Another original series produced by popular online video creators is on its way to YouTube Red. The video site’s paid subscription service has released a teaser for Sing It!, an American Idol parody that comes from Fine Bros Entertainment.
Sing It! was one of four series revealed by YouTube when the video site announced its decision to fund content from its high-profile stars. Six months after that, YouTube revealed that Sing It! would first release on Red, which costs $9.99 per month and removes ads from the viewer experience. Other original series distributed as Red exclusives include PewDiePie's Scare PewDiePie and PrankVsPrank's Prank Academy.
While Fine Bros Entertainment best known for their plethora of React formats, they have experimented with scripted content before. Their most significant past venture in that area was also set in the music world: It was titled MyMusic, and it rolled about as part of...
Sing It! was one of four series revealed by YouTube when the video site announced its decision to fund content from its high-profile stars. Six months after that, YouTube revealed that Sing It! would first release on Red, which costs $9.99 per month and removes ads from the viewer experience. Other original series distributed as Red exclusives include PewDiePie's Scare PewDiePie and PrankVsPrank's Prank Academy.
While Fine Bros Entertainment best known for their plethora of React formats, they have experimented with scripted content before. Their most significant past venture in that area was also set in the music world: It was titled MyMusic, and it rolled about as part of...
- 4/13/2016
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Tyler Oakley took home entertainer of the year during the 4th Annual Streamy Awards Sept. 7, but he was far from the only winner. If further proof that streaming series are here to stay, look no further than the number of categories (40-plus), the venue (the Beverly Hills Hilton), and the list of nominees (everyone from Julia Stiles and Barack Obama to Oakley and DeStorm Power). Among the winners announced at the nominees reception Sept. 5 were President Obama, for his appearance on “Between Two Ferns” with Zach Galifianakis; Ashley Clements for “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries” (which took home drama series of the year at the ceremony); and “The Jimmy Fallon Show” for best television show. The winners announced Sept. 7 are below; click here for a complete list of the winners. Want to create your own streaming series? Check out our weekly profiles of series creators here! Audience Choice Entertainer of the...
- 9/8/2014
- backstage.com
The nominees for the 4th Annual Streamy Awards have been announced, and the contenders make up a diverse cross-section of the online video industry. "How diverse of a cross-section?" you ask. Well, we decided to take a look. Most of the 244 nominees are affiliated with one of 54 established digital entities or YouTube multi-channel networks. The following chart ranks all the represented networks by the total number of Streamys nominations their shows and stars received: Cds is at the top of the chart, and it got there because of Freddie Wong. Between the talented multi-hyphenate's Rocket Jump channel and his Video Game High School web series, Wong's creations scored 11 noms—the most for any creator. And he owes much of that prolific presence on the Streamys nominations list to his excellence in technical categories, in which Vghs and Rocket Jump combined to grab six nominations. Of Fullscreen's 26 total nominations, four of...
- 9/2/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
At age 17, Lia Marie Johnson has already spread her creative efforts across a number of different platforms. She is known for her frequent collaborations with The Fine Bros (she is a cast member on their MyMusic web series and has participated in the Kid, Teen, and YouTuber editions of React) and her regular presence on the main channel of the AwesomenessTV YouTube channel. Her work has also recently brought her to TV; in June, she starred in a movie on Nickelodeon. In addition to all these endeavors, Johnson continues to maintain an active presence on her own YouTube channel, which just passed one million subscribers. We spoke to Lia about that part of her online video profile: Tubefilter: How does it feel to have one million subscribers? What do you have to say to your fans? Lia Marie Johnson: Having 1 million subscribers feels the same as 999,999...haha, no really,...
- 7/31/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
The Fine Bros run one of the biggest channels on YouTube, so it comes as no surprise that a new channel under their umbrella has attracted a huge swarm of fans. Despite contained no videos other than a channel trailer, the new React channel has amassed more than 500,000 subscribers in one day. React is not the first offshoot channel launched by The Fine Bros; Benny and Rafi Fine previously created a separate home for their web series MyMusic. While React will not contain any actual episodes of the web series from which it draws its name, it will feature the kid, teen, and elder stars of those videos as they play games, answer fan questions, and host several other audience-approved formats. A channel trailer released on July 22nd served as React's first release, and as The Fine Bros noted in their introductory video for the channel, fans began to flock...
