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?
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
April 28, 2008
Rooftopcomedy to Produce Aspen's New Comedy Festival
February 13, 2008
RooftopComedy Launches National College Comedy Competition
December 16, 2007
A New Era for Aspen Comedy: The Wheeler, David Brenner and RooftopComedy Partner to Bring Comedy to Aspen, CO
November 7, 2007
RooftopComedy Now Broadcasting from United Kingdom
November 1, 2007
RooftopComedy Adds to its Comedy Shows & Series
October 2, 2007
Nokia Adds RooftopComedy, New Content Partners to Nokia Video Center
September 14, 2006
CNET: Funnier than YouTube: Rooftop Comedy
August 30, 2006
RooftopComedy Takes Top Honors at InvestorFest with "Best Investment Idea"
Our Partners
Rooftop partners with clubs across the country to bring you the best in stand-up comedy.
About our partner clubs
