-free service will cost $5.99 per month or $49 yearly. The monthly fee gives subscribers access to premium video and a mix of content including digital comics and chat stories which will play an integral role in the Dropout experience, according to College Humor’s chief business officer Shane Rahmani.
“We’re focused on world-building sketch comedy rooted in the CollegeHumor universe, and the visual storytelling of comics and chat stories will bridge and expand upon the narratives between new episodes of Dropout’s original shows,” Rahmani said. “For example, between new episodes of Jake and Amir’s “Lonely and Horny,” [viewers] can read through Amir’s character Ruby Jade’s many, many failed attempts at text message flirting in one of...
- 9/26/2018
- by Matt Lopez
- The Wrap
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