- 7/23/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
The Fine Bros have built one of the most popular destinations on YouTube thanks to successful web series like Kids React and MyMusic. Now, Benny and Rafi Fine are sharing their channel with other members of the online video community. Fine Bros Entertainment will finance and distribute original programs through the YouTube duo's personal channel. According to information Benny and Rafi disclosed during their various panels at VidCon, the programs that The Fine Bros. choose to distribute will be a mixed bag. Some will be meant solely for the YouTube audience while others will be incubated for platforms like TV. This strategy is a reflection of the Fine Bros' own productions; while Benny and Rafi are still most active on the web, they are developing several projects for film and television. "It's a natural evolution of their business, as I see it," said Max Benator, The Fine Bros' manager, about the new financing initiative.
- 6/29/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Benny and Rafi Fine (aka The Fine Brothers) have new representation. The comedy duo responsible for the incredibly popular Kids/Teens/Elders/YouTubers React series, the transmedia program MyMusic, and a handful of other online video hits recently took their talents and their 7+ million aggregate YouTube subscribers to Wme. Now the pair will also be taking all those assets to Fullscreen. The YouTube multi-channel network that’s currently on top with more unique U.S. visitors per month than any other McN recently signed the two creators' channels, who are some of the most popular on YouTube. The Fine Bros. premiere channel ranked #43 in the world in YouTube views in October 2013 with almost 50.6 million views in the 31 days of the month. But that's not all! What's more is their main channel is one of the fastest growing on YouTube, too. In October 2013, YouTube.com/TheFineBros ranked #44 in the world in...
- 12/3/2013
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
The Fine Bros are the latest YouTube creators to sign with a major talent agency. The creators of the four React series and MyMusic have signed with Wme. Benny and Rafi Fine will join several other prominent YouTube creators, such as Ray William Johnson and Felicia Day, as Wme clients. In doing so, they will add their names to a growing movement that has seen YouTubers sign with talent agencies like Wme, CAA (MysteryGuitarMan), and UTA (iJustine and Shane Dawson). The Fine Bros' decision to sign with Wme likely signals their interest to explore opportunities in traditional media. Ray William Johnson used the agency's assistance to secure a script commitment from FX, while Shane Dawson recently sold a sitcom to NBC four months after joining UTA. For The Fine Bros, traditional media opportunities could take the form projects utilizing their direction, production, and editing talents. Of course, joining a major...
- 11/19/2013
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
YouTube stars The Fine Brothers have signed with Wme. Benny and Rafi Fine’s YouTube channel reached one billion views in late August and currently has nearly 6.5 million subscribers. The pair of siblings have created over 50 online shows, which include the transmedia sitcom MyMusic, currently airing its second season, and the unscripted series React, which features kids, teens, elders and YouTube stars reacting to various viral videos. Watch an example below: The Fine Bros. are managed by Max Benator.
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- 11/18/2013
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Three things do well on YouTube: music, comedy and the Fine brothers. Sure, leading creators like Smosh, Philip DeFranco and PewDiePie have legions of young people ready to click their videos and inked high-profile sponsorship and distributions deals, including television. Benny and Rafi Fine have been on YouTube since its earliest years and have focused on writing and directing original web series, with eleven in production and two on hiatus. Their main channel has over 5.5 million subscribers and just past 1 billion views. The duo might be most famous for their “React” videos, where kids, teens, elders, and YouTubers react adorably to news, viral videos and memes. But their largest undertaking, "MyMusic," premiered its second season this week. It’s one of of YouTube’s most ambitious and popular shows, targeting viewers aged 15-35 (split evenly by age and gender). "MyMusic" is a "30 Rock"-like comedy about a fictional music marketing.
- 8/30/2013
- by Aymar Jean Christian
- Indiewire
If the definition of Hollywood success is a giant house in the Malibu Hills, a Bentley, two Oscars, an Emmy and three stints in rehab, then Adam Busch has a long, long way to go.
But if another definition of Hollywood success is doing fun sitcoms with cool people -- whether in TBS' "Men at Work," or "MyMusic" on the Web -- then the actor and singer in the indie-folk/rock band Common Rotation is on top of the world.
On Aug. 20, TBS announced the renewal of "Men at Work" for a third season, slated to air in early 2014. Busch plays ad salesman Neal, the only one with a steady girlfriend (Meredith Hagner) out of four buddies (with Danny Masterson, James Lesure and Michael Cassidy) who work on the staff of a magazine in New York City.
