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Rocketboom's Congdon Headed for HBO Comedy

Tags: Amanda Congdon + Rocketboom + HBO + Endeavor

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Posted by Valmort 2 years 12 months ago; via backstage.com/bso/news_re...

Amanda Congdon, co-founder and former host of the comedy video blog Rocketboom.com, is developing a comedy program for HBO.

Details of the project are still being hammered out, but Congdon said she's aiming for a multiplatform property that will be integrated with original video content online. She intends to write and star in the series.

"HBO is exactly the place where I want to be," Congdon said. "I'm most interested in playing in that new dimension with two parallel levels of programming, online and on TV."

Congdon has worked as an...

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HBO's Bold Broadband Plans

Tags: HBO + Online

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Posted by Valmort 3 years 1 day ago; via businessweek.com/technolo...

Just about every TV network worth its satellite transponders has rushed to the Internet in recent months. Thanks to the out-of-nowhere popularity of YouTube and the proliferation of broadband, all kinds of shows are popping up on the Web, from Lost on ABC.com to Fox's The OC on MySpace, owned by Fox parent News Corp.

Conspicuously absent from that list: Home Box Office, Time Warner's multi-Emmy-winning premium cable service. But that won't be true for long, say sources in media and technology. And if HBO takes on the Internet presence...

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