# ChannelFlip
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{{Infobox company
| name = ChannelFlip Media Ltd
| logo = ChannelFlip Logo.jpg
| type = [Subsidiary](/source/Subsidiary)
| genre =
| founded = {{start date and age|2007}}
[London](/source/London), [England](/source/England), [UK](/source/United_Kingdom)
| founder = {{ubl|[Wil Harris](/source/Wil_Harris)|[Justin Gayner](/source/Justin_Gayner)}}
| hq_location_city = [London](/source/London)
| hq_location_country = United Kingdom
| area_served =
| key_people = {{ubl|[Wil Harris](/source/Wil_Harris) (Managing Director)|[Justin Gayner](/source/Justin_Gayner) (Creative Director)}}
| industry = [Technology](/source/Technology)
| services =
| parent = [Banijay Group](/source/Banijay_Group)
| num_employees = 18
| website = {{URL|http://channelflip.com}}
}}
'''ChannelFlip Media Ltd''' was a London-based [Multi Channel Network](/source/YouTube_Multi_Channel_Network) which worked with both traditional and online celebrities to create brand friendly content.[{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/internet-tv-lets-do-show-right-here-400286.html|title= Internet TV: Let's do show right here|last=Gayner|first=Justin |date=2007-11-14|work=The Independent|accessdate=2009-02-24|location=London}}]
==Shows and talent==
ChannelFlip worked with UK-based comedic TV and online talent.[{{cite news|url=http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/08/exclusive-uk-po.html|title=Exclusive: UK Podcast Network Channel Flip Debuts Next Month|last=Strange|first=Adario |date=2007-08-14|publisher=Wired|accessdate=2009-02-24}}]
* [Robert Llewellyn](/source/Robert_Llewellyn) – Machine of the Week Report (The MoWer) and [Carpool](/source/Carpool_(web_series)).[{{cite web|last=Robert|first=Llewellyn|title=Carpool|date=5 August 2011 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpmZ70pYuNE&feature=channel_video_title |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/dpmZ70pYuNE |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|publisher=ChannelFlip|accessdate=18 May 2013}}{{cbignore}}]
* [David Mitchell](/source/David_Mitchell_(comedian)) – David Mitchell's SoapBox – a series of short monologues co-written with [John Finnemore](/source/John_Finnemore). In these monologues Mitchell has criticized a variety of subjects, including the popular BBC show ''Doctor Who'' and 3D television.[{{cite web|last=Fletcher|first=Alex|title=David Mitchell rants about TV credits: Video Soapbox|date=11 August 2011|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a334518/david-mitchell-rants-about-tv-credits-video-soapbox.html|publisher=Digital Spy|accessdate=18 May 2013}}][{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/video/2010/aug/19/david-mitchell-soap-box-3d | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=David | last=Mitchell | title=3D (technology), Film, Television (Technology), Media | date=2010-08-19}}]
* [Richard Hammond](/source/Richard_Hammond) – Richard Hammond's Tech Head – a weekly web series in which ''Top Gear''{{'}}s Richard Hammond discuss the latest technology happenings.[{{cite web|last=Hammond|first=Richard|title=Richard Hammond's Tech Head|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/hammondtechhead|publisher=Channel Flip}}]
* [Dawn Porter](/source/Dawn_O'Porter) – Bad Girl Guides – six-part series providing lighthearted advice to women.[{{cite web|last=Porter|first=Dawn|title=Bad Girl Guides|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/BadGirlGuides|publisher=ChannelFlip|accessdate=18 May 2013}}]
* [Harry Hill](/source/Harry_Hill) – Little Internet Show – a sketch based comedy show.[{{cite web|last=Hill|first=Harry|title=Little Internet Show|url=http://www.channelflip.com/harry-hills-little-internet-show/|publisher=ChannelFlip|accessdate=18 May 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20101015040957/http://www.channelflip.com/harry-hills-little-internet-show/|archivedate=15 October 2010}}]
