Atomic Wedgie is a comedy video channel that was started in 2006, but has only recently come to my attention. The site, which contains over 27 different web series, was started by FremantleMedia.

That’s right, the same people that produce American Idol.

Last year, PodShow was the third fastest growing site on the net. Currently, the website counts almost 100 million video views per month. In order to expand, the company is looking to abandon it’s concentration on user-generated content and focus more with it’s new pool of producers and developers.

You kiddies with webcams better move out the way, the big boys are coming through.

Will Ferrel must be having the time of his life. Aside from making over 20 million dollars a movie, his site FunnyOrDie just celebrated it’s one-year anniversary and has reached over 30,000 original comedy videos.

The latest OrDie offshoot isn’t too far from Ferrel’s usual material. Only this time, it features three other comedians: Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall and Jeff Foxworthy.

Music and fashion have been inextricably linked for many years now, and American fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger has been at the forefront of that.

Now, he’s set to increase the crossover between the two industries with a new channel called TommyTV launching in collaboration with the Sony BMG record label.

DemocraticMedia is a YouTube channel that is entirely dedicated to political documentaries. In all, the channel has over 360 videos that include countless full length documentaries from Michael Moore’s ‘Sicko’ to CNBC’s ‘The Age of Walmart.’

You don’t have to be a democrat to enjoy these movies.

It looks like Sony Pictures Entertainment is finally taking online video seriously. They’ve revamped their old Grouper site under a new name and are constantly on the lookout for the “hottest emerging talent on the web.”

By creating CRACKLE, Sony hopes to stray away from the copyright infringing past that Grouper was once associated with by placing a new agenda on original web series.

Irvine millionaire David Samuels has been relatively dormant since he sold his $250 million State of the Art software company in 1991. However, that all changed last week when he launched KoldCast.tv.

As he stated in a recent interview, “The monopoly that the major networks have held for so long is now subject to penetration by companies like our own.”

Vice magazine, known for their reputation to address taboo subjects, has a video web site where viewers can find guerrilla-style news reports. It’s called VBS.tv and it recently got financed by the one and only Viacom.

Jeff Yapp, the executive VP for program enterprises for the MTV Networks said, “They gave me a pitch of ‘60 Minutes’-meets-’Jackass.’”

Damon Wayans, one very big half of the Wayans Brothers, has started promoting his new online comedy network called WayOutTV. While the actual website isn’t up yet (he is still in talks about funding), you can catch many promo shorts on his YouTube channel.

He’d love for you to check out his “loser generated content floatin’ around the internets.”

Viewers of Comcast’s own AZN Television network will be sad to hear that the channel will be shutting down this April due to lack of viewers.

But don’t worry, the channel has just launched its new media player which allows you free on demand content. It looks like AZN TV will find it’s new home on the web.