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"Entertainment company Nerdist Industries will be providing fans with even more ways to consume its nerdy content with its new YouTube Partner Channel. \nAccording to Nerdist founder Chris Hardwick, the Nerdist Channel will cover anything about gaming, comic books, tech and movies \u2014 however the content is \"a whole new slate of programming\" compared to the podcast, website or Nerdist News. \n\nSEE ALSO: These 10 Hilarious Podcasts Will Make You LOL\nWhat to expect on the channel's all-video nerd party? There will be different cycles of daily series, like \"All Star Celebrity Bowling\" on Mondays, or \"Comic Book Club\" Wednesdays. There will also be features such as Cute Things Exploding and Ain't It Cool News with Harry Knowles.\nHere's a preview of what else to expect on the new channel. \n\n\"The way that I've always programmed the website, or the podcast, or the channel is I just put stuff on there that I like,\" says Hardwick. \"These are things that I like \u2014 that's sort of why I started the all-nerd thing to begin with.\"\nAccording to Hardwick, there was previously \"a gap in the quality of nerd-themed programming,\" which is something he hopes to fill with all of the platforms under the Nerdist umbrella.\n\"We all are working really hard on this channel every day and care deeply about what we\u2019re doing and the audience we\u2019re doing it for,\" Hardwick writes in his welcome letter. \"In exchange for your subscription and support, I promise that we will do everything within our power to give you regular, quality programming that is relevant to your nerdly interests.\nThe Nerdist Channel is just the latest in YouTube's push to curate original, longer-form programming via its YouTube Partner Program. YouTube has focused heavily on building-out its channel strategy in 2012, hoping to turn YouTube from simple web destination to the cable network of the future.\nWhat do you think of YouTube's push into original programming? Does the Nerdist Channel whet your appetite for all things nerdy and awesome? Let us know in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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