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Snackable TV serves up original comedy competition series with in-app voting


TORONTO - Bell Media’s short-form video app Snackable TV has commissioned its first interactive content, a new original series that pits some of the world’s best comedians against each other in the ultimate stand-up competition.Jokeoff, produced in association with Just For Laughs who serves as production partner, features comedic talent such as Kevin Hart and Joan Rivers, Debra DiGiovanni and Gilbert Gottfried, and Jay Pharaoh and Kevin James, as they go head-to-head in daily match-ups with some of their best material curated from the Just For Laughs archives.The short-form, bracket-style elimination series was crafted in the spirit of March Madness,...