* [Simon's Cat](/source/Simon's_Cat) – Simon's Cat, YouTube star[{{cite web|last=Cat|first=Simons|title=Simon's Cat|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/simonscat|publisher=ChannelFlip|accessdate=18 May 2013}}]
* [Jonti Picking](/source/Jonti_Picking) – MrWeebl, YouTube star[{{cite web|last=Picking|first=Jonti|title=MrWeebl|url=https://www.youtube.com/MrWeebl/|publisher=ChannelFlip|accessdate=18 May 2013}}]
* [Stuart Ashen](/source/Stuart_Ashen) – a.k.a. Ashens, a YouTube star who also worked with ChannelFlip in producing the Internet comedy film "Ashens and the Quest for the GameChild".[{{cite web|last=Ashen|first=Stuart|title=Ashens|url=https://www.youtube.com/ashens/|publisher=ChannelFlip|accessdate=2014-06-29}}]
==History==
===Shine Group ownership===
On 6 January 2012, [Shine Group](/source/Shine_Group) announced the acquisition of ChannelFlip.[{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/jan/06/elisabeth-murdoch-news-corporation | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Mark | last=Sweney | title=Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine buys ChannelFlip | date=2012-01-06}}][{{cite news| url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/multiplatform/channelflip-tv-red-tape-is-driving-talent-online/5056095.article | location=London | work=Broadcast Now | first=Jake | last=Kanter | title=ChannelFlip TV Red Tape is Driving Talent Online | date=2013-05-16}}]
=== YouTube Comedy Week ===
Channel Flip produced [YouTube](/source/YouTube) Comedy Week in the UK. Comedy week was an event that ran from May 20–25, and brought "the best of UK and US talent together on YouTube."[{{cite web|last=Fletcher|first=Alex|title=Vince Vaughn, David Mitchell, Jamie Oliver for YouTube Comedy Week|date=3 May 2013|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/news/a475481/vince-vaughn-david-mitchell-jamie-oliver-for-youtube-comedy-week.html|publisher=Digital Spy|accessdate=23 May 2013}}]
==Subsidiaries==
*The Multiverse: In late 2012, ChannelFlip launched The Multiverse, a YouTube Channel that focused on "geek flavoured entertainment."[{{cite web|last=Shearman|first=Sarah|title=YouTube rolls out first original content channels in UK|url=http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/1153733/YouTube-rolls-first-original-content-channels-UK|publisher=Media Week|accessdate=18 May 2013}}/] The channel was created as a result of YouTube's original content partner scheme.[{{cite web|last=Kilby|first=Phil|title=Chronicles Of Syntax: Science Fiction, From Yorkshire|date=24 December 2012|url=http://theculturevulture.co.uk/blog/radar/chronicles-of-syntax-science-fiction-from-yorkshire|publisher=The Culture Vulture|accessdate=18 May 2013}}] As of the summer of 2014, the Multiverse ceased uploading videos to the channel.[{{cite web|title=The Multiverse YouTube Channel |website=[YouTube](/source/YouTube) |url=https://www.youtube.com/user/MultiverseOfficial/videos|accessdate=26 July 2014}}/] due to having their funding (from YouTube) abruptly stopped.[{{cite web|last=Ashen|first=Stuart|title=All the channels had their funding abruptly stopped except one, I believe.|date=19 September 2015|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Ashens/comments/3lkc9v/whatever_happened_to_the_multiversehuhahbadteeth/cv72myp|publisher=StuartAshen|accessdate=19 September 2015}}/]
*HuHa!: Fronted by [Jonti Picking](/source/Jonti_Picking), it is a YouTube Channel that is focused on "animation".
*FlipSide: A full service talent agency and management department for ChannelFlip. On 18 September 2014, ChannelFlip announced the creation of FlipSide.[{{Cite web |url=http://www.shinegroup.tv/news/channelflip-establishes-new-divisions |title=ChannelFlip Establishes New Divisions |access-date=2020-02-28 |archive-date=2020-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228214708/http://www.shinegroup.tv/news/channelflip-establishes-new-divisions |url-status=dead }}]
*FlipHub: A new branded content agency, specialising in YouTube stars. On 18 September 2014, ChannelFlip announced the creation of FlipHub.