— REVISION3 TO STREAM COVERAGE OF WORLD’S BEST EMERGING COMICS —

San Francisco, CA – June 10, 2009 - Revision3 is bringing audiences even more hilarity this summer at the Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival. Streaming its’ hit comedy show ROFL, co-produced by Rooftop Comedy, live from the event stage, Internet TV leader Revision3 will provide audiences exclusive access to the Festival as it happens. The Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival will run June 11-14, 2009 in Aspen, Colorado.

Revision3 will provide a constant stream of the side-splitting stand up comedy from the 2009 Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival on http://www.revision3.com/aspen during the following times:

Thursday June 11 from 8:45pm–12:30pm ET/5:45pm–9:30pm PT

Friday, June 12 from 8:45pm–1:30am ET/5:45pm–10:30pm PT

Saturday, June 13 from 8:15pm–1:30am ET/5:15pm–10:30pm PT

In addition, Revision3’s Vice President, Programming & Production Ryan Vance will participate in a Rooftop Comedy panel entitled “Comedy: Today and Tomorrow” on Saturday June 13 at 12:00pm MT. Panelists will also include leading executives from the comedy and new media space.

“We’re thrilled to further develop our partnership with Rooftop Comedy, providing viewers with even more access to the best comedians—live and free of charge—at the Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival, “said Vance. “If you can’t make it out to Aspen for this exclusive and hilarious event, we’ll take you there on Revision3.com. It’s a live version of the top-notch comedy that ROFL brings every week.”

ROFL is a new kind of comedy show on Revision3.com. The program is a weekly round-up of the most hilarious comedic performances—specifically targeted at Revision3’s young, male audience—that have been recorded live at one of Rooftop Comedy’s 30 partner clubs around the world. ROFL airs every Monday at http://www.revision3.com/rofl

The Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival is Rooftop Comedy’s annual marquee festival in Aspen, CO featuring the best emerging comics performing in the world today. The Festival also hosts Rooftop Comedy’s National College Comedy Competition Finals, naming the funniest college students in the country. Other Features of the Festival include panel discussions, Rooftop Comedy Awards honoring the best in new comedy and comedy media, Rooftop Comedy Academy Reception, VIP Poker Invitational and parties. To purchase tickets visit www.aspenshowtickets.com

About Revision3

Revision3 is the first media company that gets it. Born from the Internet, Revision3 is the home of Internet Television, creating and producing shows for a new audience: passionate, committed fans who want to watch shows about technology, modern culture and music that entertain, educate and help to expand their life experiences.

The company was founded in 2005 by technology visionaries Kevin Rose, Jay Adelson and David Prager because they couldn’t find anything they wanted to watch on traditional television. The company is now led by Internet TV pioneer Jim Louderback. With more than 60 million views to date (and six million per month), Revision3’s programs can be found everywhere from Revision3 to a wide range of platforms, including iTunes, YouTube, Joost, Hulu, Viddler, Blip.TV and TIVO. Shows can be watched on any device, from a cell phone to an Apple iPod to a computer or a TV.

About Rooftop Comedy
Rooftop Comedy is the largest producer of interactive comedy programming and original comedy productions.

Rooftop Comedy records live comedy performances every night of the week, 365 days a year from its network of comedy clubs throughout North America, Europe and Australia, distributing original comedy programming to mobile, web, broadcast and print outlets that include Current TV, iTunes, Yahoo!, Nokia, Hulu, Joost, Sling, FastCompany, DailyMotion, Mevio, Lexy, and YouTube. Working with more than 3,500 professional comedians, Rooftop Comedy maintains a growing video library of tens of thousands of hours of stand-up comedy, sketch comedy, improvisational comedy and comedic short films. Rooftop Comedy produces a range of local and national events programming, including the annual National College Comedy Competition and the Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival.

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