About Rooftop Comedy

Rooftop Comedy is dedicated to comedy fans, comedians and comedy venues. Find out more about who we are and what we're doing for comics, comedy clubs, distribution partners, brands and advertisers, folks who want a sweet job, and pretty much anyone who likes to laugh.

Rooftop Comedy is dedicated to giving comedy fans access to the best, most cutting-edge professional comedy from around the globe.

Our Comedy Broadcast Network

Rooftop Comedy records, produces and distributes live comedy performances from the best comedy clubs throughout North America and an expanding number of premium comedy venues in Europe and Asia. Using our remote broadcasting network, we film comedy every night of the week, 365 days a year. We're able to keep our fingers on the pulse of what comics are saying around the world. And give comedy fans access to the best performances each and every day.

Events and Productions

Rooftop Comedy produces original event programming, from local comedy festivals to national comedy events and tours. We utilize our wired network of comedy venues from which we can produce, record and broadcast the events along with our online interactive tools to distribute the experience.

Our original events include the annual National College Comedy Competition and the Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival in Aspen, CO.

Download sponsorship information (pdf) for the 2009 NCCC or contact us at sponsors@rooftopcomedy.com.

Comedy Recordings

Our comedy label, Rooftop Comedy Productions, records and distributes albums for a selection of our favorite comics. Check out our stuff via the Rooftop Comedy Store or at one of our digital distribution partners, such as Apple iTunes.

Our Distribution Partners

Rooftop Comedy is the leading distributor of interactive comedy videos. We distribute comedy content to television, web and mobile channels. With an audio-video library of tens of thousands of hours of stand-up comedy, sketch comedy, improvisational comedy, and comedic short films, we customize our comedic content to meet our distribution partners' needs.

Our Staff

Who are the folks behind Rooftop Comedy? Our staff of developers, editors, producers, marketers, salespeople and coffee and donuts dudes/dudettes are headquartered in San Francisco, CA. We watch an unbelievable amount of comedy. For more about us and what's currently making us laugh, check out our Staff Picks updated each week.

Why "Rooftop" Comedy?

In September 2005, some friends and former colleagues sat on a rooftop overlooking the San Francisco Bay putting a hurt on a couple of tasty bloody marys. We'd just decided to launch our company, but we were struggling for a good name. We were mixing two worlds filled with notoriously crappy business names: the Internet and the comedy industries: DigitalFerret.com; Shenanigan's Ha-Ha Hole Where Every Night is Ladies Night. The bar was set pretty low. Sitting on the roof that evening talking through all the things we wanted to do, we settled on Rooftop Comedy. Our first rooftop board meeting had been a good way to kick off a company, so why not?

March 16, 2010
TBS to Present 3rd Annual Rooftop Comedy National College Comedy Competition

February 16, 2010
Rooftop Media to Provide Comedy Content to U.S Army for Safety Training Videos

February 8, 2010
CMT and Rooftop Comedy Search for America's "Next Big Comic"

December 16, 2009
Rooftop Comedy’s Moshe Kasher Named iTunes Best New Comedian of 2009

November 17, 2009
Rooftop Media Expands Comedy Club Network Adding Mottley's & Lincoln Lodge

October 15, 2009
Rooftop Comedy Accepting Submissions for 2 Funny Film Competitions

August 25, 2009
Rooftop Media Takes Flight with digEcor Distribution Deal

August 19, 2009
MediaPost: Show 'Sucks' Across Multiple Platforms

August 14, 2009
peHUB: This Portfolio Company Does Not Suck

August 12, 2009
BACKSTAGE: Standing Up, Breaking In

July 30, 2009
Rooftop Comedy Launches Record Label, 'Rooftop Comedy Productions'

July 5, 2009
Rooftop Comedy Launches Talent Institute for Nation's Most Promising Comedians

May 20, 2009
Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival Announces 2009 Line-Up & Schedule

February 27, 2009
RooftopComedy Partners With Dirty South

January 23, 2009
RooftopComedy Launches 2nd Annual National College Comedy Competition

November 17, 2008
RooftopComedy Now Live from New York City

November 4, 2008
RooftopComedy Expands International Presence into South African Mobile Market

October 27, 2008
RooftopComedy Content Syndicated to Motorola U.K.

October 20, 2008
Current TV, RooftopComedy to Launch TV Series

September 15, 2008
Rooftopcomedy Launches Six New Comedy Channels On Hulu

September 15, 2008
Rooftopcomedy Content To Be Syndicated To Australian Mobile Audience Via Optus Zoo

August 25, 2008
Online Video on Every Device

July 21, 2008
RooftopComedy Now Broadcasting from Canada

June 2, 2008
Tim Ball of Duke University & Dan Perrault of Emerson College Win RooftopComedy's 1st Annual National College Comedy Competition

May 13, 2008
Rooftopcomedy's 1st Annual National College Comedy Competition Announces Finalists in Stand-Up & Short Film Categories

Our Partners

Rooftop partners with clubs across the country to bring you the best in stand-up comedy.
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The Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival 2009
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