Lionsgate acquired the distribution rights for Natural Born Pranksters, a movie starring YouTube's top pranksters VitalyzdTV, Roman Atwood and Dennis Roady. The film, financed and produced by Collective Digital Studio, follows the trio as they pull their best pranks and stunts. These three have a whopping following of…

The big online-video companies Machinima and Collective Digital Studio filed federal lawsuits today against Freeplay Music LLC, a site that provides backing music for video creators. In the similar complaints, the two companies say Freeplay was effectively a “copyright troll,” offering music it said was free, then…

AfterBuzz TV, an online channel created by E! host Maria Menounos and producer Keven Undergaro, has signed with Collective Digital Studio, the big YouTube multichannel network. AfterBuzz specializes in creating “after shows” focused on the latest episodes of popular TV programs. The channel receives more than 20…

With the 2014 Streamy Awards to be held in two parts this week, Collective Digital Studio, Fullscreen and Maker Studios have the most reason for optimism, nabbing more than 20 nominations each of the 244 claimed by media companies and multi-channel networks. Perhaps the most notable number, however, might be the many…

Collective Digital Studio will create an online video series based on the young-adult franchise Maximum Ride from best-selling author James Patterson, the YouTube multi-channel network and production studio said today. Patterson has his hands full with non-book projects based on his novels these days, including an…

Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 Group is bolstering its digital and production business with the acquisition of a 20% stake in Collective Digital Studio. The U.S.-based multichannel network produces, distributes, and markets video content via digital platforms. ProSieben, which made the acquisition through subsid Red Arrow En…

EXCLUSIVE: Tomorrow, folks outside the UK will get a chance to see game show/horror hybrid Release The Hounds. The show, from Sony Pictures Television‘s UK production joint venture Gogglebox, premiered on Britain’s ITV2 as a one-hour one-off on Monday and has received positive notices for the premise, and an…

I’ve been looking forward to seeing a clip of the web scripted series Video Game High School to decide whether its producers were on to something — or just hyping a gimmick — when they said that it will be the first online show to include several scenes in a vivid 48 frames per second, twice the norm. Well, here’s the…

EXCLUSIVE: Rocket Jump Studios and Collective Digital Studio have a twist with their announcement that the second season of their YouTube action comedy series will premiere in July the week of the San Diego Comic–Con. They say that Video Game High School 2 will be the first online show that includes sequences…