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the First Cartoon Podcast New video podcasting series from producer of The Fairly Oddparents, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Oh Yeah! Cartoons and more New York, NY (31 October 2005) – Frederator Studios founder Fred Seibert launches Channel Frederator, the world’s first cartoon video podcast, created expressly for consumer distribution of world-class animated content on portable video devices such as the Apple iPod and the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP). Released weekly, the episodes will contain several short form original and vintage cartoons submitted by producers from around the world, packaged into 10 to 15 minute episodes by the Channel Frederator programming team. The first episode features four submitted cartoons beginning with “Barrista,” a 2D student film by Pendelton Ward, a director currently completing his first Nickelodeon animated short. Next up is Santa Monica-based Blur Studio’s computer generated short “In the Rough.” Independent filmmaker and musician Eileen Brennan adds the flash production “Go Spy Go.” The last cartoon in Episode #1 is Dave Thomas’ flash film “Mantelope” from Wild Brain, San Francisco’s largest animation studio. One of the world’s leading independent cartoon producers, Fred Seibert is the executive producer of six hit series on the Nickelodeon Networks, including its number one show The Fairly Oddparents. Prior to forming Frederator Studios, Seibert served as president of Hanna-Barbera Cartoons where he innovated the return of cartoons to the television mainstream, producing over 100 shorts that spun off now legendary series like Dexter¹s Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, and The PowerPuff Girls, and the studio¹s only Oscar nomination for Courage the Cowardly Dog. Having established relationships with hundreds of the world’s top animated filmmakers, Channel Frederator is the ideal distribution platform for cartoons and the place to see character-based shorts created in all styles, including traditional 2D, flash, computer generated images (CGI) and clay. Channel Frederator was imagined and created by David Karp, and designed by Annie Chiu, principals of interactive developer Davidville. Cartoon producers from around the world are invited to submit their short films for inclusion in weekly episodes. For a free subscription to the Channel Frederator podcast, go to the iTunes Podcast Directory and search for Channel Frederator, or go to the web site www.channelfrederator.com and click ‘Subscribe.’ Fred Seibert, Channel Frederator president says of the new project, “Every venture at our studio begins with the talent and the film. And video podcasting is their next evolution: cartoons on demand for free, ready for viewing anywhere you take them.” Eric Homan, Channel Frederator’s president of programming adds, “It’s always been our goal to showcase some of today’s funniest and most original talent. Podcasting is a fantastic way to get cartoons from some of the most spectacular filmmakers on earth in your pocket.” _________________________________________________________ About Frederator Studios Frederator Studios has been making original cartoons since 1998. Productions include Nickelodeon’s major hits The Fairly Oddparents, ChalkZone, and My Life as a Teenage Robot. Their innovative cartoon laboratory Oh Yeah! Cartoons has so far resulted in 99 shorts, four series, and development of five feature films. They also founded and curate Nextoons: The Nicktoons Film Festival on the Nicktoons Network. About Channel Frederator Channel Frederator is the first weekly cartoon podcast, created expressly for distribution on portable video devices. Cartoon producers from around the world are invited to submit their short films for inclusion in weekly episodes. _________________________________________________________ Tags: programming, media, television, podcast, vodcast, iTunes, iPod, Frederator, network, Fred Seibert, Eric Homan, channel, network, animation, cartoon, cartoons, portable, shorts, oddparents, Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, video, podcasting, vodcasting, Wild Brain, Blur, portable devices, films, filmmaking, “Oh Yeah! Cartoons”, “Oh Yeah”, davidville, deviantart, Butch Hartman, Genndy Tartakovsky, Craig McCraken, John Dilworth, Van Partible, Hanna-Barbera, Cartoon Network, PlayStation Portable, on-demand |
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