Asked about the renewal, Busch says, "By the end of Season 2, it felt...
But if another definition of Hollywood success is doing fun sitcoms with cool people -- whether in TBS' "Men at Work," or "MyMusic" on the Web -- then the actor and singer in the indie-folk/rock band Common Rotation is on top of the world.
On Aug. 20, TBS announced the renewal of "Men at Work" for a third season, slated to air in early 2014. Busch plays ad salesman Neal, the only one with a steady girlfriend (Meredith Hagner) out of four buddies (with Danny Masterson, James Lesure and Michael Cassidy) who work on the staff of a magazine in New York City.
Asked about the renewal, Busch says, "By the end of Season 2, it felt...
- 8/21/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Top Streamy nominee MyMusic is back. The musical sitcom, created by Benny and Rafi Fine, has returned for its second season, with old favorites joined by new cast members and an expanded transmedia empire. The basic gist of the series is unchanged: Indie (Adam Busch) and Idol (Grace Helbig) run a studio staffed by human incarnations of specific musical genres. For season 2, The Fine Bros have added Country, played by SourceFed's Lee Newton, to the main cast. She is introduced as Idol's cousin and will purposefully get on viewers' nerves very quickly. The one main cast member who seems to have a much larger role is the only one not named after a genre: Jack Douglass Intern 2, who is starting to seem like the show's breakout character. MyMusic already had a ton of transmedia elements, including a music blog and Twitter feeds for every single character. In addition to all of those peripheral features,...
- 8/20/2013
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Benny and Rafi Fine are the closest thing YouTube has to Steve Levitan and Chuck Lorre, two of the most successful TV showrunners around. They operate several successful channels -- none bigger than their eponymous one and its 5.57 million subscribers. Yet unlike most of the video portal's biggest stars, they rarely appear in their shows. Like their wealthier TV brethren, they produce, direct and run the business -- with occasional cameos in their own shows. When it came time for the Fine Brothers (left) to launch "MyMusic," they took inspiration from Levitan's...
- 8/20/2013
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
More than six months after it aired its last episode, MyMusic has resurfaced. The Fine Bros have released a trailer for the musical sitcom's second season, which will return old favorites while also enlisting the talents of several new cast members. Benny and Rafi Fine announced the second season back in May after a successful initial run that included 34 episodes. Altogether, the MyMusic channel has amassed nearly 400,000 subscribers and close to 30 million views before even factoring in the added engagement provided by the show's many, many transmedia elements. So what's in store for season two? In general, the trailer suggest that MyMusic's general tone will be the same, with broad caricatures serving as parodies of common music genres. Adam Busch's Indie and Grace Helbig's Idol will continue in their leading roles, and there seems to be a much bigger role for Jack Douglass' much-abused Intern 2 this time around.
- 7/30/2013
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
News about renewed YouTube channels has slowly come trickling in, with new shows announced on channels like Geek and Sundry and Yomyomf. Now, the Fine Bros' MyMusic can add itself to that list: the YouTube sitcom, set at a music company where most of the employees are referred to by their favorite genres instead of their names, will return for a second season. The second season will once again return to the MyMusicShow channel, which currently has more than 343,000 subscribers and over 26 million views. Though only the main show has been announced, expect the channel to continue to dish out plenty of auxiliary content; while MyMusic has been on hiatus, the Fine Bros have continued to post behind-the-scenes footage, live Q&A sessions, and, most recently, blooper reels. Season one featured an impressive roster of guest talent, and you can expect season two to be similarly star-studded. Grace Helbig will...
- 5/14/2013
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
When Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla, a pair of 25-year-olds known as Smosh, posted a silly YouTube video of themselves lip-synching the Pokémon theme song in 2005, they weren’t trying to become Web phenoms. But that’s exactly what happened. The clip went viral, thanks to some incalculable combination of millennial nostalgia and absurdist Internet humor.
Eight years later, Smosh run the most popular channel on YouTube, boasting more than 8.2 million subscribers. The guys also have a Spanish channel, a vlog channel, a cartoon channel, a newly launched gaming channel, and a website/social network (Smosh.com) with exclusive video content and merchandise.
Eight years later, Smosh run the most popular channel on YouTube, boasting more than 8.2 million subscribers. The guys also have a Spanish channel, a vlog channel, a cartoon channel, a newly launched gaming channel, and a website/social network (Smosh.com) with exclusive video content and merchandise.
