Tubefilter News

Don’t Move Here, a new web series exploring the Portland music scene debuted online at WK Entertainment, which is Wieden+Kennedy’s new music hub. The episodes are only viewable at the show’s site, but the trailer can be seen above. [Cool Hunting]

Credit reporting agency Experian has launched a new branded entertainment web series The Funny Truth About Credit produced by Edelman PR’s MATTER division and Swift River Productions. The 6-episode series features a number of celebs like Vivica Fox, Michael Madsen, Jon Lovitz and Danny Glover sharing some lessons about personal credit.

Televisual put together a rather comprehensive list of all the gay and lesbian themed web series out there right now. Way more on there than you’d think, with more notable series Anyone But Me, Joni & Susanna, 3Way and Venice lined up with lesser known entrants like In the Moment, Rise of the Seer, Drama Queenz, Jack in a Box and Argentina’s Plan V. [Televisual]

US web viewers watched 33 billion online videos in December 2009, according to the latest report out of comScore. Also notable is the average duration of online video is continuing to move upward, now reaching 4.1 minutes. And YouTube is still king of the video sites, with 134.4 million viewers watching more than 13 billion videos on the site in December. [comScore]

Crackle is hosting a live stream of Wyclef Jean’s Haiti benefit concert from The Canal Room in New York starting tonight at 4:30 PM (PT). The stream is part of their newly launched “Live Sets” series sponsored by Sony Electronics’ make.believe campaign. [Crackle]

At 23, Jake Hurwitz is already a web comedy veteran. As one half of College Humor’s long running Jake and Amir series, Hurwitz has found himself at the center of a New York comedy powerhouse and starring himself in a slew of CH originals including Hardly Working and its TV adaptation—MTV’s The CollegeHumor Show.

This summer, he was even tapped to host the second season of MySpace’s game show BFF, which despite some questionable view counts, managed to work out to a pretty nice deal for Hurwitz in his first series outside the vaunted walls of College Humor.

We caught up with the Connecticut native-turned-Brooklyn-local Hurwitz for a little tell all into just what it means to be a successful young comedy writer coming of age on the internet. That, and what to make if this BFF series.

Tubefilter: How do you describe BFF if you’re trying to tell a friend of yours that’s never seen it?

Jake Hurwitz: I guess I’d describe it as it’s kinda just a game show where you test how well you know your best friend by answering questions about each other. It’s not like the dating game but I think I would just I would say it’s the dating game for friends.