Paltalk and DailyComedy.com Announce Latest Installment of Popular Online Video Program, 'LateNet with Ray Ellin', to air July 23rd

23 Jul 2008

Leonard Nimoy to Headline Program Showcasing Paltalk's Platform for Original and Interactive Online Video Content 

 

New York, NY,- July 23, 2008 - Paltalk, the leading real-time, video-based community, and top comedy site DailyComedy.com, today continued the success of its original comedy variety show, LateNet with Ray Ellin, with the announcement of the series' latest episode, to be held live from Gotham Comedy Club in New York, this Wednesday, the 23rd at 7pm.

 

Hosted by comedian Ray Ellin, the 90-minute live event will feature an opening monologue and celebrity interviews headlined by former Star Trek legend, director and movie actor Leonard Nimoy. Also slated to appear are Olympic figure skating champion Oksana Baiul and Chappelle Show regular Kyle Grooms.

 

"LateNet continues to be one our most successful interactive shows and connecting top talent like Leonard Nimoy with his fans is a perfect example of how our socialcasting platform is intended to work," said Joel Smernoff, COO and President of Paltalk.  "By leveraging Paltalk's patented multi-person video chat technology to bring top tier comedians and entertainers to both a live studio and online audience, we're able to connect fans with their favorite entertainers in a meaningful way like no other company is able to do."

 

Viewers will be able to log onto Paltalk's video community to chat live with host Ray Ellin, Nimoy and the other guests during the 90 minute broadcast. The show is one of many examples of Paltalk's socialcasting platform, which enables an online audience to watch live Paltalk shows and engage in dialogue and interact with their favorite celebrities.

 

For more information or to log on to the July 23rd episode, visit www.paltalk.com/latenet

 

About Paltalk

Paltalk is the premier real-time, video-based community pioneering the new socialcasting movement. Paltalk's platform brings together traditional broadcasting media, social networking, user-generated content and video chat. With more than 4 million active users, Paltalk hosts the world's largest interactive video community offering thousands of users the ability to watch and interact with online video programming, including serialized shows, live events, and user-generated content, as well as interact with each other through real-time voice, text and video chat.

Paltalk's diverse programming includes Paltalk original shows including regular programs with celebrities, radio personalities and newsmakers such as the radio jocks Opie and Anthony and Samantha Daniels. The company also broadcasts live interactive video chat events such as musical performances and comedy variety shows. Paltalkers can interact with the featured hosts and performers in real-time as well as other members in the room. Paltalk also offers its users the ability to create and share their own user-generated video content with each other and to the broader community.

 

 

About DailyComedy.com
DailyComedy.com is the first and only comedy-specific social networking website where:
  • Visitors are guaranteed fresh and topical material from A-list professional comedians in text and video on a daily basis.
  • Aspiring talent can prominently feature their work for an opportunity to get discovered.
  • Comedy enthusiasts can create their own comedy pages, post their own content and their own videos.
  • Content is tailor-made for the interactive space, including several series of "Bitcoms" (bite-size sitcoms specially made for the internet).
  • Users can interact with professional comedians.

 

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