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Variety.com is reporting that Comedy Central video clips are now [readily available on Viacom-owned video site iFilm][1]. Previously Viacom [asked YouTube to take down clips][2] that contained Viacom owned content, which includes popular Comedy Central shows like The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.
While neither of those shows is completely gone from YouTube the clips have become somewhat scarce and are uploaded less frequently than previously.
Comedy Central hasn't publicized the iFilm partnership, but Variety.com reports that "iFilm is receiving numerous three-minute clips from the two shows that add up to most, if not all, of an episode the day after it airs."
iFilm also boast a fair amount of other Viacom owned content such as clips from MTV's The Real World and Wondershowzen.
IFilm lacks the current popularity of YouTube, but the site does have an official partnership with Viacom, something YouTube thus far lacks, and may gain some ground thanks to Viacom-owned content, which makes me wonder why iFilm isn't shouting this one from the mountaintops.
[1]: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117954999.html?categoryid=14&cs=1
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/youtubes_copyri.html "Monkey Bites on Viacom and YouTube"
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