Of all the uncomfortable humor out there, perhaps none is more uncomfortable than Zach Galifianakis’ Funny or Die series, “Between Two Ferns,” in which the comedian stages a one-on-one with some well-known Hollywood actors.

A few days ago, cable’s TNT unleashed a “We Know Drama” ad that, ironically, is really funny.

It’s slowly becoming its own genre: put a bunch of recognizable YouTube characters in a commercial and sell your brand with them.

So we should know by now that achieving viral status on a video should not be your goal.

Despite Disney apparently doing everything in its power to try to make John Carter into something it isn’t, it mustered a disappointing $30 million in its opening weekend and fell short to The Lorax in its second week.

There are a number of ways video makers can get their audience to become active viewers.

For a couple of months now, DirecTV has had a campaign poking fun at cable by presenting far-reaching and over-the-top scenarios where your life becomes a trash heap because you have cable.

Every month, YouTube’s “On the Rise” program finds a handful of channels that are beginning to see real jumps in views and subscribers and the like, puts them together as nominees, and then people vote on them to come up with a winner.

Recently, YouTube announced their new educational channel lineup as part of their original channel initiative.

Epic Rap Battles is the other "epic" channel on YouTube that has built a huge audience and has a ton of videos that have eclipsed 10 million views or more.