Ryan Higa to Speak at NewTeeVee Live

Is there anyone in the world who can make a short film, put it on the Internet with zero marketing and get more than 2 million views in one month? Don’t say only Joss Whedon. Ryan Higa, a goofball comedian who posts home videos made with his friends to YouTube, did just that with his recent project Ninja Melk. His account Nigahiga (which usually consists of short-form rants, lip-syncs and sketches) is the No. 1 most-subscribed channel on YouTube. And he’s just committed to speaking at NewTeeVee Live this year.

Higa — who magnanimously tells his fans not to “hate on fred,” meaning Lucas Cruikshank, last year’s YouTube king and a show-stopping speaker at NewTeeVee Live ’08 — has more than 1.5 million subscribers on YouTube. The 19-year-old started making videos as a kid in Hilo, HI, and is now studying film at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

If you want to see Higa in person, along with the rest of our awesome lineup of speakers, sign up for NewTeeVee Live today.

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