
Amp’d Mobile, a cell phone carrier with an entertainment focus, has signed deals with actor Jack Black and 24 executive producer Howard Gordon to produce original content. Black, along with producing partners Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab, will develop a series of comedy shorts this year for Amp’d Mobile based on their Channel 101 events, monthly screenings of amateur shorts in Los Angeles where the audience chooses the top productions. In the mobile version, the audience also will decide which shows are canceled and which will return.