
Amazon announced today that it will begin distributing comedy and children's programming directly to the consumer through their video streaming service, Amazon Instant Video. Amazon joining Netflix in the programming business is another step towards the content creation paradigm shift. Standard television ratings are plummeting, as people are looking for new ways to consume media. Amazon's hook is they are opening up submissions to anyone with a five-page treatment and a pilot script, which is everyone under 35 at this point. Once a month, they will choose a project and option it for $55,000, which a contact in the television industry explained, is about what cable networks [...]

Mitch Hurwitz and the cast of Arrested Development appeared together at a Netflix panel at the National Association of Broadcasters convention yesterday, and they gave up a whole bunch of details on just how this revival is gonna work. Vulture was there and captured all the juicy details.
Firstly, all 10 episodes are going to drop on Netflix streaming on the same day rather than them being released weekly like a traditional TV show. So that's good for the bingers: after this years-long wait, you'll be able to tear through the entire new season in less than five hours. As for what the episodes will actually be like: [...]
NBC has re-signed its agreement with Netflix for a few more years, ensuring that past seasons of shows like 30 Rock and Parks and Rec will be available for streaming, as well as new movie additions like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Great! But no more next-day stuff; everything will be delayed by a season, which is too bad.

This Sunday, Comedy Central will plugging their noses to keep from being overwhelmed with hash smoke and hippie musk in order to broadcast live from the comedy tent at Bonnaroo. From 6pm-9pm on their website and via various mobile devices, they'll stream a whole slew of performances live. Hosted by Jon Benjamin, the event will feature Lewis Black, Hannibal Buress, Donald Glover and JB Smoove with stand-up performances by Ted Alexandro, Craig Baldo, Bill Bailey, Nate Bergatze, Cheech Marin, Ralphie May, Tim Minchin, Eugene Mirman, Tig Notaro, Henry Rollins and puppet Improv group Henson Alternative's "Stuffed and Unstrung." A pretty good lineup, although when puppet improv comes on it [...]
As part of the lead-up to the 100th episode of 30 Rock tonight, NBC is releasing some online-only animated shorts featuring voices from the show. The first one is above, with Jack Donaghy showing off his superpowers in order to procure some froyo from a dastardly Brian Williams. But of course!