Netflix acquired rights to comedian Iliza Shlesinger’s “Freezing Hot” stand-up special. It will premiere next month.

Conan O'Brien's  "Team Coco" YouTube Website has surpassed 1 billion views. Since 2010, Team Coco Digital has been nominated three consecutive years for the Emmy for outstanding achievement in interactive media, winning in 2012 for its mobile “Sync” app.

 Hearst Digital Studios, which has been developing technology to enter the SVOD business, will try to do that now with its acquisition of a 25% stake in DreamWorks' AwesomenessTV, says Brian Robbins, the founder of Awesomeness. 

YouTube is testing its own GIF maker. “At the moment, it looks like the feature is experimental,” Gizmodo reports. “The only channel we can find with it enabled is the PBS Idea Channel.” If successful -- which, given the immense popularity of GIFs, seems almost inevitable -- the new service could kill a number of exiting GIF-making services. 

AdBlock Plus and others major adblock providers provide some insight into their plugins’ usage — AdBlock Plus says it has reached “over 300 million downloads” to become “the most popular browser extension." 

A review of Netflix's newest original offering, "Marco Polo" gets a lukewarm reception by the Times. The content distributor hopes it scores big in the U.S. and overseas, where Netflix is making its newest push. The Times refers to Netflix's "lowest common denominator" intentions with this series and criticizes its exploitation of women as its most "egregious flaw." There's a lot of T&A. 

DreamWorks Animation's acquisition of Awesomeness TV has a partner in Hearst Corp., which will pay $81 million for a 25% interest in the YouTube network Jeffrey Katzenberg as much as $117 for in May 2013.I

In select overseas markets, Google is testing offline video playback for YouTube mobile users. For the moment, the feature is limited to Android devices owners in India, Indonesia and the Philippines. “Google has specifically picked these three markets because of the importance of mobile Internet, coupled with the lack of people with data packages — not to mention the sometimes frustratingly poor quality of internet, too,” TechCrunch reports. It is not known if or when the feature will become available to U.S. consumers. 

"Gangnam Style," the video released in 2012, has racked up 2.1 billion views since then, YouTube reported along with its list of the most seen YouTube videos of 2014. Most popular non-music video was "Mutant Giant Spider Dog," produced by a Polish filmmaker. 

Today's announcement adds Amazon to the list of OTT content providers to be nominated, for transgender comedy "Transparent" starring Jeffrey Tambor. Hey-now!