- 3/20/2013
- by Grady Smith
- EW.com - PopWatch
Benny and Rafi Fine are getting emo. The duo behind React and MyMusic have launched Emo Dad, an animated web series centered around a sad dad and hosted on their main Fine Brothers channel. Just like in MyMusic, the Fine Bros' most successful narrative web series, Emo Dad derives comedy by mocking particular musical stereotypes. Instead of centering on a judgmental, scarf-totting hipster, Emo Dad follows the life of a 47 year old emo kid (man?), complete with studded bracelets, black clothing, guyliner, and a generally negative (yet poetic) outlook of the harsh realities of life. It's safe to say no one understands his pain. Emo Dad is animated by Two Animators!, who previous collaborated with the Fine Bros on their Charlie Brown parody. The titular dad is voiced Scott Chernoff, who played Ganon in The Legend of Neil, while the more appropriately-aged emo son and his friend are voiced by Rafi and Benny Fine,...
- 3/6/2013
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Vote early, and vote often. The polls are open for the 3rd Annual Streamys Audience Choice Awards for the categories of Personality of the Year and Series of the Year, and you can go to the site to vote for your favorite show and personality once a day until February 11.
But now comes the tricky part: deciding who to vote for. The finalists are all over the place, ranging the very sincere to the very silly. Some are dramatic, some are just for laughs, and some…are actually pretty explicit. If you’re not a devoted follower of any web series,...
But now comes the tricky part: deciding who to vote for. The finalists are all over the place, ranging the very sincere to the very silly. Some are dramatic, some are just for laughs, and some…are actually pretty explicit. If you’re not a devoted follower of any web series,...
- 2/5/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW.com - PopWatch
The nominees for the 3rd Streamy Awards have been announced, and offerings from YouTube's slate of Original Channels lead the way. Benny and Rafi Fine's MyMusic show scored the most nominations with nine, while Machinima Prime's Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn was close behind with eight. The race at the top will be hotly contested, with a strong class of nominees in the major categories. The five nominees for best drama series are Forward Unto Dawn, Wigs' Lauren, AwesomenessTV's Runaways, Vuguru and Hulu's The Booth at The End, and the cult hit Anyone But Me. For comedy series, the nominees are MyMusic, Yahoo's Burning Love, breakout hit The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, indie series PrisonPals, and Smosh. Beyond the top two, several other series also scored big. Lizzie Bennet Diaries scored six nominations, Burning Love and Maker Studios' Epic Rap Battles of History each claimed five, H+, Cyberbergeddon, and Husbands each snagged four,...
- 12/17/2012
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
The nominations for the 3rd annual Streamy Awards were announced early Monday. MyMusic, described as a social comedy, tops all nominees with nine nominations, including best comedy series, best direction (Rafi and Benny Fine) and best guest appearance (Felicia Day). Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, an action-drama series based on the popular Halo video game, was close behind with eight nominations, including best action or sci-fi series, best writing in a drama (Todd and Aaron Helbing), best male performance in a drama (Tom Green) and best female performance in a drama (Anna Popplewell). Yahoo! comedy web series Burning
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- 12/17/2012
- by Philiana Ng
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Revision3, the online video network that ranks such online video sensations as Phil DeFranco and Epic Meal Time amongst its roster of talent, just announced it formed a partnership with yet another acclaimed YouTube creator (both in terms of views and awards). And that YouTube creator is actually two YouTube creators. Benny and Rafi Fine of The Fine Brothers. Almost one year ago, the Fine Bros. were selected as one of the original 97 channels to be part of YouTube's Original Channels Initiative. Since then (and since establishing themselves as one of the premier conent creators on the world's largest video sharing site thanks to their Kids React series - a viral video evolution of Kids Say The Darndest Things mixed with a dash of child-pop-phsycology) Benny and Rafi have devoted the bulk of their production work to MyMusic. The program is a sitcom with a strong social media presence about...
- 9/5/2012
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
The Fine Brothers, the YouTube duo behind hit videos like the React series, have signed with Revision3 as their distribution and advertising sales network. Benny and Rafi Fine have been in the online video field since 2004 and operate two YouTube channels as well as a premium channel that is part of YouTube's $100 million channel initative. While the premium channel, MyMusic, does not pass to Revision3 in the deal, the brothers' original channel boasts more than 1.7 million subscribers and upwards of 367 million video views, and their TheFineBros2 has another...
- 9/5/2012
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
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