Katherine Ryan is writing and will star in a new comedy for Netflix. Semi-autobiographical sitcom The Duchess will see Ryan play a single mother living in London.
The Mr Bean YouTube channel now has more than 10 million subscribers. Rowan Atkinson picked up the YouTube Diamond Play Button trophy to celebrate the achievement.
Comedy Central has launched Comedy Central Play in the UK, an app via which viewers can watch their short form content. Virgin TV customers can also watch full shows.
NextUp, the online stand-up show streaming service, have gone 'public' by allowing comedy fans to own a stake in the business via a crowd-equity campaign.
BBC comedy commissioner Shane Allen has announced the corporation's latest Comedy Slices commissions, plus a new BBC Three strand and a second year of the Felix Dexter Bursary.
