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Industry
  
Technology

Founded
  
2007

Owner
  
Endemol Shine Group

Founders
  
Justin Gayner, Wil Harris

Website
  
channelflip.com

Headquarters
  
London

Number of employees
  
18

Type
  
Subsidiary

Key people
  
Wil Harris (Co-Founder, Managing Director) Justin Gayner (Co-Founder, Creative Director)

Profiles

YouTube
Twitter
Google+
Facebook

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ChannelFlip is a London-based Multi Channel Network which works with both traditional and online celebrities to create brand friendly content.

Contents

Shows and talent

ChannelFlip works with UK-based comedic TV and online talent.

  • Robert Llewellyn - Machine of the Week Report (The MoWer) and Carpool.
  • David Mitchell - David Mitchell's SoapBox – a series of short monologues co-written with John Finnemore. In these monologues Mitchell has criticized a variety of subjects, including the popular BBC show Doctor Who and 3D television.
  • Richard Hammond - Richard Hammond's Tech Head - a weekly web series in which Top Gear's Richard Hammond discuss the latest technology happenings.
  • Dawn Porter - Bad Girl Guides – six-part series providing lighthearted advice to women.
  • Harry Hill - Little Internet Show - a sketch based comedy show.
  • Simon's Cat - Simon's Cat, YouTube star
  • Jonti Picking - MrWeebl, YouTube star
  • Stuart Ashen - a.k.a. Ashens, a YouTube star who also worked with ChannelFlip in producing the Internet comedy film "Ashens and the Quest for the GameChild".

    • Acquisition

    In January 2012 Shine Group, a News Corporation subsidiary, announced that it had acquired ChannelFlip.

    The Multiverse

    In late 2012, ChannelFlip launched The Multiverse, a YouTube Channel that focused on "geek flavoured entertainment." The channel was created as a result of YouTube's original content partner scheme. Since then, videos uploaded to The Multiverse have included notable YouTubers including Ashens, Jack and Dean and Chris Kendall. The science fiction webshow Chronicles of Syntax is exclusively available on The Multiverse. As of the summer of 2014, the Multiverse ceased uploading videos to the channel. due to having their funding (from YouTube) abruptly stopped.

    HuHa!

    Fronted by Jonti Picking HuHa is a YouTube Channel that is focused on "animation".

    YouTube Comedy Week

    Channel Flip produced YouTube Comedy Week in the UK. Comedy week was an event that ran from May 20–25, and brought "the best of UK and US talent together on YouTube."

    Successes

    Particular successes of Channel Flip include The Proxy, a short film sponsored by Dell and featuring YouTube star Ashens.

    References

    ChannelFlip Wikipedia
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